महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-82, verse-4

अथैनं छिन्नधन्वानं शरेण नतपर्वणा ।
विव्याध हृदये तूर्णं प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥४॥

4. athainaṁ chinnadhanvānaṁ śareṇa nataparvaṇā ,
vivyādha hṛdaye tūrṇaṁ pravaraṁ sarvadhanvinām.

4. atha enam chinnadhanvānam śareṇa nataparvaṇā
vivyādha hṛdaye tūrṇam pravaram sarvadhanvinām

4. atha enam chinnadhanvānam sarvadhanvinām pravaram
tūrṇam nataparvaṇā śareṇa hṛdaye vivyādha

4. Then, with a swift, bent-jointed arrow, he quickly pierced him – the foremost among all archers, whose bow had been cut – in the heart.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

• एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the opponent) (him, this one)

• छिन्नधन्वानम् (chinnadhanvānam) - whose bow was cut (whose bow is cut, having a broken bow)

• शरेण (śareṇa) - with an arrow (by an arrow, with an arrow)

• नतपर्वणा (nataparvaṇā) - with a bent-jointed (arrow) (with a bent joint, with a crooked knot)

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced (he pierced, he struck)

• हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart (in the heart, on the chest)

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, rapidly)

• प्रवरम् (pravaram) - the foremost (among archers) (foremost, best, excellent)

• सर्वधन्विनाम् (sarvadhanvinām) - among all archers (of all archers, among all archers)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him (referring to the opponent) (him, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of enad

enad - this, that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine accusative singular of 'enad'

छिन्नधन्वानम् (chinnadhanvānam) - whose bow was cut (whose bow is cut, having a broken bow)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of chinnadhanvan

chinnadhanvan - having a cut bow, broken-bowed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+dhanvan)

• chinna – cut, broken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'chid' (to cut)
  Root: chid (class 7)
• dhanvan – bow
  noun (neuter)

शरेण (śareṇa) - with an arrow (by an arrow, with an arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṝ (class 9)

नतपर्वणा (nataparvaṇā) - with a bent-jointed (arrow) (with a bent joint, with a crooked knot)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nataparvan

nataparvan - having bent joints/knots

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nata+parvan)

• nata – bent, bowed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'nam' (to bend)
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – joint, knot, section
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śareṇa.

विव्याध (vivyādha) - he pierced (he pierced, he struck)

(verb)

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

Prefix: vi

Root: vyadh (class 4)

हृदये (hṛdaye) - in the heart (in the heart, on the chest)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of hṛdaya

hṛdaya - heart

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, rapidly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

प्रवरम् (pravaram) - the foremost (among archers) (foremost, best, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pravara

pravara - chief, principal, best, excellent

Note: Agrees with enam.

सर्वधन्विनाम् (sarvadhanvinām) - among all archers (of all archers, among all archers)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadhanvin

sarvadhanvin - all archers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+dhanvin)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective
• dhanvin – archer, bowman
  noun (masculine)
  From dhanvan (bow) + in suffix (possessive)