महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-30

सौबलस्तु ततस्तस्य शरांश्चिक्षेप वीर्यवान् ।
तानापतत एवाशु चिच्छेद परमासिना ॥३०॥

30. saubalastu tatastasya śarāṁścikṣepa vīryavān ,
tānāpatata evāśu ciccheda paramāsinā.

30. saubalaḥ tu tataḥ tasya śarān cikṣepa vīryavān
tān āpatataḥ eva āśu ciccheda parama asinā

30. tu tataḥ vīryavān saubalaḥ tasya śarān cikṣepa
saḥ āśu eva tān āpatataḥ parama asinā ciccheda

30. But then the valorous Saubala cast arrows at him. With his excellent sword, (the sword-wielder) immediately cut down those very arrows as they approached.

Words meanings summery:

• सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - Saubala

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• शरान् (śarān) - arrows

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he threw, he cast

• वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, powerful, heroic

• तान् (tān) - those

• आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, approaching, rushing

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely, only

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced

• परम (parama) - excellent, supreme, highest

• असिना (asinā) - by sword, with a sword

Words meanings and morphology

सौबलः (saubalaḥ) - Saubala

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saubala

saubala - son of Subala, Saubala (proper name)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शरान् (śarān) - arrows

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he threw, he cast

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √kṣip

Root: kṣip (class 6)

वीर्यवान् (vīryavān) - valorous, powerful, heroic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīryavat

vīryavat - possessing valor, brave, powerful

Derived from vīrya with the matup suffix.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, approaching, rushing

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āpatat

āpatat - falling, approaching, rushing down

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of ā-√pat.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, precisely, only

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he pierced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √chid

Root: chid (class 7)

परम (parama) - excellent, supreme, highest

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, excellent, best

Note: Agrees with 'asinā'.

असिना (asinā) - by sword, with a sword

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of asi

asi - sword, scimitar