महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-41

ताञ्शरान्समरे राजन्वेगेनापततो बहून् ।
एकैकं पञ्चभिर्बाणैः सहदेवो न्यकृन्तत ॥४१॥

41. tāñśarānsamare rājanvegenāpatato bahūn ,
ekaikaṁ pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ sahadevo nyakṛntata.

41. tān śarān samare rājan vegena āpatataḥ bahūn |
ekaikam pañcabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ sahadevaḥ nyakṛntata

41. rājan,
sahadevaḥ samare vegena āpatataḥ tān bahūn śarān ekaikam pañcabhiḥ bāṇaiḥ nyakṛntata.

41. O King, Sahadeva cut down those many arrows, swiftly falling in battle, each one with five of his own arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war, in combat

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, swiftly, rapidly

• आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, descending, rushing

• बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous, abundant

• एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one, singly

• पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five, with five

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

• न्यकृन्तत (nyakṛntata) - cut down, severed, destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, water

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat, conflict

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

वेगेन (vegena) - with speed, swiftly, rapidly

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vega

vega - speed, velocity, impulse, current

आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, descending, rushing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āpatat

āpatat - falling, descending, arriving, occurring

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'pat' (to fall) with the prefix 'ā' (towards).

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'śarān'.

बहून् (bahūn) - many, numerous, abundant

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous, abundant

Note: Qualifies 'śarān'.

एकैकम् (ekaikam) - each one, one by one, singly

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ekaika

ekaika - each one, one by one, singly, individually

Distributive compound from 'eka' (one).

Compound type : dvandva (eka+eka)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)
• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'each one' or 'one by one'.

पञ्चभिः (pañcabhiḥ) - by five, with five

(numeral)

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (name of the youngest Pandava brother)

न्यकृन्तत (nyakṛntata) - cut down, severed, destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛnt

Root: kṛnt (class 6)

Note: With prefix 'ni'.