महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-10, verse-21

तामापतन्तीं सहसा शक्तिमुल्कामिवाम्बरात् ।
द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे प्रतिविन्ध्यो हसन्निव ॥२१॥

21. tāmāpatantīṁ sahasā śaktimulkāmivāmbarāt ,
dvidhā ciccheda samare prativindhyo hasanniva.

21. tām āpatantīm sahasā śaktim ulkām iva ambarāt
dvidhā ciccheda samare prativindhyaḥ hasan iva

21. prativindhyaḥ hasan iva samare tām ambarāt ulkām
iva āpatantīm śaktim sahasā dvidhā ciccheda

21. Prativindhya, as if laughing, swiftly cut that approaching spear, which was like a meteor falling from the sky, into two parts in the battle.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (spear) (that, her, it (feminine))

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching, falling towards

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, forcefully, quickly

• शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear, dart

• उल्काम् (ulkām) - meteor, firebrand, falling star

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

• द्विधा (dvidhā) - into two parts, in two ways

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced

• समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

• प्रतिविन्ध्यः (prativindhyaḥ) - Prativindhya (a proper name)

• हसन् (hasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (spear) (that, her, it (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - approaching, falling towards

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatantī

āpatant - approaching, falling towards, descending

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle (śatṛ affix) from root pat with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, swiftly, forcefully, quickly

(indeclinable)

शक्तिम् (śaktim) - spear, dart

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, spear, dart

उल्काम् (ulkām) - meteor, firebrand, falling star

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ulkā

ulkā - meteor, firebrand, torch, falling star

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अम्बरात् (ambarāt) - from the sky, from the atmosphere

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ambara

ambara - sky, atmosphere, garment

द्विधा (dvidhā) - into two parts, in two ways

(indeclinable)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit) form of root chid

Root: chid (class 7)

समरे (samare) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

प्रतिविन्ध्यः (prativindhyaḥ) - Prativindhya (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Prativindhya

Prativindhya - Prativindhya (son of Yudhiṣṭhira)

हसन् (hasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasant

hasant - laughing, smiling, joyful

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle (śatṛ affix) from root has

Root: has (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)