महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-58

अथाग्र्यबाणैर्दशभिर्धनंजयं पराभिनद्द्रोणसुतोऽच्युतं त्रिभिः ।
चतुर्भिरश्वांश्चतुरः कपिं तथा शरैः स नाराचवरैरवाकिरत् ॥५८॥

58. athāgryabāṇairdaśabhirdhanaṁjayaṁ; parābhinaddroṇasuto'cyutaṁ tribhiḥ ,
caturbhiraśvāṁścaturaḥ kapiṁ tathā; śaraiḥ sa nārācavarairavākirat.

58. atha agryabāṇaiḥ daśabhiḥ dhanañjayam
parābhinat droṇasutaḥ acyutam
tribhiḥ caturbhiḥ aśvān caturaḥ kapiṃ
tathā śaraiḥ sa nārācavaraiḥ avākirat

58. atha droṇasutaḥ agryabāṇaiḥ daśabhiḥ
dhanañjayam tribhiḥ acyutam
caturbhiḥ caturaḥ aśvān tathā kapiṃ
śaraiḥ nārācavaraiḥ saḥ avākirat

58. Then Droṇa's son struck Dhanañjaya with ten supreme arrows, Acyuta with three, four horses with four, and likewise the monkey with arrows, completely showering them with excellent nārāca arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अग्र्यबाणैः (agryabāṇaiḥ) - by excellent arrows, by foremost arrows

• दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

• धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

• पराभिनत् (parābhinat) - he struck, he pierced, he broke

• द्रोणसुतः (droṇasutaḥ) - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāman)

• अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) - by four

• अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• कपिं (kapiṁ) - monkey (Hanūmat)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, likewise

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• सः (saḥ) - he

• नाराचवरैः (nārācavaraiḥ) - by excellent nārāca arrows

• अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he scattered, he showered, he covered

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अग्र्यबाणैः (agryabāṇaiḥ) - by excellent arrows, by foremost arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of agryabāṇa

agryabāṇa - foremost arrow, excellent arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (agrya+bāṇa)

• agrya – foremost, best, excellent
  adjective
• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)

दशभिः (daśabhiḥ) - by ten

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of daśan

daśan - ten

धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - Dhanañjaya (epithet of Arjuna)

पराभिनत् (parābhinat) - he struck, he pierced, he broke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of parābhid

Prefix: parā

Root: bhid (class 7)

द्रोणसुतः (droṇasutaḥ) - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāman)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇasuta

droṇasuta - son of Droṇa

Compound type : tatpurusha (droṇa+suta)

• droṇa – Droṇa
  proper noun (masculine)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sū (to generate)
  Root: sū (class 2)

अच्युतम् (acyutam) - Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - imperishable, infallible, Kṛṣṇa

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

चतुर्भिः (caturbhiḥ) - by four

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of catur

catur - four

अश्वान् (aśvān) - horses

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aśva

aśva - horse

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of catur

catur - four

कपिं (kapiṁ) - monkey (Hanūmat)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kapi

kapi - monkey, ape

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, likewise

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नाराचवरैः (nārācavaraiḥ) - by excellent nārāca arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārācavara

nārācavara - best nārāca arrow

Compound type : karmadhāraya (nārāca+vara)

• nārāca – nārāca (a special kind of iron arrow)
  noun (masculine)
• vara – best, excellent
  adjective

अवाकिरत् (avākirat) - he scattered, he showered, he covered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of avakṛ

Prefix: ava

Root: kṛ (class 6)

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