महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-4

तेषां वैफल्यमालोक्य पुनर्नव च पञ्च च ।
प्राहिणोन्निशितान्बाणांस्ते चाभ्रश्यन्त वर्मणः ॥४॥

4. teṣāṁ vaiphalyamālokya punarnava ca pañca ca ,
prāhiṇonniśitānbāṇāṁste cābhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ.

4. teṣām vaiphalyam ālokya punaḥ nava ca pañca ca
prāhiṇot niśitān bāṇān te ca abhraśyanta varmaṇaḥ

4. teṣām vaiphalyam ālokya punaḥ nava ca pañca ca
niśitān bāṇān prāhiṇot te ca varmaṇaḥ abhraśyanta

4. Perceiving their uselessness, he again dispatched fourteen sharp arrows. But those also slipped off the armor.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the previous arrows) (of them, their)

• वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - uselessness (of the arrows) (uselessness, fruitlessness, failure)

• आलोक्य (ālokya) - perceiving (having seen, perceiving, observing)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• नव (nava) - nine

• च (ca) - and

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• च (ca) - and

• प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he dispatched (Arjuna) (he sent forth, dispatched)

• निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp (arrows) (sharp, sharpened, whetted)

• बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

• ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• अभ्रश्यन्त (abhraśyanta) - slipped off (slipped off, fell down, fell from)

• वर्मणः (varmaṇaḥ) - from the armor (from the armor, of the armor)

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - their (referring to the previous arrows) (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वैफल्यम् (vaiphalyam) - uselessness (of the arrows) (uselessness, fruitlessness, failure)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vaiphalya

vaiphalya - uselessness, fruitlessness, failure

Derived from 'viphala' (fruitless) with suffix -ya.

आलोक्य (ālokya) - perceiving (having seen, perceiving, observing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

From root √lok (to see) with upasarga 'ā', forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Gerund/Absolutive.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

नव (nava) - nine

(numeral)

Note: Acting as an adjective to 'bāṇān'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Acting as an adjective to 'bāṇān'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he dispatched (Arjuna) (he sent forth, dispatched)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, Imperfect, Parasmaipada, from root √hi with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 5)

निशितान् (niśitān) - sharp (arrows) (sharp, sharpened, whetted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

From √śo (to sharpen) with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Qualifying 'bāṇān'.

बाणान् (bāṇān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

ते (te) - those (arrows) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभ्रश्यन्त (abhraśyanta) - slipped off (slipped off, fell down, fell from)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhraṃś

Imperfect Middle

3rd person plural, Imperfect, Ātmanepada.

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

वर्मणः (varmaṇaḥ) - from the armor (from the armor, of the armor)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of varman

varman - armor, mail, protection