महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-122, verse-8

ते नातिभृशमभ्यघ्नन्विशिखा जयचोदिताः ।
बहुत्वात्तु परामार्तिं शराणां तावगच्छताम् ॥८॥

8. te nātibhṛśamabhyaghnanviśikhā jayacoditāḥ ,
bahutvāttu parāmārtiṁ śarāṇāṁ tāvagacchatām.

8. te na atibhṛśam abhyaghhan viśikhāḥ jayacoditāḥ
bahutvāt tu paramārtim śarāṇām tau agacchatām

8. jayacoditāḥ te viśikhāḥ na atibhṛśam abhyaghhan,
tu bahutvāt śarāṇām paramārtim tau agacchatām

8. Those arrows, impelled by the desire for victory, did not strike too fiercely. But due to their great number, both of them (Drauṇi and Śāradvata) experienced great distress from the arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - referring to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse (those)

• न (na) - not

• अतिभृशम् (atibhṛśam) - excessively, very strongly, too fiercely

• अभ्यघ्हन् (abhyaghhan) - they struck, they hit

• विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows

• जयचोदिताः (jayacoditāḥ) - driven by the desire for triumph or by the force of victory (impelled by victory)

• बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to the great number of arrows (due to the multitude, from the abundance)

• तु (tu) - but, however

• परमार्तिम् (paramārtim) - great distress, extreme suffering

• शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

• तौ (tau) - referring to Droṇa's son and Śāradvata (those two, they both)

• अगच्छताम् (agacchatām) - they both attained, they both experienced

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - referring to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अतिभृशम् (atibhṛśam) - excessively, very strongly, too fiercely

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb modifying the verb 'abhyaghhan'.

अभ्यघ्हन् (abhyaghhan) - they struck, they hit

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √han

Prefix: abhi

Root: √han (class 2)

विशिखाः (viśikhāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viśikha

viśikha - arrow, dart (lit. 'without a tuft of hair' or 'without a crest')

जयचोदिताः (jayacoditāḥ) - driven by the desire for triumph or by the force of victory (impelled by victory)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jayacodita

jayacodita - impelled by victory, urged by success

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed from 'jaya' (victory) and 'codita' (impelled, urged), which is the past passive participle of √cud.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jaya+codita)

• jaya – victory, triumph, conquest
  noun (masculine)
• codita – impelled, urged, prompted
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √cud (to impel, urge)
  Root: √cud (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'viśikhāḥ'.

बहुत्वात् (bahutvāt) - due to the great number of arrows (due to the multitude, from the abundance)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bahutva

bahutva - multitude, abundance, quantity

Derived from 'bahu' (many) with suffix '-tva' forming an abstract noun.

तु (tu) - but, however

(indeclinable)

परमार्तिम् (paramārtim) - great distress, extreme suffering

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of paramārti

paramārti - great distress, extreme suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (parama+ārti)

• parama – highest, supreme, greatest
  adjective
• ārti – pain, distress, suffering
  noun (feminine)

शराणाम् (śarāṇām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

तौ (tau) - referring to Droṇa's son and Śāradvata (those two, they both)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

अगच्छताम् (agacchatām) - they both attained, they both experienced

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √gam

Root: √gam (class 1)