महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-55, verse-15

तेऽर्जुनं सहिता भूत्वा रथवंशैः प्रहारिणः ।
अभियाय महेष्वासा विव्यधुर्निशितैः शरैः ॥१५॥

15. te'rjunaṁ sahitā bhūtvā rathavaṁśaiḥ prahāriṇaḥ ,
abhiyāya maheṣvāsā vivyadhurniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ.

15. te arjunam sahitāḥ bhūtvā rathavaṃśaiḥ prahāriṇaḥ
abhiyāya maheṣvāsāḥ vivyadhur niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

15. sahitāḥ bhūtvā te maheṣvāsāḥ rathavaṃśaiḥ prahāriṇaḥ
arjunam abhiyāya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ vivyadhuh

15. Having assembled, those great archers, who were also skilled chariot-fighters, approached Arjuna and pierced him with sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united, assembled, accompanied

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

• रथवंशैः (rathavaṁśaiḥ) - as skilled chariot-fighters (with chariot lines, with groups of chariots/chariot-warriors)

• प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, warriors

• अभियाय (abhiyāya) - having approached, having advanced

• महेष्वासाः (maheṣvāsāḥ) - great archers

• विव्यधुर् (vivyadhur) - they pierced, they struck

• निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (a name of Pāṇḍava prince)

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - united, assembled, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sahita

sahita - united, joined, accompanied, endowed with

past passive participle

from 'saṃ-dhā' or related to 'saha'

Prefix: sam

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: modifies 'te' and 'maheṣvāsāḥ'

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, having become

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

from root 'bhū' (to be, to become)

Root: bhū (class 1)

रथवंशैः (rathavaṁśaiḥ) - as skilled chariot-fighters (with chariot lines, with groups of chariots/chariot-warriors)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rathavaṃśa

rathavaṁśa - chariot family, chariot lineage, group of chariots

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ratha+vaṃśa)

• ratha – chariot
  noun (masculine)
• vaṃśa – lineage, family, race, group
  noun (masculine)

प्रहारिणः (prahāriṇaḥ) - attackers, strikers, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahārin

prahārin - striker, attacker, assailant

from 'pra-hṛ' (to strike)

Prefix: pra

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: modifies 'te' and 'maheṣvāsāḥ'

अभियाय (abhiyāya) - having approached, having advanced

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

from root 'i' (to go) with prefix 'abhi' (towards)

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

महेष्वासाः (maheṣvāsāḥ) - great archers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• iṣvāsa – archer (lit. arrow-bow)
  noun (masculine)

विव्यधुर् (vivyadhur) - they pierced, they struck

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vyadh

Root: vyadh (class 4)

निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - with sharp, with whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of niśita

niśita - sharpened, keen, sharp

past passive participle

from root 'śā' (to sharpen) with prefix 'ni' (down, in)

Prefix: ni

Root: śā (class 4)

Note: modifies 'śaraiḥ'

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow