महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-78, verse-6

अदृष्टपूर्वं पश्यामि शिलानामिव सर्पणम् ।
त्वया संप्रेषिताः पार्थ नार्थं कुर्वन्ति पत्रिणः ॥६॥

6. adṛṣṭapūrvaṁ paśyāmi śilānāmiva sarpaṇam ,
tvayā saṁpreṣitāḥ pārtha nārthaṁ kurvanti patriṇaḥ.

6. adṛṣṭapūrvam paśyāmi śilānām iva sarpaṇam tvayā
sampreṣitāḥ pārtha na artham kurvanti patriṇaḥ

6. pārtha adṛṣṭapūrvam śilānām iva sarpaṇam paśyāmi
tvayā sampreṣitāḥ patriṇaḥ artham na kurvanti

6. O Pārtha, I see something unprecedented: your feathered arrows (patriṇaḥ), sent by you, are sliding off as if they were stones, achieving no purpose.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - something unprecedented (unprecedented, never seen before)

• पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I perceive)

• शिलानाम् (śilānām) - of stones (of stones, belonging to stones)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

• सर्पणम् (sarpaṇam) - sliding off, slipping (slipping, gliding, crawling)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सम्प्रेषिताः (sampreṣitāḥ) - sent, dispatched (arrows) (sent, dispatched, propelled)

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna) (O son of Pṛthā, O Arjuna)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अर्थम् (artham) - purpose (purpose, aim, meaning, wealth)

• कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they achieve, fulfill (they do, they make)

• पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - feathered arrows (patriṇaḥ) (feathered ones, birds, arrows)

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टपूर्वम् (adṛṣṭapūrvam) - something unprecedented (unprecedented, never seen before)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adṛṣṭapūrva

adṛṣṭapūrva - never seen before, unprecedented

Compound 'a' (not) + 'dṛṣṭa' (seen) + 'pūrva' (before).

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+dṛṣṭa+pūrva)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dṛṣṭa – seen, perceived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dṛś (to see).
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• pūrva – former, prior, previous
  adjective

पश्यामि (paśyāmi) - I see (I see, I perceive)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Present Active

1st person singular, Present, Parasmaipada, from root √dṛś (irregular present stem paśya-).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शिलानाम् (śilānām) - of stones (of stones, belonging to stones)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - stone, rock

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

सर्पणम् (sarpaṇam) - sliding off, slipping (slipping, gliding, crawling)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarpaṇa

sarpaṇa - creeping, crawling, gliding, slipping

action noun

Derived from root √sṛp (to creep, glide) with suffix -ana.

Root: sṛp (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सम्प्रेषिताः (sampreṣitāḥ) - sent, dispatched (arrows) (sent, dispatched, propelled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sampreṣita

sampreṣita - sent, dispatched, propelled

Past Passive Participle

From root √iṣ (to send) with upasargas 'sam' and 'pra'.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Qualifying 'patriṇaḥ'.

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Pārtha (Arjuna) (O son of Pṛthā, O Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

Derived from Pṛthā with an affix denoting 'son of'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अर्थम् (artham) - purpose (purpose, aim, meaning, wealth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, aim, meaning, object, wealth

कुर्वन्ति (kurvanti) - they achieve, fulfill (they do, they make)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Active

3rd person plural, Present, Parasmaipada, from root √kṛ.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पत्रिणः (patriṇaḥ) - feathered arrows (patriṇaḥ) (feathered ones, birds, arrows)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patrin

patrin - feathered, winged; bird, arrow

Derived from 'patra' (feather, wing) with suffix -in.

Note: Often used metaphorically for arrows due to their feathers.