महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-23

प्रतिविव्याध तं राजा नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः ।
पुनश्चैव त्रिसप्तत्या भूयश्चैव शतेन ह ॥२३॥

23. prativivyādha taṁ rājā navabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
punaścaiva trisaptatyā bhūyaścaiva śatena ha.

23. prativivyādha taṃ rājā navabhiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
punaḥ ca eva trisaptatyā bhūyaḥ ca eva śatena ha

23. rājā taṃ navabhiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ prativivyādha
punaḥ ca eva trisaptatyā bhūyaḥ ca eva śatena ha

23. The king retaliated by piercing him with nine sharp arrows, then again with seventy-three, and further with a hundred (arrows).

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - pierced in return, counter-pierced

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• राजा (rājā) - king

• नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, keen, whetted

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• त्रिसप्तत्या (trisaptatyā) - with seventy-three

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - pierced in return, counter-pierced

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Derived from root 'vyadh' with prefixes 'prati' and 'vi'

Prefixes: prati+vi

Root: vyadh (class 4)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

नवभिः (navabhiḥ) - with nine

(numeral)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, keen, whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, whetted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śā' (to sharpen) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

त्रिसप्तत्या (trisaptatyā) - with seventy-three

(numeral)

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, moreover

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

ह (ha) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)