महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-74, verse-4

रथमार्गप्रमाणं तु कौन्तेयो निशितैः शरैः ।
चकार तत्र पन्थानं ययौ येन जनार्दनः ॥४॥

4. rathamārgapramāṇaṁ tu kaunteyo niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
cakāra tatra panthānaṁ yayau yena janārdanaḥ.

4. rathamārgapramāṇam tu kaunteyaḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
| cakāra tatra panthānam yayau yena janārdanaḥ

4. tu,
kaunteyaḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ tatra rathamārgapramāṇam panthānam cakāra,
yena janārdanaḥ yayau.

4. But Kunti's son (Arjuna), with his sharp arrows, created a path there exactly the width of a chariot's track, by which Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa) proceeded.

Words meanings summery:

• रथमार्गप्रमाणम् (rathamārgapramāṇam) - of the measure of a chariot path

• तु (tu) - but (indicating a shift in focus) (but, indeed, however)

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti, Arjuna)

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharpened, by sharp

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• चकार (cakāra) - created (a path) (made, did, created)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (on the battlefield) (there, in that place)

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way, road

• ययौ (yayau) - went, proceeded

• येन (yena) - by which (path) (by which, by whom)

• जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

रथमार्गप्रमाणम् (rathamārgapramāṇam) - of the measure of a chariot path

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rathamārgapramāṇa

rathamārgapramāṇa - the measure of a chariot's track, a chariot-width

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+mārga+pramāṇa)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• mārga – path, way, road
  noun (masculine)
• pramāṇa – measure, standard, proof
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: mā (class 3)

तु (tu) - but (indicating a shift in focus) (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (Arjuna, Bhima, Yudhiṣṭhira)

Derived from Kunti with patronymic suffix

Note: Subject of 'cakāra'.

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - by sharpened, by sharp

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, sharp

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni-śā (to sharpen), past passive participle

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'śaraiḥ'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, kind of grass

Note: Instrumental of means.

चकार (cakāra) - created (a path) (made, did, created)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत्र (tatra) - there (on the battlefield) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - path, way, road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of panthan

panthan - path, way, road

Note: Object of 'cakāra'.

ययौ (yayau) - went, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of yā

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: yā (class 2)

येन (yena) - by which (path) (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'panthānam'.

जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, one who excites or punishes men

Note: Subject of 'yayau'.