महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-142, verse-3

तं कर्णः प्रतिविव्याध शतेन नतपर्वणाम् ।
सज्यं चास्य धनुः शीघ्रं चिच्छेद लघुहस्तवत् ॥३॥

3. taṁ karṇaḥ prativivyādha śatena nataparvaṇām ,
sajyaṁ cāsya dhanuḥ śīghraṁ ciccheda laghuhastavat.

3. tam karṇaḥ prativivyādha śatena nataparvaṇām sajyam
ca asya dhanuḥ śīghram ciccheda laghuhastavat

3. karṇaḥ tam nataparvaṇām śatena prativivyādha ca
laghuhastavat asya sajyam dhanuḥ śīghram ciccheda

3. Karna retaliated by striking him with a hundred sharp-pointed arrows and, like a swift-handed archer, quickly cut off his strung bow.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Sahadeva (him, that)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - The warrior Karna (Karna)

• प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - struck back, pierced in return

• शतेन (śatena) - by a hundred, with a hundred

• नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - referring to arrows (of bent-jointed (arrows), of sharp-pointed (arrows))

• सज्यम् (sajyam) - referring to the bow (strung, with string)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - Of Sahadeva (his, of this)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut, chopped

• लघुहस्तवत् (laghuhastavat) - like a swift-handed one, like one with quick hands

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Sahadeva (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - The warrior Karna (Karna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (proper name), ear

प्रतिविव्याध (prativivyādha) - struck back, pierced in return

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root vyadh (to pierce) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: vyadh (class 4)

शतेन (śatena) - by a hundred, with a hundred

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

नतपर्वणाम् (nataparvaṇām) - referring to arrows (of bent-jointed (arrows), of sharp-pointed (arrows))

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints (said of arrows, referring to the point where the shaft meets the head), sharp-pointed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nata+parvan)

• nata – bent, bowed, humble
  past passive participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root nam (to bend, bow)
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – knot, joint (of a reed or arrow), festival, chapter
  noun (neuter)

Note: Implied 'arrows' (śarāṇām).

सज्यम् (sajyam) - referring to the bow (strung, with string)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sajya

sajya - strung, furnished with a string (bow)

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'sa' (with) + 'jya' (bowstring)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+jya)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• jya – bowstring
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with dhanuḥ.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - Of Sahadeva (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Also nominative singular. Here, it is the object of 'ciccheda'.

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially.

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut, chopped

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root chid (to cut)

Root: chid (class 7)

लघुहस्तवत् (laghuhastavat) - like a swift-handed one, like one with quick hands

(indeclinable)

From laghuhasta (swift-handed) with suffix -vat (like)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (laghu+hasta)

• laghu – light, quick, swift
  adjective
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Acts as an adverb modifying the action of cutting.