महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-21

संजय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वार्जुनो बाणानभिमन्त्र्य व्यकर्षयत् ।
विकृष्यमाणांस्तेनैवं धनुर्मध्यगताञ्शरान् ।
तानस्यास्त्रेण चिच्छेद द्रौणिः सर्वास्त्रघातिना ॥२१॥

21. saṁjaya uvāca ,
evamuktvārjuno bāṇānabhimantrya vyakarṣayat ,
vikṛṣyamāṇāṁstenaivaṁ dhanurmadhyagatāñśarān ,
tānasyāstreṇa ciccheda drauṇiḥ sarvāstraghātinā.

21. saṃjaya uvāca evam uktvā arjunaḥ bāṇān
abhimantrya vyākarṣayat vikṛṣyamāṇān tena
evam dhanur-madhya-gatān śarān tān asya
astreṇa cicheda drauṇiḥ sarva-astra-ghātinā

21. saṃjaya uvāca.
arjunaḥ evam uktvā,
bāṇān abhimantrya vyākarṣayat.
tena evam vikṛṣyamāṇān dhanur-madhya-gatān tān śarān asya drauṇiḥ sarva-astra-ghātinā astreṇa cicheda.

21. Saṃjaya said: Having spoken thus, Arjuna consecrated his arrows and then began to pull them out. As he was pulling out those arrows that were fixed in his bow, Drauni (Aśvatthāman) cut them with his weapon (astra), which was capable of destroying all weapons.

Words meanings summery:

• संजय (saṁjaya) - Saṃjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (a proper name)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• अभिमन्त्र्य (abhimantrya) - having consecrated, having invoked a mantra over

• व्याकर्षयत् (vyākarṣayat) - he pulled out, he drew forth

• विकृष्यमाणान् (vikṛṣyamāṇān) - being pulled out

• तेन (tena) - by him

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• धनुर्-मध्य-गतान् (dhanur-madhya-gatān) - situated in the middle of the bow, fixed in the bow

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him

• अस्त्रेण (astreṇa) - by a weapon

• चिछेद (cicheda) - he cut, he pierced

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa. (Drauni (Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa))

• सर्व-अस्त्र-घातिना (sarva-astra-ghātinā) - by that which destroys all weapons, by the destroyer of all weapons

Words meanings and morphology

संजय (saṁjaya) - Saṃjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Saṃjaya (a proper name); victory, conquest

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak) with suffix -tvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions adverbially.

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a Pandava prince); white, silver

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow, dart

अभिमन्त्र्य (abhimantrya) - having consecrated, having invoked a mantra over

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'mantr' (to consult, consecrate) with prefix 'abhi' and suffix -ya.

Prefix: abhi

Root: mantr (class 10)

Note: Functions adverbially.

व्याकर्षयत् (vyākarṣayat) - he pulled out, he drew forth

(verb)

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

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

विकृष्यमाणान् (vikṛṣyamāṇān) - being pulled out

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vikṛṣyamāṇa

vikṛṣyamāṇa - being pulled, being drawn away

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kṛṣ' (to pull) with prefix 'vi' and suffix -māna.

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'śarān'.

तेन (tena) - by him

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Could also be neuter singular instrumental.

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

धनुर्-मध्य-गतान् (dhanur-madhya-gatān) - situated in the middle of the bow, fixed in the bow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhanurmadhyagata

dhanurmadhyagata - situated in the middle of the bow

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhanus+madhya+gata)

• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'śarān'.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अस्य (asya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he

अस्त्रेण (astreṇa) - by a weapon

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile

Root: as (class 4)

चिछेद (cicheda) - he cut, he pierced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of chid

Root: chid (class 7)

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa. (Drauni (Aśvatthāman, son of Droṇa))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa, Aśvatthāman

Patronymic derived from Droṇa.

सर्व-अस्त्र-घातिना (sarva-astra-ghātinā) - by that which destroys all weapons, by the destroyer of all weapons

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sarvāstraghātin

sarvāstraghātin - destroyer of all weapons

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+astra+ghātin)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (neuter)
• astra – weapon, missile
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)
• ghātin – destroyer, killer
  adjective (neuter)
  Derived from root 'han' (to kill) with agent suffix -in.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'astreṇa'.