महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-163, verse-9

छिद्रेषु तेषु तं बाणैर्माद्रीपुत्रोऽभ्यवाकिरत् ।
परीप्संस्त्वत्सुतं कर्णस्तदन्तरमवापतत् ॥९॥

9. chidreṣu teṣu taṁ bāṇairmādrīputro'bhyavākirat ,
parīpsaṁstvatsutaṁ karṇastadantaramavāpatat.

9. chidreṣu teṣu tam bāṇaiḥ mādrīputraḥ abhyavākirat
parīpsan tvatsutam karṇaḥ tat antaram avāpatat

9. mādrīputraḥ teṣu chidreṣu tam bāṇaiḥ abhyavākirat
karṇaḥ tvatsutam parīpsan tat antaram avāpatat

9. In those vulnerable moments, Sahadeva (the son of Madri) showered him (Karna) with arrows. Karna, seeking to protect your son (Duryodhana's son), seized that opportunity.

Words meanings summery:

• छिद्रेषु (chidreṣu) - in those vulnerable moments (in the gaps, in the openings, in the vulnerable points)

• तेषु (teṣu) - in those, to those

• तम् (tam) - Karna (implied) (him, that)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Sahadeva (son of Madri)

• अभ्यवाकिरत् (abhyavākirat) - showered upon, scattered over

• परीप्सन् (parīpsan) - desiring to protect, wishing to save

• त्वत्सुतम् (tvatsutam) - Duryodhana's son (Lakṣmaṇa), addressed to Dhritarashtra (your son)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - that opportunity (opportunity, interval, vulnerable point, space)

• अवापतत् (avāpatat) - seized, fell upon, obtained

Words meanings and morphology

छिद्रेषु (chidreṣu) - in those vulnerable moments (in the gaps, in the openings, in the vulnerable points)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of chidra

chidra - hole, gap, fault, defect, vulnerable point

तेषु (teṣu) - in those, to those

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

तम् (tam) - Karna (implied) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Sahadeva (son of Madri)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādrīputra

mādrīputra - son of Madri

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mādrī+putra)

• mādrī – Madri (one of Pandu's wives, mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

अभ्यवाकिरत् (abhyavākirat) - showered upon, scattered over

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhyavākirat

Imperfect 3rd singular active of root kṛ (to scatter, throw) with prefixes abhi, ava, and ā

Prefixes: abhi+ava+ā

Root: kṛ (class 6)

परीप्सन् (parīpsan) - desiring to protect, wishing to save

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parīpsat

parīpsat - desiring to protect, wishing to save, wanting to guard

Present Active Participle (desiderative)

Present active participle from the desiderative stem of root pā (to protect) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

त्वत्सुतम् (tvatsutam) - Duryodhana's son (Lakṣmaṇa), addressed to Dhritarashtra (your son)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tvatsuta

tvatsuta - your son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+suta)

• tvad – you, your (base for 2nd person pronoun)
  pronoun
• suta – son, born, begotten
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (from √sū 'to beget')
  Root: sū (class 2)

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karna (son of Surya and Kunti, raised by Radha), ear

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

अन्तरम् (antaram) - that opportunity (opportunity, interval, vulnerable point, space)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interval, space, interior, difference, opportunity, vulnerable point

अवापतत् (avāpatat) - seized, fell upon, obtained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of avāpatat

Imperfect 3rd singular active of root pat (to fall) with prefixes ava and ā

Prefixes: ava+ā

Root: pat (class 1)