महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-4

बाणपातनिकृत्तास्तु योधास्ते कुरुसत्तम ।
चेष्टन्तो विविधाश्चेष्टा व्यदृश्यन्त महाहवे ॥४॥

4. bāṇapātanikṛttāstu yodhāste kurusattama ,
ceṣṭanto vividhāśceṣṭā vyadṛśyanta mahāhave.

4. bāṇapātanikṛttāḥ tu yodhāḥ te kurusattama
ceṣṭantaḥ vividhāḥ ca ceṣṭāḥ vyadṛśyanta mahāhave

4. kurusattama te yodhāḥ bāṇapātanikṛttāḥ tu
mahāhave vividhāḥ ceṣṭāḥ ca ceṣṭantaḥ vyadṛśyanta

4. O best of the Kurus, those warriors, cut down by the hail of arrows, were seen performing various movements and struggles on the great battlefield.

Words meanings summery:

• बाणपातनिकृत्ताः (bāṇapātanikṛttāḥ) - cut down by the fall of arrows

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• ते (te) - those

• कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Sañjaya) (O best of Kurus)

• चेष्टन्तः (ceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, moving, making efforts

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold

• च (ca) - and, also

• चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - movements, efforts, struggles

• व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

• महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle

Words meanings and morphology

बाणपातनिकृत्ताः (bāṇapātanikṛttāḥ) - cut down by the fall of arrows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇapātanikṛtta

bāṇapātanikṛtta - cut off by the fall of arrows

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇapātana+nikṛtta)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• pātana – falling, striking down, causing to fall
  noun (neuter)
  Agent noun/Action noun
  Derived from root √pat (to fall) with suffix -ana
  Root: pat (class 1)
• nikṛtta – cut off, severed, cut down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √kṛt (to cut) with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: kṛt (class 6)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter, soldier

Derived from root √yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Subject of the verb vyadṛśyanta

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to yodhāḥ

कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra (or Sañjaya) (O best of Kurus)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurusattama

kurusattama - best among the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+sattama)

• kuru – a member of the Kuru dynasty/people
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree from sat (good)

चेष्टन्तः (ceṣṭantaḥ) - struggling, moving, making efforts

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ceṣṭant

ceṣṭant - moving, acting, struggling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √ceṣṭ (to move, act)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

Note: Modifies yodhāḥ

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, manifold, diverse

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चेष्टाः (ceṣṭāḥ) - movements, efforts, struggles

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ceṣṭā

ceṣṭā - movement, action, effort, struggle

Derived from root √ceṣṭ (to move, act)

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

व्यदृश्यन्त (vyadṛśyanta) - were seen, appeared

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, past imperfect (laṅ) of dṛś

Passive voice, Imperfect (Laṅ)

Imperfect (Laṅ) 3rd person plural, passive voice of √dṛś with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महाहवे (mahāhave) - in the great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāhava

mahāhava - great battle, mighty conflict

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+hava)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• hava – battle, war, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)