महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-34

तेषामापततामेव शिलायुद्धं चिकीर्षताम् ।
सात्यकिः प्रतिसंधाय त्रिंशतं प्राहिणोच्छरान् ॥३४॥

34. teṣāmāpatatāmeva śilāyuddhaṁ cikīrṣatām ,
sātyakiḥ pratisaṁdhāya triṁśataṁ prāhiṇoccharān.

34. teṣām āpatatām eva śilāyuddham cikīrṣatām
sātyakiḥ pratisaṃdhāya triṃśatam prāhiṇot śarān

34. teṣām āpatatām eva śilāyuddham cikīrṣatām
sātyakiḥ pratisaṃdhāya triṃśatam śarān prāhiṇot

34. As those (enemies) were attacking and indeed wishing to engage in stone warfare, Satyaki, taking aim, discharged thirty arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (enemies) (of them, to them)

• आपतताम् (āpatatām) - of those rushing, of those attacking

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

• शिलायुद्धम् (śilāyuddham) - stone warfare, battle with stones

• चिकीर्षताम् (cikīrṣatām) - of those wishing to engage in (stone warfare) (of those wishing to do, of those desiring to perform)

• सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki (name of a warrior)

• प्रतिसंधाय (pratisaṁdhāya) - having aimed, having fixed (an arrow)

• त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty

• प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, he despatched

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (enemies) (of them, to them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Genitive plural masculine of `tad`.

Note: Governs the present participles `āpatatām` and `cikīrṣatām`.

आपतताम् (āpatatām) - of those rushing, of those attacking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āpatat

āpatat - rushing, falling upon, attacking

Present Active Participle

Genitive plural masculine of present active participle from root `pat` (to fall) with prefix `ā`.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, precisely

(indeclinable)

शिलायुद्धम् (śilāyuddham) - stone warfare, battle with stones

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śilāyuddha

śilāyuddha - stone warfare, battle with stones

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śilā+yuddha)

• śilā – stone, rock
  noun (feminine)
• yuddha – battle, fight, war
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `yudh` (to fight) + `kta` suffix.
  Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of the desiderative participle `cikīrṣatām`.

चिकीर्षताम् (cikīrṣatām) - of those wishing to engage in (stone warfare) (of those wishing to do, of those desiring to perform)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of cikīrṣat

cikīrṣat - wishing to do, desiring to perform

Desiderative Present Active Participle

Genitive plural masculine of present active participle from desiderative stem of root `kṛ` (to do, make). Desiderative stem is `cikīrṣa`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सात्यकिः (sātyakiḥ) - Satyaki (name of a warrior)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - Satyaki (name of a Vṛṣṇi hero, Krishna's charioteer, and Yuyudhāna's son)

प्रतिसंधाय (pratisaṁdhāya) - having aimed, having fixed (an arrow)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root `dhā` (to place) with prefixes `prati` and `sam`.

Prefixes: prati+sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Indicates a prior action by the subject `sātyakiḥ`.

त्रिंशतम् (triṁśatam) - thirty

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `śarān` in case and number (grammatically, but conceptually quantifies plural).

प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, he despatched

(verb)

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

imperfect

3rd person singular imperfect, active voice, from root `hi` (to send) with prefix `pra`.

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 3)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 9)