महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-16

तं सौबलस्त्रिभिर्विद्ध्वा दुर्योधनमथाब्रवीत् ।
सर्व एनं प्रमथ्नीमः पुरैकैकं हिनस्ति नः ॥१६॥

16. taṁ saubalastribhirviddhvā duryodhanamathābravīt ,
sarva enaṁ pramathnīmaḥ puraikaikaṁ hinasti naḥ.

16. taṃ saubalaḥ tribhiḥ viddhvā duryodhanaṃ atha abravīt
sarve enaṃ pramathnīmaḥ purā ekaikam hinasti naḥ

16. saubalaḥ taṃ tribhiḥ viddhvā atha duryodhanaṃ abravīt
"sarve enaṃ pramathnīmaḥ purā ekaikam naḥ hinasti"

16. Saubala (Śakuni), having pierced him (Abhimanyu) with three (arrows), then said to Duryodhana: "Let all of us together crush him, before he destroys us one by one."

Words meanings summery:

• तं (taṁ) - him (Abhimanyu) (him, that)

• सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - Saubala (Śakuni) (son of Subala, Śakuni)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) (with three)

• विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced (having pierced, having struck)

• दुर्योधनं (duryodhanaṁ) - Duryodhana (Duryodhana (proper name))

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, spoke)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

• एनं (enaṁ) - him (Abhimanyu) (him, this)

• प्रमथ्नीमः (pramathnīmaḥ) - let us crush (let us crush, let us destroy)

• पुरा (purā) - before (before, formerly, in front)

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

• हिनस्ति (hinasti) - he harms (he harms, injures, destroys)

• नः (naḥ) - us (us, to us, our)

Words meanings and morphology

तं (taṁ) - him (Abhimanyu) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to Abhimanyu, the object of being pierced.

सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - Saubala (Śakuni) (son of Subala, Śakuni)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saubala

saubala - son of Subala

patronymic from Subala

Note: Subject of the sentence.

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) (with three)

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies implied 'arrows' (śaraiḥ).

विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced (having pierced, having struck)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vyadh + -tvā

Root: vyadh (class 4)

दुर्योधनं (duryodhanaṁ) - Duryodhana (Duryodhana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of duryodhana

duryodhana - Duryodhana (a proper name, lit. 'hard to fight')

Note: Object of 'said to'.

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the action of piercing with speaking.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Subject is Saubala.

सर्वे (sarve) - all of us (all, everyone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Referring to the Kaurava warriors.

एनं (enaṁ) - him (Abhimanyu) (him, this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enam

enam - him, this (pronominal stem)

Note: Refers to Abhimanyu, the object of `pramathnīmaḥ`.

प्रमथ्नीमः (pramathnīmaḥ) - let us crush (let us crush, let us destroy)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of manth

Optative Active

Prefix: pra

Root: manth (class 9)

Note: Expresses a wish or command for a group.

पुरा (purā) - before (before, formerly, in front)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a temporal clause.

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

(indeclinable)

Repetition of eka for distributive sense

Compound type : reduplicated compound (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single
  numeral

Note: Acts adverbially, specifying how the harming occurs.

हिनस्ति (hinasti) - he harms (he harms, injures, destroys)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of hiṃs

Present Active

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

Note: Subject is Abhimanyu, implied.

नः (naḥ) - us (us, to us, our)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Can be nominative, accusative, or genitive plural. Here accusative (object of hinasti).