महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-3

उलूकस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्रस्य संयुगे ।
क्षुरप्रेण धनुश्छित्त्वा ताडयामास कर्णिना ॥३॥

3. ulūkastu tataḥ kruddhastava putrasya saṁyuge ,
kṣurapreṇa dhanuśchittvā tāḍayāmāsa karṇinā.

3. ulūkaḥ tu tataḥ kruddhaḥ tava putrasya saṃyuge
kṣurapreṇa dhanuḥ chittvā tāḍayāmāsa karṇinā

3. tu tataḥ kruddhaḥ ulūkaḥ saṃyuge tava putrasya
dhanuḥ kṣurapreṇa chittvā karṇinā tāḍayāmāsa

3. But then, enraged, Ulūka, in that battle (saṃyuga), first cut your son's bow with a razor-sharp arrow (kṣurapra), and then struck him with a barbed arrow.

Words meanings summery:

• उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Ulūka (proper name)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

• तव (tava) - your

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (saṃyuga) (in battle, in engagement)

• क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow (kṣurapra) (with a razor-sharp arrow)

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

• ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck, hit

• कर्णिना (karṇinā) - with a barbed arrow (with a barbed arrow, with a feathered arrow)

Words meanings and morphology

उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Ulūka (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ulūka

ulūka - owl, Ulūka (proper name)

nominative singular

तु (tu) - but, indeed

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry

Past Passive Participle

From root krudh (to be angry), nominative singular masculine

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with Ulūka.

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

6th case singular

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of the son

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

genitive singular

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (saṃyuga) (in battle, in engagement)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, engagement

locative singular

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow (kṣurapra) (with a razor-sharp arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣurapra

kṣurapra - razor-arrow, a crescent-shaped arrow

instrumental singular

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣura+pra)

• kṣura – razor, knife
  noun (masculine)
• pra – foremost, excellent, sharp
  adjective (masculine)
  often used as an intensifier or prefix; here indicating sharpness

Note: Specific type of arrow used for cutting.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

accusative singular

Root: dhanv

Note: Object of cutting.

छित्त्वा (chittvā) - having cut, having severed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root chid (to cut) with suffix -tvā

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Indicates a prior action.

ताडयामास (tāḍayāmāsa) - struck, hit

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of tāḍ

Periphrastic Perfect Active

3rd person singular, from tāḍi + āmāsa

Root: tāḍ (class 10)

कर्णिना (karṇinā) - with a barbed arrow (with a barbed arrow, with a feathered arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of karṇin

karṇin - having ears, feathered, barbed (an arrow)

instrumental singular

Note: Another type of arrow.