महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-26

संछिन्दन्तौ हि गात्राणि संदधानौ च सायकान् ।
धक्ष्यमाणौ शरव्रातैर्नोदीक्षितुमशक्नुताम् ॥२६॥

26. saṁchindantau hi gātrāṇi saṁdadhānau ca sāyakān ,
dhakṣyamāṇau śaravrātairnodīkṣitumaśaknutām.

26. saṃchindantau hi gātrāṇi saṃdadhanau ca sāyakān
dhakṣyamāṇau śaravrātaiḥ na udīkṣitum aśaknutām

26. saṃchindantau gātrāṇi ca sāyakān saṃdadhanau hi
śaravrātaiḥ dhakṣyamāṇau udīkṣitum na aśaknutām

26. Indeed, as they both severed limbs and fitted arrows, being overwhelmed by showers of arrows, they were unable to even look up.

Words meanings summery:

• संछिन्दन्तौ (saṁchindantau) - cutting, severing, splitting

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, bodies

• संदधनौ (saṁdadhanau) - fitting, fixing, joining

• च (ca) - and

• सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows

• धक्ष्यमाणौ (dhakṣyamāṇau) - being about to be burnt/consumed, being overwhelmed

• शरव्रातैः (śaravrātaiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by multitudes of arrows

• न (na) - not

• उदीक्षितुम् (udīkṣitum) - to look up, to behold, to gaze

• अशक्नुताम् (aśaknutām) - they both were unable

Words meanings and morphology

संछिन्दन्तौ (saṁchindantau) - cutting, severing, splitting

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃchindat

saṁchindat - cutting, severing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root chid with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (they both).

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

गात्राणि (gātrāṇi) - limbs, bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of gātra

gātra - limb, body

संदधनौ (saṁdadhanau) - fitting, fixing, joining

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of saṃdadhat

saṁdadhat - fitting, fixing, applying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dhā with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (they both).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सायकान् (sāyakān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow

धक्ष्यमाणौ (dhakṣyamāṇau) - being about to be burnt/consumed, being overwhelmed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, dual of dhakṣyamāṇa

dhakṣyamāṇa - being about to be burnt, consumed, overwhelmed

Future Passive Participle

Derived from root dah (to burn) with future passive sense.

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject (they both).

शरव्रातैः (śaravrātaiḥ) - by showers of arrows, by multitudes of arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śaravrāta

śaravrāta - multitude of arrows, shower of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+vrāta)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• vrāta – multitude, host, shower
  noun (masculine)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उदीक्षितुम् (udīkṣitum) - to look up, to behold, to gaze

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root īkṣ with prefix ud.

Prefix: ud

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

अशक्नुताम् (aśaknutām) - they both were unable

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of aśaknutām

Imperfect tense, 3rd person dual, Parasmaipada, with negation 'a'.

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Negated with 'a'.