महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-23

द्रोणकर्णौ महेष्वासावेतौ पार्षतसात्यकी ।
पाञ्चालांश्चैव सहितौ जघ्नतुः सायकैर्भृशम् ॥२३॥

23. droṇakarṇau maheṣvāsāvetau pārṣatasātyakī ,
pāñcālāṁścaiva sahitau jaghnatuḥ sāyakairbhṛśam.

23. droṇakarṇau mahāiṣvāsau etau pārṣatasaatyakī
pāñcālān ca eva sahitau jaghnatuḥ sāyakaiḥ bhṛśam

23. etau mahāiṣvāsau droṇakarṇau sahitau pārṣatasaatyakī
ca pāñcālān eva sāyakaiḥ bhṛśam jaghnatuḥ

23. These two great archers, Droṇa and Karṇa, together killed Pārṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna) and Sātyaki, and also the Pāñcālas, fiercely with arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोणकर्णौ (droṇakarṇau) - Drona and Karna

• महाइष्वासौ (mahāiṣvāsau) - two great archers

• एतौ (etau) - these two

• पार्षतसअत्यकी (pārṣatasaatyakī) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki

• पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Panchalas (accusative plural)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

• सहितौ (sahitau) - accompanied, together with

• जघ्नतुः (jaghnatuḥ) - they (two) struck, they (two) killed

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, vehemently, intensely

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोणकर्णौ (droṇakarṇau) - Drona and Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of droṇakarṇa

droṇakarṇa - Drona and Karna (a dvandva compound of two proper nouns)

Compound type : dvandva (droṇa+karṇa)

• droṇa – Drona (a proper name, guru of the Kauravas and Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• karṇa – Karna (a proper name, half-brother of the Pandavas, ally of Duryodhana)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the dual verb 'jaghnatuḥ'.

महाइष्वासौ (mahāiṣvāsau) - two great archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahāiṣvāsa

mahāiṣvāsa - great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – bowman, archer (literally 'arrow-thrower')
  noun (masculine)
  From iṣu (arrow) and root as (to throw).
  Root: as (class 4)

एतौ (etau) - these two

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of etad

etad - this, this one, these

Demonstrative pronoun.

पार्षतसअत्यकी (pārṣatasaatyakī) - Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pārṣatasaatyaki

pārṣatasaatyaki - Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Sātyaki (dvandva compound of proper nouns)

Compound type : dvandva (pārṣata+sātyaki)

• pārṣata – Dhṛṣṭadyumna (son of Drupada, king of Pañcāla, also called Pārṣata)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sātyaki – Sātyaki (a Vṛṣṇi warrior and ally of the Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'jaghnatuḥ'.

पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Panchalas (accusative plural)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāñcāla

pāñcāla - a native or king of the Pañcāla country, the Pañcālas

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, also

(indeclinable)

सहितौ (sahitau) - accompanied, together with

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sahita

sahita - accompanied, joined, united, together

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā (to place) with prefix saṃ and substitute hita for dhita. Often understood as 'sa' (with) + 'hita'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

जघ्नतुः (jaghnatuḥ) - they (two) struck, they (two) killed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of han

Perfect Third Person Dual

From root han (2nd class), perfect tense. Reduplicated form.

Root: han (class 2)

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, missile, dart

Derived from root so (to sharpen, to hurl).

Root: so (class 4)

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly, fiercely, vehemently, intensely

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form of 'bhṛśa' (much, strong).