महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-13

पुण्ड्रस्यापततो नागं चलन्तमिव पर्वतम् ।
सहदेवः प्रयत्नात्तैर्नाराचैर्व्यहनत्त्रिभिः ॥१३॥

13. puṇḍrasyāpatato nāgaṁ calantamiva parvatam ,
sahadevaḥ prayatnāttairnārācairvyahanattribhiḥ.

13. puṇḍrasya āpatataḥ nāgam calantam iva parvatam
sahadevaḥ prayatnāt taiḥ nārācaiḥ vyahanat tribhiḥ

13. sahadevaḥ prayatnāt puṇḍrasya āpatataḥ calantam
parvatam iva nāgam taiḥ tribhiḥ nārācaiḥ vyahanat

13. Sahadeva, with great effort, struck down Pundra's elephant, which was falling like a moving mountain, using three iron arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• पुण्ड्रस्य (puṇḍrasya) - of Pundra

• आपततः (āpatataḥ) - of one falling, of one descending, of one charging

• नागम् (nāgam) - elephant (elephant, snake)

• चलन्तम् (calantam) - moving, shaking

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

• प्रयत्नात् (prayatnāt) - with effort, diligently, carefully

• तैः (taiḥ) - by those arrows (by those)

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows, by arrows

• व्यहनत् (vyahanat) - he struck down, he killed

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

Words meanings and morphology

पुण्ड्रस्य (puṇḍrasya) - of Pundra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puṇḍra

puṇḍra - name of a country or its king; a personal name

आपततः (āpatataḥ) - of one falling, of one descending, of one charging

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - falling, descending, charging, attacking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall) with prefix ā (towards, down)

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies nāgam.

नागम् (nāgam) - elephant (elephant, snake)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; a class of mythical beings

चलन्तम् (calantam) - moving, shaking

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of calat

calat - moving, shaking, trembling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root cal (to move)

Root: cal (class 1)

Note: Qualifies parvatam.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, rock, large stone

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - name of the youngest of the five Pāṇḍava brothers

प्रयत्नात् (prayatnāt) - with effort, diligently, carefully

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prayatna

prayatna - effort, exertion, attempt

Prefix: pra

Root: yat (class 1)

Note: Ablative case used adverbially to denote 'with effort'.

तैः (taiḥ) - by those arrows (by those)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the arrows (nārācaiḥ).

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - by iron arrows, by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a metal arrow

व्यहनत् (vyahanat) - he struck down, he killed

(verb)

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

Root han (to strike/kill) with prefix vi (apart, away)

Prefix: vi

Root: han (class 2)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral adjective)

Note: Agrees with 'nārācaiḥ'.