महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-120, verse-61

तान्कर्णः प्रतिविव्याध षष्ट्या षष्ट्या महारथः ।
तद्युद्धमभवद्राजन्कर्णस्य बहुभिः सह ॥६१॥

61. tānkarṇaḥ prativivyādha ṣaṣṭyā ṣaṣṭyā mahārathaḥ ,
tadyuddhamabhavadrājankarṇasya bahubhiḥ saha.

61. tān karṇaḥ prativivyādha ṣaṣṭyā ṣaṣṭyā mahārathaḥ
tat yuddham abhavat rājan karṇasya bahubhiḥ saha

61. rājan karṇaḥ mahārathaḥ tān ṣaṣṭyā ṣaṣṭyā prativivyādha
tat karṇasya bahubhiḥ saha yuddham abhavat

61. Karna, the great warrior, struck them back repeatedly with sixty arrows each. O King, that battle was Karna's against many foes.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - pierced back, struck back

• षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty (arrows implied) (with sixty)

• षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty (arrows implied). Repetition implies 'each' or 'repeatedly'. (with sixty)

• महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior, great chariot fighter

• तत् (tat) - that

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it happened, it took place

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Dhritarashtra) (O King)

• कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many (opponents/foes) (with many)

• सह (saha) - with, along with

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (name of a warrior), ear

प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - pierced back, struck back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of prativyadh

Perfect Active

Root vyadh (class 4) with prefix prati, lakara Lit, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefix: prati

Root: vyadh (class 4)

षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty (arrows implied) (with sixty)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭi

ṣaṣṭi - sixty

Feminine noun ending in -i

Note: Used adverbially here to mean 'with sixty (arrows implied)'.

षष्ट्या (ṣaṣṭyā) - with sixty (arrows implied). Repetition implies 'each' or 'repeatedly'. (with sixty)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ṣaṣṭi

ṣaṣṭi - sixty

Feminine noun ending in -i

Note: Used adverbially here to mean 'with sixty (arrows implied)'. Repetition emphasizes 'each' or 'repeatedly'.

महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great warrior, great chariot fighter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior, one who can fight ten thousand warriors simultaneously (a technical term in ancient Indian warfare)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior, hero
  noun (masculine)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Adjective to yuddham.

युद्धम् (yuddham) - battle, fight

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight

Derived from root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it happened, it took place

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of bhū

Imperfect Active

Root bhū (class 1), 3rd person singular, active voice. Forms of 'as' (to be) are often replaced by 'bhū' in past tenses in some contexts.

Root: bhū (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressed to Dhritarashtra) (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root rāj (to rule) and suffix -an

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Addressing Dhritarashtra.

कर्णस्य (karṇasya) - of Karna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (name of a warrior), ear

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - with many (opponents/foes) (with many)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Refers to many opponents.

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable preposition, takes instrumental case.

Note: Governs the instrumental case (bahubhiḥ).