महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-28, verse-15

तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा तूणीरान्संनिकृत्य च ।
त्वरमाणो द्विसप्तत्या सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत् ॥१५॥

15. tasya pārtho dhanuśchittvā tūṇīrānsaṁnikṛtya ca ,
tvaramāṇo dvisaptatyā sarvamarmasvatāḍayat.

15. tasy pārthaḥ dhanuḥ chittvā tūṇīrān saṃnikṛtya
ca tvaramāṇaḥ dvisaptatyā sarvamarmasu atāḍayat

15. pārthaḥ tasy dhanuḥ chittvā ca tūṇīrān saṃnikṛtya
tvaramāṇaḥ dvisaptatyā sarvamarmasu atāḍayat

15. Having cut his opponent's bow and also sliced his quivers, Partha (Arjuna), hurrying, struck him on all his vital spots with seventy-two arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य् (tasy) - his (the opponent's) (his, of him)

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (Partha, son of Pṛthā)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having broken

• तूणीरान् (tūṇīrān) - quivers

• संनिकृत्य (saṁnikṛtya) - having cut completely, having severed, having mutilated

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying, hastening, swift

• द्विसप्तत्या (dvisaptatyā) - with seventy-two (arrows - implied) (with seventy-two)

• सर्वमर्मसु (sarvamarmasu) - on all vital spots

• अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - he struck, he hit

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य् (tasy) - his (the opponent's) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, his, her, its

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (Partha, son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arc

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having broken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root chid

Root: chid (class 7)

तूणीरान् (tūṇīrān) - quivers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tūṇīra

tūṇīra - quiver (for arrows)

संनिकृत्य (saṁnikṛtya) - having cut completely, having severed, having mutilated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of the root kṛt with prefixes sam- and ni-

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्वरमाणः (tvaramāṇaḥ) - hurrying, hastening, swift

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvaramāṇa

tvaramāṇa - hurrying, hastening, swift (present middle participle)

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of the root tvar

Root: tvar (class 1)

द्विसप्तत्या (dvisaptatyā) - with seventy-two (arrows - implied) (with seventy-two)

(numeral)

सर्वमर्मसु (sarvamarmasu) - on all vital spots

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of sarvamarma

sarvamarma - all vital spots

Compound type : karmadharaya (sarva+marman)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• marman – vital spot, vulnerable point
  noun (neuter)

अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - he struck, he hit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of atāḍayat

Causal Imperfect

Imperfect form of the causal verb tāḍayati (to cause to strike)

Root: taḍ (class 1)

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