महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-120, verse-67

तमापतन्तं वेगेन द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद सायकम् ।
अर्धचन्द्रेण तीक्ष्णेन स छिन्नः प्रापतद्भुवि ॥६७॥

67. tamāpatantaṁ vegena drauṇiściccheda sāyakam ,
ardhacandreṇa tīkṣṇena sa chinnaḥ prāpatadbhuvi.

67. tam āpatantam vegena drauṇiḥ ciccheda sāyakam
ardha-candreṇa tīkṣṇena saḥ chinnaḥ prāpatat bhuvi

67. drauṇiḥ tīkṣṇena ardha-candreṇa sāyakam vegena
āpatantam tam ciccheda saḥ chinnaḥ bhuvi prāpatat

67. Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā), with a sharp, crescent-shaped arrow, cut down that swiftly approaching arrow. The severed arrow then fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (Arjuna's) arrow (that, him, it)

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - swiftly approaching (the target) (approaching, falling, coming towards)

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly, swiftly

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāmā (son of Droṇa, Aśvatthāmā)

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut, severed

• सायकम् (sāyakam) - arrow, missile

• अर्ध-चन्द्रेण (ardha-candreṇa) - with a crescent-shaped arrow (implied weapon) (with a half-moon, with a crescent)

• तीक्ष्णेन (tīkṣṇena) - with a sharp, keen, pungent

• सः (saḥ) - that (Arjuna's) arrow (he, that)

• छिन्नः (chinnaḥ) - cut, severed, divided

• प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - it fell down, it dropped

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (Arjuna's) arrow (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to sāyakam (Arjuna's arrow)

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - swiftly approaching (the target) (approaching, falling, coming towards)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatat

pat - to fall, to fly, to go

Present Active Participle

Prefix ā + root pat + śatṛ suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tam' (sāyakam)

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, rapidly, swiftly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impulse, force

From root vij (to tremble, move quickly)

Root: vij (class 6)

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāmā (son of Droṇa, Aśvatthāmā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa, Aśvatthāmā

Derived from Droṇa + i

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut, severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of chid

Perfect Active

Root chid, reduplicated perfect

Root: chid (class 7)

सायकम् (sāyakam) - arrow, missile

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, missile

From root 'so' (to destroy) + -aka

Root: so (class 4)

अर्ध-चन्द्रेण (ardha-candreṇa) - with a crescent-shaped arrow (implied weapon) (with a half-moon, with a crescent)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ardha-candra

ardha-candra - half-moon, crescent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ardha+candra)

• ardha – half, part
  noun (neuter)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to a type of arrow-head

तीक्ष्णेन (tīkṣṇena) - with a sharp, keen, pungent

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, hot

Note: Agrees with ardha-candreṇa (as if describing the arrow itself)

सः (saḥ) - that (Arjuna's) arrow (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the sāyakam (Arjuna's arrow) that was cut

छिन्नः (chinnaḥ) - cut, severed, divided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of chinna

chid - to cut, to sever, to divide

Past Passive Participle

Root chid + kta suffix

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (sāyakam)

प्रापतत् (prāpatat) - it fell down, it dropped

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of pat

Imperfect Active

Prefix pra + root pat, imperfect 3rd singular

Prefix: pra

Root: pat (class 1)

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land