महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-115

शिरांसि बाहूनूरूंश्च छिन्नानन्यांस्तथा युधि ।
कर्णचापच्युतैर्बाणैरपश्याम विनाकृतान् ॥११५॥

115. śirāṁsi bāhūnūrūṁśca chinnānanyāṁstathā yudhi ,
karṇacāpacyutairbāṇairapaśyāma vinākṛtān.

115. śirāṃsi bāhūn ūrūn ca chinnān anyān tathā yudhi
karṇacāpacyutaiḥ bāṇaiḥ apaśyāma vinākṛtān

115. apaśyāma yudhi anyān vinākṛtān tathā chinnān
śirāṃsi bāhūn ūrūn ca karṇacāpacyutaiḥ bāṇaiḥ

115. We saw others in battle whose heads, arms, and thighs were severed and separated by arrows shot from Karṇa's bow.

Words meanings summery:

• शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - Severed heads. (heads)

• बाहून् (bāhūn) - Severed arms. (arms)

• ऊरून् (ūrūn) - Severed thighs. (thighs)

• च (ca) - and

• छिन्नान् (chinnān) - cut off, severed

• अन्यान् (anyān) - Refers to other warriors or people. (others, other ones)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• कर्णचापच्युतैः (karṇacāpacyutaiḥ) - Instrumental agent for the severance. (by those fallen from Karṇa's bow, by arrows shot from Karṇa's bow)

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we observed

• विनाकृतान् (vinākṛtān) - Deprived of body parts. (deprived of, separated from)

Words meanings and morphology

शिरांसि (śirāṁsi) - Severed heads. (heads)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, skull

Note: Object of 'apaśyāma' indirectly, as parts belonging to 'anyān'.

बाहून् (bāhūn) - Severed arms. (arms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāhu

bāhu - arm, foreleg

Note: Object of 'apaśyāma' indirectly.

ऊरून् (ūrūn) - Severed thighs. (thighs)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ūru

ūru - thigh

Note: Object of 'apaśyāma' indirectly.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'bāhūn' and 'ūrūn'.

छिन्नान् (chinnān) - cut off, severed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, split

Past Passive Participle

From root chid (to cut, cleave).

Root: chid (class 7)

अन्यान् (anyān) - Refers to other warriors or people. (others, other ones)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, different

Note: Main object of 'apaśyāma' in this clause.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, war, fight

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Locative of place.

कर्णचापच्युतैः (karṇacāpacyutaiḥ) - Instrumental agent for the severance. (by those fallen from Karṇa's bow, by arrows shot from Karṇa's bow)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of karṇacāpacyuta

karṇacāpacyuta - fallen from Karṇa's bow (referring to arrows)

Compound of Karṇa (proper noun), cāpa (bow), and cyuta (fallen, shot).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karṇa+cāpa+cyuta)

• karṇa – Karṇa (proper noun), ear
  proper noun (masculine)
• cāpa – bow, arc
  noun (masculine)
• cyuta – fallen, dropped, shot
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root cyu (to move, stir, fall).
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

Note: Instrument of action.

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we observed

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of paśy

Imperfect tense, 1st person plural.

From root dṛś (to see), but uses the stem paśya in present/imperfect.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The main verb of the sentence.

विनाकृतान् (vinākṛtān) - Deprived of body parts. (deprived of, separated from)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vinākṛta

vinākṛta - deprived of, separated from, without

Past Passive Participle

Compound of vinā (without) and kṛta (made, done). Implies 'made without'.

Compound type : descriptive compound (vinā+kṛta)

• vinā – without, except for
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'anyān'.