महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-83, verse-1

संजय उवाच ।
द्रौपदेयान्महेष्वासान्सौमदत्तिर्महायशाः ।
एकैकं पञ्चभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥१॥

1. saṁjaya uvāca ,
draupadeyānmaheṣvāsānsaumadattirmahāyaśāḥ ,
ekaikaṁ pañcabhirviddhvā punarvivyādha saptabhiḥ.

1. saṃjayaḥ uvāca | draupadeyān maheṣvāsān saumadattiḥ mahāyaśāḥ
| ekaikaṃ pañcabhiḥ viddhvā punaḥ vivyādha saptabhiḥ

1. saṃjayaḥ uvāca mahāyaśāḥ saumadattiḥ maheṣvāsān draupadeyān
ekaikaṃ pañcabhiḥ viddhvā punaḥ saptabhiḥ vivyādha

1. Sanjaya said: The greatly renowned Saumadatti (Bhurishravas), after piercing each of the great archers, Draupadi's sons, with five arrows, then again struck each of them with seven arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - sons of Draupadi

• महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers

• सौमदत्तिः (saumadattiḥ) - Bhurishravas, son of Somadatta (son of Somadatta; Bhurishravas)

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - greatly renowned, famous

• एकैकं (ekaikaṁ) - each one, one by one

• पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five arrows (by five, with five)

• विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced, having struck

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

• सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - with seven arrows (by seven, with seven)

Words meanings and morphology

संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (a proper name); victory, triumph

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplication 'u' + 'vac' -> 'uvāca'.

Root: vac (class 2)

द्रौपदेयान् (draupadeyān) - sons of Draupadi

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of draupādeya

draupādeya - son of Draupadi

Derived from Draupadī with the patronymic suffix -eya.

महेष्वासान् (maheṣvāsān) - great archers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, one with a mighty bow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – archer, bowman (literally 'one whose weapon is the arrow')
  noun (masculine)

सौमदत्तिः (saumadattiḥ) - Bhurishravas, son of Somadatta (son of Somadatta; Bhurishravas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saumadatti

saumadatti - son of Somadatta (a patronymic, referring to Bhurishravas in this context)

Derived from Sumadatta or Somadatta with the patronymic suffix -i.

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - greatly renowned, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - having great fame, very famous, renowned

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+yaśas)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• yaśas – fame, glory, renown
  noun (neuter)

एकैकं (ekaikaṁ) - each one, one by one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one, singly

Reduplicated form of 'eka' for distributive meaning.

पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - with five arrows (by five, with five)

(numeral)

विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having pierced, having struck

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root 'vyadh' with suffix -tvā, meaning 'having done X'.

Root: vyadh (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vyadh' (to pierce), perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplication 'vi' + 'vyadh' -> 'vivyādha'.

Root: vyadh (class 4)

सप्तभिः (saptabhiḥ) - with seven arrows (by seven, with seven)

(numeral)