महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-44, verse-16

शिखण्डी च ततः कर्णं विचरन्तमभीतवत् ।
भीष्महन्ता महाराज वारयामास पत्रिभिः ॥१६॥

16. śikhaṇḍī ca tataḥ karṇaṁ vicarantamabhītavat ,
bhīṣmahantā mahārāja vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ.

16. śikhaṇḍī ca tataḥ karṇam vicarantam abhītavat
bhīṣmahantā mahārāja vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ

16. mahārāja tataḥ ca bhīṣmahantā śikhaṇḍī
abhītavat vicarantam karṇam patribhiḥ vārayāmāsa

16. O great king, then Śikhaṇḍī, the killer of Bhīṣma, fearlessly checked Karṇa, who was moving about, with his arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī (a Pāṇḍava warrior, instrumental in Bhīṣma's fall) (Śikhaṇḍī)

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa (a Kuru warrior) (Karṇa)

• विचरन्तम् (vicarantam) - moving freely or ranging across the battlefield (wandering, moving about)

• अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly, as if without fear

• भीष्महन्ता (bhīṣmahantā) - Śikhaṇḍī, who caused the fall of Bhīṣma (killer of Bhīṣma)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)

• वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained, checked

• पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Śikhaṇḍī (a Pāṇḍava warrior, instrumental in Bhīṣma's fall) (Śikhaṇḍī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Śikhaṇḍī (a proper name); crested, peacock

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

कर्णम् (karṇam) - Karṇa (a Kuru warrior) (Karṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (a proper name); ear

विचरन्तम् (vicarantam) - moving freely or ranging across the battlefield (wandering, moving about)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vicarant

vicarant - wandering, moving about

Present Active Participle

from root car (to move) with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: modifies karṇam

अभीतवत् (abhītavat) - fearlessly, as if without fear

(indeclinable)

-vat suffix implying 'like' or 'as if'

Note: modifies the action of vārayāmāsa

भीष्महन्ता (bhīṣmahantā) - Śikhaṇḍī, who caused the fall of Bhīṣma (killer of Bhīṣma)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣmahantṛ

bhīṣmahantṛ - killer of Bhīṣma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhīṣma+hantṛ)

• bhīṣma – Bhīṣma (a proper name); terrible
  proper noun (masculine)
• hantṛ – killer, slayer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  derived from root han (to strike/kill) with -tṛ suffix
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: epithet for Śikhaṇḍī

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

वारयामास (vārayāmāsa) - restrained, checked

(verb)

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

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: periphrastic perfect of causative vṛ

पत्रिभिः (patribhiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of patrin

patrin - winged, feathered (arrow); bird