महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-77

स पार्षतमभिद्रुत्य जिघांसुर्मृत्युमात्मनः ।
अवाकिरत्सहस्रेण तीक्ष्णानां कङ्कपत्रिणाम् ॥७७॥

77. sa pārṣatamabhidrutya jighāṁsurmṛtyumātmanaḥ ,
avākiratsahasreṇa tīkṣṇānāṁ kaṅkapatriṇām.

77. sa pārṣatam abhidrutya jighāṃsuḥ mṛtyum ātmanaḥ
avākirat sahasreṇa tīkṣṇānām kaṅkapatriṇām

77. sa ātmanaḥ mṛtyum jighāṃsuḥ pārṣatam abhidrutya
sahasreṇa tīkṣṇānām kaṅkapatriṇām avākirat

77. He, desirous of his own (ātman) death (mṛtyu), rushed towards Dhrishtadyumna (Pārṣata's son) and showered him with a thousand sharp arrows feathered with heron plumes.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Drona (he, that)

• पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - to Dhrishtadyumna (to the son of Parshata)

• अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

• जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - Drona is desirous of killing his own 'death' (Dhrishtadyumna) (desirous of killing, wishing to kill)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Drona's own fated death, personified as Dhrishtadyumna. (death, mortality)

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - referring to Drona's own death (of himself, of the self (ātman), his own)

• अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - showered arrows (he scattered, he poured down, he showered)

• सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - with a thousand arrows (with a thousand, by a thousand)

• तीक्ष्णानाम् (tīkṣṇānām) - referring to the arrows (of sharp ones, sharp)

• कङ्कपत्रिणाम् (kaṅkapatriṇām) - of (arrows) feathered with heron plumes

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Drona (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

पार्षतम् (pārṣatam) - to Dhrishtadyumna (to the son of Parshata)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārṣata

pārṣata - son of Pṛṣata (or Parṣata), belonging to Pṛṣata

Vṛddhi derivation from Pṛṣata.

Note: Object of `abhidrutya`.

अभिद्रुत्य (abhidrutya) - having rushed towards, having attacked

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

From root dru (to run) with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

जिघांसुः (jighāṁsuḥ) - Drona is desirous of killing his own 'death' (Dhrishtadyumna) (desirous of killing, wishing to kill)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jighāṃsu

jighāṁsu - desirous of killing, murderous

desiderative participle

From desiderative stem of root han (to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `sa` (Drona).

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Drona's own fated death, personified as Dhrishtadyumna. (death, mortality)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

From root mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - referring to Drona's own death (of himself, of the self (ātman), his own)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence, mind

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `mṛtyum`.

अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - showered arrows (he scattered, he poured down, he showered)

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd person singular, active voice. Root kṛ (cl. 6) with prefix ava-.

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - with a thousand arrows (with a thousand, by a thousand)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sahasra

sahasra - a thousand

तीक्ष्णानाम् (tīkṣṇānām) - referring to the arrows (of sharp ones, sharp)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, hot

From root tij (to be sharp).

Root: tij

Note: Used substantively or as adjective for implied 'arrows'.

कङ्कपत्रिणाम् (kaṅkapatriṇām) - of (arrows) feathered with heron plumes

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of kaṅkapatrin

kaṅkapatrin - having heron feathers (esp. arrows)

Compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kaṅka+patra)

• kaṅka – a heron, a kind of vulture
  noun (masculine)
• patra – feather, wing, leaf
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies implied `bāṇānām` (of arrows).