महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-10, verse-20

ततः शक्तिं महाराज हेमदण्डां दुरासदाम् ।
प्राहिणोत्तव पुत्राय घोरामग्निशिखामिव ॥२०॥

20. tataḥ śaktiṁ mahārāja hemadaṇḍāṁ durāsadām ,
prāhiṇottava putrāya ghorāmagniśikhāmiva.

20. tataḥ śaktim mahārāja hemadaṇḍām durāsadām
prāhiṇot tava putrāya ghorām agniśikhām iva

20. mahārāja tataḥ tava putrāya hemadaṇḍām
durāsadām ghorām agniśikhām iva śaktim prāhiṇot

20. Then, O great king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), he sent forth towards your son a formidable spear, which had a golden shaft and was dreadful like a flame of fire.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - a spear (weapon) (spear, dart, power (śakti))

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

• हेमदण्डाम् (hemadaṇḍām) - having a golden shaft/handle

• दुरासदाम् (durāsadām) - formidable, difficult to approach/overcome

• प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, dispatched

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• पुत्राय (putrāya) - to the son, for the son

• घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

• अग्निशिखाम् (agniśikhām) - flame of fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - a spear (weapon) (spear, dart, power (śakti))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, capability, strength, spear, dart

महाराज (mahārāja) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, sovereign

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

हेमदण्डाम् (hemadaṇḍām) - having a golden shaft/handle

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of hemadaṇḍā

hemadaṇḍa - having a golden staff/handle/rod

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (heman+daṇḍa)

• heman – gold, golden
  noun (neuter)
• daṇḍa – stick, staff, rod, handle
  noun (masculine)

दुरासदाम् (durāsadām) - formidable, difficult to approach/overcome

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult to approach, inaccessible, formidable

Compound of dur (difficult) and āsada (approachable/attainable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+āsada)

• dur – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• āsada – approachable, attainable
  adjective
  Gerundive/n-suffix noun
  From root sad with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: sad (class 1)

प्राहिणोत् (prāhiṇot) - he sent forth, dispatched

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 3)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

पुत्राय (putrāya) - to the son, for the son

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful, fierce

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful

अग्निशिखाम् (agniśikhām) - flame of fire

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of agniśikhā

agniśikhā - flame of fire, peak of fire

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (agni+śikhā)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – flame, crest, tuft, top
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)