महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-67, verse-19

युक्त्वा महास्त्रेण परेण मन्त्रविद्विकृष्य गाण्डीवमुवाच सस्वनम् ।
अयं महास्त्रोऽप्रतिमो धृतः शरः शरीरभिच्चासुहरश्च दुर्हृदः ॥१९॥

19. yuktvā mahāstreṇa pareṇa mantravi;dvikṛṣya gāṇḍīvamuvāca sasvanam ,
ayaṁ mahāstro'pratimo dhṛtaḥ śaraḥ; śarīrabhiccāsuharaśca durhṛdaḥ.

19. yuktvā mahāstreṇa pareṇa mantravit
vikṛṣya gāṇḍīvam uvāca sasvanam
ayam mahāstraḥ apratimaḥ dhṛtaḥ śaraḥ
śarīrabhit ca asuharaḥ ca durhṛdaḥ

19. mantravit pareṇa mahāstreṇa yuktvā
gāṇḍīvam vikṛṣya sasvanam uvāca
ayam apratimaḥ mahāstraḥ dhṛtaḥ śaraḥ
ca durhṛdaḥ śarīrabhit ca asuharaḥ

19. The knower of sacred incantations (mantravit), Arjuna, having empowered the arrow with a supreme great divine weapon (mahāstra), and having drawn his Gāṇḍīva bow with a twang, declared: "This unparalleled great missile of an arrow, which I hold, is destined to pierce the bodies and take the lives of my enemies."

Words meanings summery:

• युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having empowered (the arrow) (having joined, having yoked, having empowered)

• महास्त्रेण (mahāstreṇa) - with a great divine weapon (with a great weapon/missile)

• परेण (pareṇa) - with the supreme, with the highest

• मन्त्रवित् (mantravit) - Arjuna, as the knower of sacred incantations (knower of mantras/sacred formulas)

• विकृष्य (vikṛṣya) - having drawn (the bowstring) (having drawn, having pulled back)

• गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Arjuna's bow Gāṇḍīva (the Gāṇḍīva bow)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• सस्वनम् (sasvanam) - with a sound, aloud, loudly

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• महास्त्रः (mahāstraḥ) - a great weapon/missile

• अप्रतिमः (apratimaḥ) - unequalled, incomparable

• धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - held, borne, supported

• शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

• शरीरभित् (śarīrabhit) - body-piercing, body-splitting

• च (ca) - and

• असुहरः (asuharaḥ) - life-taking, destroying lives

• च (ca) - and

• दुर्हृदः (durhṛdaḥ) - of enemies, of evil-minded ones

Words meanings and morphology

युक्त्वा (yuktvā) - having empowered (the arrow) (having joined, having yoked, having empowered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'yuj' (to join, to concentrate) + ktvā pratyaya

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Absolutive describing an action preceding the main verb

महास्त्रेण (mahāstreṇa) - with a great divine weapon (with a great weapon/missile)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahāstra

mahāstra - great weapon, divine missile

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+astra)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• astra – weapon, missile, magical weapon
  noun (neuter)

Note: with the great missile

परेण (pareṇa) - with the supreme, with the highest

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, utmost, excellent, other

Note: Modifies "mahāstreṇa"

मन्त्रवित् (mantravit) - Arjuna, as the knower of sacred incantations (knower of mantras/sacred formulas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mantravid

mantravid - knower of mantras, expert in sacred formulas

From 'mantra' (sacred formula) + root 'vid' (to know)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (mantra+vid)

• mantra – sacred formula, incantation (mantra)
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knowing, knower
  adjective (from root)
  Agent noun from root vid
  From root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Subject (Arjuna)

विकृष्य (vikṛṣya) - having drawn (the bowstring) (having drawn, having pulled back)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'kṛṣ' (to draw) with upasarga 'vi' + lyap pratyaya

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Absolutive modifying the action of Arjuna

गाण्डीवम् (gāṇḍīvam) - Arjuna's bow Gāṇḍīva (the Gāṇḍīva bow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gāṇḍīva

gāṇḍīva - Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna's bow)

Note: Object of 'vikṛṣya'

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active 3rd Singular

From root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence

सस्वनम् (sasvanam) - with a sound, aloud, loudly

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+svana)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• svana – sound, noise
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Refers to the arrow

महास्त्रः (mahāstraḥ) - a great weapon/missile

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāstra

mahāstra - great weapon, divine missile

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+astra)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• astra – weapon, missile, magical weapon
  noun (neuter)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'ayam śaraḥ'

अप्रतिमः (apratimaḥ) - unequalled, incomparable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apratima

apratima - unequalled, incomparable, matchless

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratima)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• pratima – image, resemblance, like
  adjective
  Prefix: prati

Note: Modifies 'mahāstraḥ' and 'śaraḥ'

धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - held, borne, supported

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, supported, sustained

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhṛ' (to hold, bear) + kta pratyaya

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'śaraḥ' (the arrow which is held)

शरः (śaraḥ) - arrow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śara

śara - arrow, reed

Note: Subject (the arrow itself)

शरीरभित् (śarīrabhit) - body-piercing, body-splitting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarīrabhid

śarīrabhid - body-piercing, body-splitting

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (śarīra+bhid)

• śarīra – body
  noun (neuter)
• bhid – breaking, splitting, piercing
  noun (from root)
  Agent noun from root bhid
  From root 'bhid' (to split, to break)
  Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'ayam śaraḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

असुहरः (asuharaḥ) - life-taking, destroying lives

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of asuhara

asuhara - life-taking, destroying lives

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (asu+hara)

• asu – life, breath
  noun (masculine)
• hara – taking away, destroying
  adjective (from root)
  Agent noun from root hṛ
  From root 'hṛ' (to take, carry, destroy)
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'ayam śaraḥ'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction

दुर्हृदः (durhṛdaḥ) - of enemies, of evil-minded ones

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of durhṛd

durhṛd - ill-hearted, malevolent, enemy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dus+hṛd)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill-
  indeclinable
• hṛd – heart, mind
  noun (neuter)

Note: of enemies (dependent on śarīrabhit and asuharaḥ)