महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-43, verse-73

सप्त सप्त च नागांस्तान्वैजयन्तीश्च सध्वजाः ।
निहत्य निशितैर्बाणैश्छिन्नाः पार्थाग्रजेन ते ।
दशभिर्दशभिश्चैको नाराचैर्निहतो गजः ॥७३॥

73. sapta sapta ca nāgāṁstānvaijayantīśca sadhvajāḥ ,
nihatya niśitairbāṇaiśchinnāḥ pārthāgrajena te ,
daśabhirdaśabhiścaiko nārācairnihato gajaḥ.

73. sapta sapta ca nāgān tān vaijayantīḥ
ca sadhvajāḥ nihatya niśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ
chinnāḥ pārthāgrajena te daśabhiḥ
daśabhiḥ ca ekaḥ nārācaiḥ nihataḥ gajaḥ

73. pārthāgrajena niśitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ tān sapta sapta ca nāgān sadhvajāḥ ca vaijayantīḥ nihatya,
te chinnāḥ ca ekaḥ gajaḥ daśabhiḥ daśabhiḥ nārācaiḥ nihataḥ

73. Having destroyed with sharp arrows those fourteen elephants along with their banner-flags, they were torn apart by Pārtha's elder brother (Bhīma). Furthermore, one elephant was slain with twenty-one iron arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• च (ca) - and, also

• नागान् (nāgān) - elephants

• तान् (tān) - those

• वैजयन्तीः (vaijayantīḥ) - banners, standards

• च (ca) - and, also

• सध्वजाः (sadhvajāḥ) - with flags, having flags

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having destroyed

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, whetted

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

• छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut down, torn apart, destroyed

• पार्थाग्रजेन (pārthāgrajena) - By Bhīma, the elder brother of Arjuna. (by the elder brother of Pārtha)

• ते (te) - they, those

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

• च (ca) - and, also

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

• नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows, with bolts

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, destroyed

• गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

Words meanings and morphology

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (7+7=14)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for emphasis (7+7=14)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नागान् (nāgān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - snake, serpent; elephant

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with nāgān.

वैजयन्तीः (vaijayantīḥ) - banners, standards

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vaijayantī

vaijayantī - a banner, flag, standard

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सध्वजाः (sadhvajāḥ) - with flags, having flags

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sadhvaja

sadhvaja - having a banner or flag

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+dhvaja)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• dhvaja – flag, banner, ensign
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhvaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with vaijayantīḥ.

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having destroyed

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

formed from root han with prefix ni and suffix -tya

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, whetted, keen

Past Passive Participle

formed from root śo (to sharpen) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'bāṇaiḥ'.

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

छिन्नाः (chinnāḥ) - cut down, torn apart, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinna

chinna - cut, severed, torn, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

formed from root chid

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'te' referring to nāgān and vaijayantīḥ.

पार्थाग्रजेन (pārthāgrajena) - By Bhīma, the elder brother of Arjuna. (by the elder brother of Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pārthāgraja

pārthāgraja - elder brother of Pārtha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pārtha+agraja)

• pārtha – son of Pṛthā (Kuntī); Arjuna
  proper noun (masculine)
  derived from Pṛthā + aṇ
• agraja – elder brother, first-born
  noun (masculine)
  from agra (front) + jan (to be born)
  Prefix: null
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'chinnāḥ'.

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the nāgān and vaijayantīḥ.

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for 10+10=20.

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

(numeral)

Note: Used twice for 10+10=20.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, a single

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with gajaḥ.

नाराचैः (nārācaiḥ) - with iron arrows, with bolts

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārāca

nārāca - an iron arrow, a steel bolt

Note: Used as instrument for 'nihataḥ'.

निहतः (nihataḥ) - killed, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck down, killed, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

formed from root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'gajaḥ'.

गजः (gajaḥ) - elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

Note: Subject of 'nihataḥ'.