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

ततो गुर्वीं महाघोरां हेमचित्रां महागदाम् ।
प्रेषयामास समरे वैकर्तनरथं प्रति ॥७॥

7. tato gurvīṁ mahāghorāṁ hemacitrāṁ mahāgadām ,
preṣayāmāsa samare vaikartanarathaṁ prati.

7. tataḥ gurvīm mahāghorām hemacitrām mahāgadām
preṣayāmāsa samare vaikartana-ratham prati

7. tataḥ samare gurvīm mahāghorām hemacitrām
mahāgadām vaikartana-ratham prati preṣayāmāsa

7. Then, in battle, he hurled a heavy, very dreadful, gold-adorned great mace towards Karna's chariot.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence) (then, thence, afterwards)

• गुर्वीम् (gurvīm) - heavy (heavy, weighty, large, difficult)

• महाघोराम् (mahāghorām) - very dreadful (very dreadful, exceedingly terrible)

• हेमचित्राम् (hemacitrām) - adorned with gold (adorned with gold, variegated with gold, gleaming with gold)

• महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - a great mace

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he hurled (he sent, he hurled, he dispatched)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, in combat)

• वैकर्तन-रथम् (vaikartana-ratham) - Karna's chariot (Karna's chariot (chariot of the son of Vikartana))

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, to)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (indicating sequence) (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

गुर्वीम् (gurvīm) - heavy (heavy, weighty, large, difficult)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of guru

guru - heavy, weighty, great, important, venerable, teacher

Note: Modifies 'mahāgadām'.

महाघोराम् (mahāghorām) - very dreadful (very dreadful, exceedingly terrible)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāghora

mahāghora - very dreadful, exceedingly terrible

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ghora)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ghora – dreadful, terrible, fierce, awful
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Modifies 'mahāgadām'.

हेमचित्राम् (hemacitrām) - adorned with gold (adorned with gold, variegated with gold, gleaming with gold)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hemacitrā

hemacitrā - adorned with gold, variegated with gold

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hema+citrā)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• citrā – bright, variegated, adorned
  adjective (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'mahāgadām'.

महागदाम् (mahāgadām) - a great mace

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāgadā

mahāgadā - a great mace

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+gadā)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• gadā – mace, club
  noun (feminine)

Note: Direct object of 'preṣayāmāsa'.

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he hurled (he sent, he hurled, he dispatched)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pra-iṣ

Perfect Active

Root 'iṣ' (class 4P/6P/9P), with preverb 'pra'. Reduplicated perfect (ām-āsa formation for roots ending in vowels or single consonants). 3rd person singular active.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict

वैकर्तन-रथम् (vaikartana-ratham) - Karna's chariot (Karna's chariot (chariot of the son of Vikartana))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaikartana-ratha

vaikartana-ratha - Karna's chariot

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaikartana+ratha)

• vaikartana – son of Vikartana (an epithet for Karna, as Vikartana is the sun god Sūrya, his divine father)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'vikartana' (a name for the sun god Sūrya).
• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of the preposition 'prati'.

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, against, to)

(indeclinable)