महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-51, verse-36

तं शिखण्डी समासाद्य त्वया गुप्तो महारथम् ।
जघान पुरुषव्याघ्रं शरैः संनतपर्वभिः ॥३६॥

36. taṁ śikhaṇḍī samāsādya tvayā gupto mahāratham ,
jaghāna puruṣavyāghraṁ śaraiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ.

36. tam śikhaṇḍī samāsādya tvayā guptaḥ mahāratham
jaghāna puruṣavyāghram śaraiḥ saṃnataparvabhiḥ

36. śikhaṇḍī tvayā guptaḥ tam puruṣavyāghram mahāratham
samāsādya saṃnataparvabhiḥ śaraiḥ jaghāna

36. Shikhandi, protected by you, having approached that great chariot-warrior (mahāratha), the tiger among men, struck him with arrows having well-aimed shafts.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that one (Bhishma) (him, that)

• शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi

• समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• गुप्तः (guptaḥ) - protected (by you) (protected, hidden, guarded)

• महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot-warrior (Bhishma) (great chariot-warrior, great hero)

• जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, slew

• पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the tiger among men (an epithet for Bhishma) (tiger among men, best of men, excellent man)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with bent joints, with well-aimed shafts

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that one (Bhishma) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

शिखण्डी (śikhaṇḍī) - Shikhandi

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śikhaṇḍin

śikhaṇḍin - Shikhandi (proper name)

समासाद्य (samāsādya) - having approached, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Compound indeclinable participle formed with prefixes sam- and ā- from root sad.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

गुप्तः (guptaḥ) - protected (by you) (protected, hidden, guarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gupta

gupta - protected, hidden, guarded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gup, meaning to protect.

Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Agrees with Shikhandi.

महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great chariot-warrior (Bhishma) (great chariot-warrior, great hero)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great chariot-warrior, great hero

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (who fights from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

जघान (jaghāna) - struck, killed, slew

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of han

Root: han (class 2)

पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the tiger among men (an epithet for Bhishma) (tiger among men, best of men, excellent man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, excellent man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet for Bhishma.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

संनतपर्वभिः (saṁnataparvabhiḥ) - with bent joints, with well-aimed shafts

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of saṃnataparvan

saṁnataparvan - having bent joints/knots (of arrows), having well-aimed shafts

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samnata+parvan)

• samnata – bent, bowed, humble
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root nam with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: nam (class 1)
• parvan – knot, joint, segment, shaft
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with śaraiḥ.