महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-16, verse-21

वर्मदेहासुमथनैर्धनुषः प्रच्युतैः शरैः ।
मौर्व्या तलत्रैर्न्यवधीत्कशया वाजिनो यथा ॥२१॥

21. varmadehāsumathanairdhanuṣaḥ pracyutaiḥ śaraiḥ ,
maurvyā talatrairnyavadhītkaśayā vājino yathā.

21. varmadehāsumathanaiḥ dhanuṣaḥ pracyutaiḥ śaraiḥ
maurvyā talatraiḥ nyavadhīt kaśayā vājinaḥ yathā

21. (saḥ) dhanuṣaḥ pracyutaiḥ varmadehāsumathanaiḥ śaraiḥ
maurvyā talatraiḥ kaśayā vājinaḥ yathā (tān) nyavadhīt

21. With arrows shot from his bow—arrows that crushed armor, bodies, and lives—he struck down [the enemies] by means of his bowstring and hand-guards, just as one controls horses with a whip.

Words meanings summery:

• वर्मदेहासुमथनैः (varmadehāsumathanaiḥ) - by those (arrows) that crushed armor, bodies, and lives (by those that crushed armor, bodies, and lives)

• धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - from his bow (from the bow, of the bow)

• प्रच्युतैः (pracyutaiḥ) - by those (arrows) discharged (by those shot forth, by those discharged)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• मौर्व्या (maurvyā) - by his bowstring (by the bowstring, with the bowstring)

• तलत्रैः (talatraiḥ) - with hand-guards (with hand-guards, with leather protectors)

• न्यवधीत् (nyavadhīt) - he struck down (he struck, he slew, he killed)

• कशया (kaśayā) - with a whip

• वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

वर्मदेहासुमथनैः (varmadehāsumathanaiḥ) - by those (arrows) that crushed armor, bodies, and lives (by those that crushed armor, bodies, and lives)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of varman-deha-asu-mathana

varman-deha-asu-mathana - crushing armor, bodies, and lives

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (varman+deha+asu+mathana)

• varman – armor
  noun (neuter)
• deha – body
  noun (masculine)
• asu – life, breath
  noun (masculine)
• mathana – churning, crushing, destroying
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'math' (to churn, crush).
  Root: math (class 1)

Note: Modifies śaraiḥ.

धनुषः (dhanuṣaḥ) - from his bow (from the bow, of the bow)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Indicates origin of the arrows.

प्रच्युतैः (pracyutaiḥ) - by those (arrows) discharged (by those shot forth, by those discharged)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pracyuta

pracyuta - fallen, discharged, shot forth

Past Passive Participle

From root cyu (to move, to fall) with upasarga pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: cyu (class 1)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Root: śṛ (class 1)

Note: Main instrument of the action.

मौर्व्या (maurvyā) - by his bowstring (by the bowstring, with the bowstring)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of maurvī

maurvī - bowstring, a plant

From murvā (a plant whose fiber is used for bowstrings).

Note: Another instrument of the action.

तलत्रैः (talatraiḥ) - with hand-guards (with hand-guards, with leather protectors)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of talatra

talatra - a leather glove, hand-guard, quiver-lid

From tala (palm) + suffix tra.

Note: Another instrument of the action.

न्यवधीत् (nyavadhīt) - he struck down (he struck, he slew, he killed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of han

Aorist 3rd singular active of root han (which becomes vadh in certain conjugations/forms) with upasarga ni.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

कशया (kaśayā) - with a whip

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaśā

kaśā - whip, scourge, string

Note: Part of the simile.

वाजिनः (vājinaḥ) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vājin

vājin - strong, swift, horse, warrior

From vāja (strength, speed) + suffix in.

Note: Object in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, like)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb.