महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-135, verse-18

तान्निहत्य शरान्द्रौणिर्दश वीरानपोथयत् ।
प्रमुखे पाण्डुपुत्राणां धृष्टद्युम्नस्य चाभिभो ॥१८॥

18. tānnihatya śarāndrauṇirdaśa vīrānapothayat ,
pramukhe pāṇḍuputrāṇāṁ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cābhibho.

18. tān nihatya śarān drauṇiḥ daśa vīrān apothayat
pramukhe pāṇḍuputrāṇām dhṛṣṭadyumnasya ca abhibho

18. abhibho drauṇiḥ tān śarān nihatya pāṇḍuputrāṇām
dhṛṣṭadyumnasya ca pramukhe daśa vīrān apothayat

18. Having countered those arrows, Droṇi then crushed ten warriors, O lord (abhibho), in the presence of the sons of Pāṇḍu and Dhṛṣṭadyumna.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those arrows mentioned in the previous verse (implied) (those (masc. acc. pl.))

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having destroyed, having countered

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman (Droṇi (Aśvatthāman))

• दश (daśa) - ten

• वीरान् (vīrān) - warriors, heroes

• अपोथयत् (apothayat) - he crushed, he destroyed, he overcame

• प्रमुखे (pramukhe) - in front of, in the presence of

• पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas (of the sons of Pāṇḍu)

• धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna

• च (ca) - and

• अभिभो (abhibho) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord, O sir)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those arrows mentioned in the previous verse (implied) (those (masc. acc. pl.))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the arrows mentioned in the previous verse (implied). In this context "those arrows".

निहत्य (nihatya) - having struck down, having destroyed, having countered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with prefix 'ni-' and suffix '-tya'

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Expresses an action completed before the main verb.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'nihatya'.

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman (Droṇi (Aśvatthāman))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa

Note: Subject of 'apothayat'.

दश (daśa) - ten

(numeral)

Note: Functions as an adjective for 'vīrān'.

वीरान् (vīrān) - warriors, heroes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Note: Object of 'apothayat'.

अपोथयत् (apothayat) - he crushed, he destroyed, he overcame

(verb)

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

Causative stem 'pothaya'

Root: pūth (class 10)

प्रमुखे (pramukhe) - in front of, in the presence of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pramukha

pramukha - foremost, chief, in front of, presence

पाण्डुपुत्राणाम् (pāṇḍuputrāṇām) - Refers to the Pāṇḍavas (of the sons of Pāṇḍu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
  Root: put

धृष्टद्युम्नस्य (dhṛṣṭadyumnasya) - of Dhṛṣṭadyumna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭadyumna

dhṛṣṭadyumna - Dhṛṣṭadyumna (name of a warrior)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अभिभो (abhibho) - Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O lord, O sir)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abhibhu

abhibhu - master, lord, sir

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.