महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-34

ततो द्रोणं शिनेः पौत्रो ग्रसन्तमिव सृञ्जयान् ।
प्रत्यविध्यच्छितैर्बाणैः षड्विंशत्या स्तनान्तरे ॥३४॥

34. tato droṇaṁ śineḥ pautro grasantamiva sṛñjayān ,
pratyavidhyacchitairbāṇaiḥ ṣaḍviṁśatyā stanāntare.

34. tataḥ droṇam śineḥ pautraḥ grasantam iva sṛñjayān
prati avidhyat śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ ṣaḍviṃśatyā stanāntare

34. tataḥ śineḥ pautraḥ सृञ्जयान् grasantam iva droṇam
stana-antare ṣaḍviṃśatyā śitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ prati avidhyat

34. Then, Śini's grandson (Satyaki) retaliated, striking Drona—who was (figuratively) devouring the Sṛñjayas—in the middle of his chest with twenty-six sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - The Kuru general Dronacharya (Drona)

• शिनेः (śineḥ) - of Śini

• पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - Satyaki, who was the grandson of Śini (grandson)

• ग्रसन्तम् (grasantam) - As if Drona was consuming the Sṛñjayas with his arrows. (devouring, consuming)

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - A specific clan or group of warriors allied with the Pandavas. (the Sṛñjayas)

• प्रति (prati) - As a prefix to the verb 'vidhyat' meaning 'struck back'. (against, back, towards)

• अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - Struck (Drona). Combined with 'prati' to mean 'struck back'. (struck, pierced)

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• षड्विंशत्या (ṣaḍviṁśatyā) - with twenty-six

• स्तनान्तरे (stanāntare) - in the middle of the chest

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - The Kuru general Dronacharya (Drona)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper name)

शिनेः (śineḥ) - of Śini

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śini

śini - Śini (proper name, an ancestor of Satyaki)

पौत्रः (pautraḥ) - Satyaki, who was the grandson of Śini (grandson)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pautra

pautra - grandson

ग्रसन्तम् (grasantam) - As if Drona was consuming the Sṛñjayas with his arrows. (devouring, consuming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grasat

grasat - devouring, swallowing, consuming

Present Active Participle

From root gras (to devour).

Root: gras (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

सृञ्जयान् (sṛñjayān) - A specific clan or group of warriors allied with the Pandavas. (the Sṛñjayas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - Sṛñjaya (name of a people/clan)

प्रति (prati) - As a prefix to the verb 'vidhyat' meaning 'struck back'. (against, back, towards)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an upasarga in conjunction with the following verb, though separated here.

अविध्यत् (avidhyat) - Struck (Drona). Combined with 'prati' to mean 'struck back'. (struck, pierced)

(verb)

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

Prefix: prati

Root: vyadh (class 4)

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śita

śita - sharp, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

From root śo (to sharpen).

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

षड्विंशत्या (ṣaḍviṁśatyā) - with twenty-six

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ṣaḍviṃśati

ṣaḍviṁśati - twenty-six

Compound type : dvandva (ṣaḍ+viṃśati)

• ṣaḍ – six
  numeral
• viṃśati – twenty
  numeral (feminine)

स्तनान्तरे (stanāntare) - in the middle of the chest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of stanāntara

stanāntara - middle of the chest, breast-space

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (stana+antara)

• stana – breast, chest
  noun (masculine)
• antara – middle, interval, interior
  noun (neuter)