महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-39, verse-16

अथेतरांस्ततः शूरान्द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत् ।
श्रुतकीर्तेस्तथा चापं चिच्छेद निशितैः शरैः ॥१६॥

16. athetarāṁstataḥ śūrāndvābhyāṁ dvābhyāmatāḍayat ,
śrutakīrtestathā cāpaṁ ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ.

16. atha itarān tataḥ śūrān dvābhyām dvābhyām atāḍayat
śrutakīrteḥ tathā cāpam ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

16. atha tataḥ dvābhyām dvābhyām itarān śūrān atāḍayat
tathā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ śrutakīrteḥ cāpam ciccheda

16. Then he struck the other brave warriors, two by two. He also cut Śrutakīrti's bow with sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• इतरान् (itarān) - others, different ones

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that place

• शूरान् (śūrān) - brave warriors, heroes

• द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

• द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

• अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - he struck, he beat

• श्रुतकीर्तेः (śrutakīrteḥ) - of Śrutakīrti

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

• चापम् (cāpam) - bow, arc

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he broke, he severed

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with keen

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

इतरान् (itarān) - others, different ones

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of itara

itara - other, another, different

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that place

(indeclinable)

शूरान् (śūrān) - brave warriors, heroes

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, mighty, hero, warrior

द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

(numeral)

Note: Used here idiomatically as 'two by two' through repetition.

द्वाभ्याम् (dvābhyām) - by two, with two

(numeral)

Note: Used here idiomatically as 'two by two' through repetition.

अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - he struck, he beat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of taḍ

Root: taḍ (class 10)

श्रुतकीर्तेः (śrutakīrteḥ) - of Śrutakīrti

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śrutakīrti

śrutakīrti - one whose fame is heard, name of a warrior (one of the Upapāṇḍavas)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śruta+kīrti)

• śruta – heard, famous, renowned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √śru (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)
• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, thus, also

(indeclinable)

चापम् (cāpam) - bow, arc

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cāpa

cāpa - bow, arc, arch

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he broke, he severed

(verb)

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

Root: chid (class 7)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with keen

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, sharp

Past Passive Participle

From root √śo (to sharpen) with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow