महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-143, verse-21

ततस्तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम् ।
संप्राद्रवद्रणे राजन्निशीथे भैरवे सति ॥२१॥

21. tatastu drupadānīkaṁ śaraiśchinnatanucchadam ,
saṁprādravadraṇe rājanniśīthe bhairave sati.

21. tataḥ tu drupadānīkam śaraiḥ chinnatanucchadam
samprādravat raṇe rājan niśīthe bhairave sati

21. rājan tataḥ tu śaraiḥ chinnatanucchadam drupadānīkam
bhairave niśīthe sati raṇe samprādravat

21. Then, O king, Drupada's army, whose armor (tanucchada) had been torn apart by arrows, fled in battle during that dreadful midnight.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• द्रुपदानीकम् (drupadānīkam) - Drupada's army, the army of Drupada

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows, by arrows

• छिन्नतनुच्छदम् (chinnatanucchadam) - with their armor (tanucchada) cut apart by arrows (having armor torn apart, whose coverings are cut)

• सम्प्राद्रवत् (samprādravat) - it fled, it ran away

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the conflict

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the middle of the night

• भैरवे (bhairave) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• सति (sati) - being, existing, when it was

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

द्रुपदानीकम् (drupadānīkam) - Drupada's army, the army of Drupada

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of drupadānīka

drupadānīka - Drupada's army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (drupada+anīka)

• drupada – Drupada (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host
  noun (neuter)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows, by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

छिन्नतनुच्छदम् (chinnatanucchadam) - with their armor (tanucchada) cut apart by arrows (having armor torn apart, whose coverings are cut)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chinnatanucchada

chinnatanucchada - having cut armor/coverings

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+tanucchada)

• chinna – cut, torn, severed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √chid (to cut) with suffix -kta.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• tanucchada – body-covering, armor, garment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'drupadānīkam'

सम्प्राद्रवत् (samprādravat) - it fled, it ran away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Past Imperfect (Laṅ) of √dru

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: From root √dru with upasargas sam- and pra-

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

निशीथे (niśīthe) - at midnight, in the middle of the night

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of niśītha

niśītha - midnight, middle of the night

भैरवे (bhairave) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhairava

bhairava - dreadful, terrible, formidable

Note: Agrees with 'niśīthe'

सति (sati) - being, existing, when it was

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sat

sat - being, existing, true

Present Participle

From root √as (to be) in the present participle form (sat), here in locative singular, masculine. Used in locative absolute construction.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'niśīthe bhairave'