महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-151, verse-17

तस्याप्यक्षसमा बाणा रुक्मपुङ्खाः शिलाशिताः ।
सोऽपि वीरो महाबाहुर्यथैव स घटोत्कचः ॥१७॥

17. tasyāpyakṣasamā bāṇā rukmapuṅkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ ,
so'pi vīro mahābāhuryathaiva sa ghaṭotkacaḥ.

17. tasya api akṣa-samāḥ bāṇāḥ rukma-puṅkhāḥ śilā-śitāḥ
saḥ api vīraḥ mahābāhuḥ yathā eva saḥ ghaṭotkacaḥ

17. tasya api bāṇāḥ akṣa-samāḥ rukma-puṅkhāḥ śilā-śitāḥ
saḥ api vīraḥ mahābāhuḥ saḥ ghaṭotkacaḥ yathā eva

17. His arrows, too, were like axles, with golden shafts and sharpened on stone. He was also a mighty-armed hero, just like that Ghatotkaca.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of it

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अक्ष-समाः (akṣa-samāḥ) - like axles, equal to axles

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• रुक्म-पुङ्खाः (rukma-puṅkhāḥ) - with golden shafts, having golden feathers/shafts

• शिला-शिताः (śilā-śitāḥ) - sharpened on stone, stone-sharpened

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man, warrior

• महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• सः (saḥ) - he, that one

• घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghatotkaca

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him, of it

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अक्ष-समाः (akṣa-samāḥ) - like axles, equal to axles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṣa-sama

akṣa-sama - axle-like, equal to an axle

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (akṣa+sama)

• akṣa – axle, die (for gambling), sense organ
  noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, like, similar, even
  adjective (masculine)

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

रुक्म-पुङ्खाः (rukma-puṅkhāḥ) - with golden shafts, having golden feathers/shafts

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rukma-puṅkha

rukma-puṅkha - having golden feathers or shafts (of an arrow)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (rukma+puṅkha)

• rukma – gold, golden ornament
  noun (neuter)
• puṅkha – feather (of an arrow), shaft-end
  noun (masculine)

शिला-शिताः (śilā-śitāḥ) - sharpened on stone, stone-sharpened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śilā-śita

śilā-śita - sharpened on a stone

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'śilā' (stone) and 'śita' (sharpened, P.P.P. of root śi- to sharpen).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+śita)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• śita – sharpened, keen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root śi (to sharpen)
  Root: śi

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man, warrior

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, powerful, warrior

महाबाहुः (mahābāhuḥ) - mighty-armed, great-armed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghatotkaca

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghaṭotkaca

ghaṭotkaca - Ghatotkaca (son of Bhima and Hidimbi)