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

सोऽर्करश्मिनिभांस्तीक्ष्णांस्तोमरान्वै चतुर्दश ।
प्रेरयत्सव्यसाची तांस्त्रिधैकैकमथाच्छिनत् ॥७॥

7. so'rkaraśminibhāṁstīkṣṇāṁstomarānvai caturdaśa ,
prerayatsavyasācī tāṁstridhaikaikamathācchinat.

7. saḥ arkarasmi-nibhān tīkṣṇān tomarān vai caturdaśa
prerayat savyasācī tān tridhā ekaikam atha acchinat

7. saḥ caturdaśa arkarasmi-nibhān tīkṣṇān tomarān vai
prerayat atha savyasācī tān ekaikam tridhā acchinat

7. He (Bhagadatta) indeed sent forth fourteen sharp javelins (tomaras) resembling sunbeams. Then Savyasachin (Arjuna) cut each one of them into three parts.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - Bhagadatta (he, that)

• अर्करस्मि-निभान् (arkarasmi-nibhān) - resembling sunbeams

• तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp, keen

• तोमरान् (tomarān) - javelins, spears

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• प्रेरयत् (prerayat) - he impelled, he sent forth

• सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (Savyasachin (one who can shoot with the left hand), Arjuna)

• तान् (tān) - the javelins (tomaras) (them)

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, into three parts

• एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - he cut, he severed

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - Bhagadatta (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अर्करस्मि-निभान् (arkarasmi-nibhān) - resembling sunbeams

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of arkarasminibha

arkarasminibha - resembling sunbeams, like sunrays

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (arka+raśmi+nibha)

• arka – sun, ray of light
  noun (masculine)
• raśmi – ray, beam of light
  noun (masculine)
• nibha – like, resembling, similar
  adjective (masculine)

तीक्ष्णान् (tīkṣṇān) - sharp, keen

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, pungent, severe

तोमरान् (tomarān) - javelins, spears

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tomara

tomara - javelin, spear, dart

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Note: Declines in some cases, here functioning as an adjective for tomarān (accusative plural)

प्रेरयत् (prerayat) - he impelled, he sent forth

(verb)

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

Causal

Root ir/īr (to move, to go) with prefix pra, causal form prerayati

Prefix: pra

Root: īr (class 2)

सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (Savyasachin (one who can shoot with the left hand), Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-hand
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – one who draws (a bow)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  Root sac (to adhere, follow, but here implied 'to draw' from connection to dhanus)
  Root: sac (class 1)

तान् (tān) - the javelins (tomaras) (them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three ways, into three parts

(indeclinable)

From tri (three) + dhā (suffix for 'in how many parts')

एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ekaikam

ekaikam - each one, one by one, singly

Repetition of eka (one)

Compound type : dvandva (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single
  numeral (masculine)

Note: Functions adverbially, 'each one'.

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - he cut, he severed

(verb)

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

Root: chid (class 7)