महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-66

वितथांस्तान्समालक्ष्य पतितांश्च महीतले ।
क्षुरप्रेण सुतीक्ष्णेन कार्मुकं चिच्छिदे बली ॥६६॥

66. vitathāṁstānsamālakṣya patitāṁśca mahītale ,
kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena kārmukaṁ cicchide balī.

66. vitathān tān samālakṣya patitān ca mahītale
kṣurapreṇa sutīkṣṇena kārmukam cicchide balī

66. balī tān vitathān ca mahītale patitān samālakṣya
sutīkṣṇena kṣurapreṇa kārmukam cicchide

66. Seeing those arrows fall futilely to the ground, the powerful warrior cut his (opponent's) bow with a very sharp, razor-headed arrow.

Words meanings summery:

• वितथान् (vitathān) - futile (futile, ineffectual, false)

• तान् (tān) - those (arrows from the previous verse) (those, them)

• समालक्ष्य (samālakṣya) - having seen (having perceived, having observed, having seen)

• पतितान् (patitān) - fallen (describing the arrows) (fallen, dropped)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth's surface)

• क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-headed arrow (with a razor-headed arrow, with a broad-headed arrow)

• सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - very sharp (agreeing with kṣurapreṇa) (very sharp, exceedingly keen)

• कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow (of the opponent) (bow)

• चिच्छिदे (cicchide) - he cut (he cut, he broke)

• बली (balī) - the powerful warrior (subject) (mighty, powerful, strong one)

Words meanings and morphology

वितथान् (vitathān) - futile (futile, ineffectual, false)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vitatha

vitatha - futile, untrue, false, ineffectual

Note: Agrees with tān (arrows).

तान् (tān) - those (arrows from the previous verse) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the bāṇān (arrows) from the previous verse.

समालक्ष्य (samālakṣya) - having seen (having perceived, having observed, having seen)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form from root lakṣ with prefixes sam and ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: lakṣ (class 1)

पतितान् (patitān) - fallen (describing the arrows) (fallen, dropped)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, degraded

Past Passive Participle

PPP from root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tān (arrows).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects "futile" and "fallen".

महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth's surface)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - ground, earth's surface

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground
  noun (neuter)

क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-headed arrow (with a razor-headed arrow, with a broad-headed arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣurapra

kṣurapra - razor-headed arrow, broad-headed arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṣura+pra)

• kṣura – razor
  noun (masculine)
• pra – forward, onward, excellent (often used as a prefix)
  indeclinable

सुतीक्ष्णेन (sutīkṣṇena) - very sharp (agreeing with kṣurapreṇa) (very sharp, exceedingly keen)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sutīkṣṇa

sutīkṣṇa - very sharp, exceedingly keen

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+tīkṣṇa)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• tīkṣṇa – sharp, keen, pungent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with kṣurapreṇa.

कार्मुकम् (kārmukam) - bow (of the opponent) (bow)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārmuka

kārmuka - bow, made of karmuka wood

चिच्छिदे (cicchide) - he cut (he cut, he broke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, ātmanepada, of root chid (class 7)

Root: chid (class 7)

बली (balī) - the powerful warrior (subject) (mighty, powerful, strong one)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - mighty, powerful, strong

possessive suffix -in

Note: Acts as the subject of the sentence.