महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-15, verse-22

तेषां पञ्चाच्छिनत्पाण्ड्यः पञ्चभिर्निशितैः शरैः ।
चत्वारोऽभ्याहनन्वाहानाशु ते व्यसवोऽभवन् ॥२२॥

22. teṣāṁ pañcācchinatpāṇḍyaḥ pañcabhirniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
catvāro'bhyāhananvāhānāśu te vyasavo'bhavan.

22. teṣām pañca acchinat pāṇḍyaḥ pañcabhiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
catvāraḥ abhyāhanan vāhān āśu te vyasavaḥ abhavan

22. pāṇḍyaḥ pañcabhiḥ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ teṣām pañca acchinat (tataḥ)
catvāraḥ (śarāḥ) vāhān abhyāhanan te āśu vyasavaḥ abhavan

22. Pāṇḍya, with five sharp arrows, cut down five of his (opponent's) [arrows/weapons]. Four (of Pāṇḍya's arrows) struck the horses, and those (horses) immediately became lifeless.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the opponent's (of them, their)

• पञ्च (pañca) - five (arrows or weapons) (five)

• अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - cut off, severed

• पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ) - Pāṇḍya, the king (as the subject of the action) (the Pāṇḍya)

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

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, whetted

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four (arrows) (four)

• अभ्याहनन् (abhyāhanan) - struck, assailed

• वाहान् (vāhān) - horses, steeds

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly, immediately

• ते (te) - those (horses) (they, those)

• व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - lifeless, breathless

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of the opponent's (of them, their)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the opponent's belongings, likely arrows.

पञ्च (pañca) - five (arrows or weapons) (five)

(numeral)

Note: Object of cutting.

अच्छिनत् (acchinat) - cut off, severed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √chid

Imperfect, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: chid (class 7)

पाण्ड्यः (pāṇḍyaḥ) - Pāṇḍya, the king (as the subject of the action) (the Pāṇḍya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍya

pāṇḍya - Pāṇḍya (name of a king/dynasty)

Note: Subject of acchinat.

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

(numeral)

Note: Instrument for cutting.

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp, whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharp, whetted, sharpened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śā 'to sharpen' with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies śaraiḥ.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

चत्वारः (catvāraḥ) - four (arrows) (four)

(numeral)

Note: Implied subject (four arrows).

अभ्याहनन् (abhyāhanan) - struck, assailed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √han

Imperfect, 3rd person plural, active voice, with upasarga abhi-ā-

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: han (class 2)

वाहान् (vāhān) - horses, steeds

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāha

vāha - horse, bearer, carrier

Note: Object of abhyāhanan.

आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly, immediately

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying abhavan.

ते (te) - those (horses) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the horses (vāhān).

व्यसवः (vyasavaḥ) - lifeless, breathless

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyasu

vyasu - lifeless, breathless, dead

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+asu)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
• asu – breath, life
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'te'.

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √bhū

Imperfect, 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)