महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-18, verse-9

उलूकस्तस्य भल्लेन तैलधौतेन मारिष ।
शिरश्चिच्छेद सहसा यन्तुर्भरतसत्तम ॥९॥

9. ulūkastasya bhallena tailadhautena māriṣa ,
śiraściccheda sahasā yanturbharatasattama.

9. ulūkaḥ tasya bhallena tailadhautena māriṣa
śiraḥ ciccheda sahasā yantuḥ bharatasattama

9. māriṣa bharatasattama ulūkaḥ tasya tailadhautena
bhallena yantuḥ śiraḥ sahasā ciccheda

9. O respected one, O best of the Bharatas, Ulūka suddenly cut off the charioteer's head with his oil-polished spear.

Words meanings summery:

• उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Uluka (a warrior) (Uluka (name of a person), an owl)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that charioteer (of him, of that)

• भल्लेन (bhallena) - with a spear/arrow (with a spear, with an arrow)

• तैलधौतेन (tailadhautena) - with (the spear that is) polished with oil (with (that which is) polished with oil, purified by oil)

• मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected Dhritarashtra (the traditional recipient of narration) (O respected one, O honorable one)

• शिरः (śiraḥ) - the head (head)

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed (cut, split, severed)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcefully, quickly)

• यन्तुः (yantuḥ) - of the charioteer (of the charioteer, of the controller)

• भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas (Dhritarashtra) (O best of Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - Uluka (a warrior) (Uluka (name of a person), an owl)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ulūka

ulūka - Uluka (name of a person), an owl

तस्य (tasya) - of that charioteer (of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the charioteer mentioned later in the verse.

भल्लेन (bhallena) - with a spear/arrow (with a spear, with an arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhalla

bhalla - a spear, an arrow, a dart

तैलधौतेन (tailadhautena) - with (the spear that is) polished with oil (with (that which is) polished with oil, purified by oil)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tailadhauta

tailadhauta - polished with oil, washed with oil

Past Passive Participle

Derived from dhau (to wash/clean) with taila (oil)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (taila+dhauta)

• taila – oil, sesame oil
  noun (neuter)
• dhauta – washed, cleansed, polished, purified
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √dhav, 'to wash, cleanse'
  Root: dhav (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'bhallena'.

मारिष (māriṣa) - O respected Dhritarashtra (the traditional recipient of narration) (O respected one, O honorable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of māriṣa

māriṣa - a respected person, an honorable person

शिरः (śiraḥ) - the head (head)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut off, severed (cut, split, severed)

(verb)

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

perfect active

reduplicated perfect

Root: chid (class 7)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, forcefully, quickly)

(indeclinable)

यन्तुः (yantuḥ) - of the charioteer (of the charioteer, of the controller)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yantṛ

yantṛ - charioteer, controller, guide

agent noun

from √yam + tṛc

Root: yam (class 1)

भरतसत्तम (bharatasattama) - O best of Bharatas (Dhritarashtra) (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatasattama

bharatasattama - best among the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+sattama)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a Bharata
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective
  superlative suffix -tama