महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-7, verse-26

तेषामथो द्रोणधनुर्विमुक्ताः पतत्रिणः काञ्चनचित्रपुङ्खाः ।
भित्त्वा शरीराणि गजाश्वयूनां जग्मुर्महीं शोणितदिग्धवाजाः ॥२६॥

26. teṣāmatho droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ; patatriṇaḥ kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ ,
bhittvā śarīrāṇi gajāśvayūnāṁ; jagmurmahīṁ śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ.

26. teṣām atho droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ
patatriṇaḥ kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ
bhittvā śarīrāṇi gajāśvayūnām
jagmuḥ mahīm śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ

26. atho droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ
kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ
patatriṇaḥ teṣām gajāśvayūnām
śarīrāṇi bhittvā mahīm jagmuḥ

26. Then, those winged arrows, released from Drona's bow, with their golden and variegated shafts, having pierced the bodies of the young elephants and horses, reached the earth with their feathers smeared with blood.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the young elephants and horses mentioned subsequently (of them, to them)

• अथो (atho) - then, now, moreover

• द्रोणधनुर्विमुक्ताः (droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ) - released from Drona's bow

• पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - arrows (winged (creatures/things), birds, arrows)

• काञ्चनचित्रपुङ्खाः (kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ) - with golden and variegated shafts/feathers

• भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having split, having broken

• शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

• गजाश्वयूनाम् (gajāśvayūnām) - of young elephants and horses

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they reached

• महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

• शोणितदिग्धवाजाः (śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ) - whose feathers/wings were smeared with blood

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - referring to the young elephants and horses mentioned subsequently (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथो (atho) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

द्रोणधनुर्विमुक्ताः (droṇadhanurvimuktāḥ) - released from Drona's bow

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of droṇadhanurvimukta

droṇadhanurvimukta - released from Drona's bow

Past Passive Participle (used as adjective)

Compound of 'droṇadhanus' (Drona's bow) and 'vimukta' (released, P.P.P. of √muc with vi-)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇadhanus+vimukta)

• droṇadhanus – Drona's bow
  noun (neuter)
• vimukta – released, set free
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √muc (to release) with the prefix vi-
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)

पतत्रिणः (patatriṇaḥ) - arrows (winged (creatures/things), birds, arrows)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patatrin

patatrin - winged, bird, arrow

काञ्चनचित्रपुङ्खाः (kāñcanacitrapuṅkhāḥ) - with golden and variegated shafts/feathers

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāñcanacitrapuṅkha

kāñcanacitrapuṅkha - having golden and variegated shafts/feathers

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāñcana+citra+puṅkha)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold
  adjective (neuter)
• citra – variegated, diverse, wonderful, bright, picture
  adjective (neuter)
• puṅkha – shaft of an arrow, feather
  noun (masculine)

भित्त्वा (bhittvā) - having pierced, having split, having broken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √bhid (7th class) to form an absolutive, indicating a preceding action.

Root: bhid (class 7)

शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - bodies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śarīra

śarīra - body, corporeal frame

गजाश्वयूनाम् (gajāśvayūnām) - of young elephants and horses

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of gajāśvayūna

gajāśvayūna - young elephants and horses, herds of elephants and horses

Compound type : dvandva (gaja+aśva+yūna)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• yūna – young, youthful, young animal
  adjective (masculine)

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they reached

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √gam

Perfect, 3rd Person Plural

Derived from the root √gam (1st class) in the perfect tense.

Root: gam (class 1)

महीम् (mahīm) - to the earth, ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

शोणितदिग्धवाजाः (śoṇitadigdhavājāḥ) - whose feathers/wings were smeared with blood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śoṇitadigdhavāja

śoṇitadigdhavāja - having feathers/wings smeared with blood

Bahuvrīhi compound describing the arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śoṇita+digdha+vāja)

• śoṇita – blood, red
  noun (neuter)
• digdha – smeared, anointed, covered
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √dih (to smear)
  Root: dih (class 4)
• vāja – wing, feather, speed
  noun (masculine)