महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-12, verse-18

स सात्यकेः प्रचिच्छेद क्षुरप्रेण महद्धनुः ।
भीमसेनमुखांस्तांश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरताडयत् ॥१८॥

18. sa sātyakeḥ praciccheda kṣurapreṇa mahaddhanuḥ ,
bhīmasenamukhāṁstāṁśca tribhistribhiratāḍayat.

18. sa sātyakeḥ praciccheda kṣurapreṇa mahat dhanuḥ
bhīmasenamukhān tān ca tribhiḥ tribhiḥ atāḍayat

18. saḥ kṣurapreṇa sātyakeḥ mahat dhanuḥ praciccheda
ca bhīmasenamukhān tān tribhiḥ tribhiḥ atāḍayat

18. He completely cut off Satyaki's great bow with a razor-sharp arrow, and he struck those led by Bhimasena, hitting each of them with three arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (referring to Salya from the preceding context) (he, that)

• सात्यकेः (sātyakeḥ) - of Satyaki

• प्रचिच्छेद (praciccheda) - cut off, severed completely

• क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow, with a kṣurapra (type of arrow)

• महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, large

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow, arc

• भीमसेनमुखान् (bhīmasenamukhān) - those led by Bhimasena (those having Bhimasena as their chief/leader)

• तान् (tān) - those

• च (ca) - and, also

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) (with three)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) each (with three (each))

• अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck, hit

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (referring to Salya from the preceding context) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सात्यकेः (sātyakeḥ) - of Satyaki

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - Satyaki (a proper name, grandson of Sini and a Yadava warrior, allied with the Pandavas)

प्रचिच्छेद (praciccheda) - cut off, severed completely

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit) formation

Reduplicated root 'chid' (cicched) in perfect 3rd singular active

Prefix: pra

Root: chid (class 7)

क्षुरप्रेण (kṣurapreṇa) - with a razor-sharp arrow, with a kṣurapra (type of arrow)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṣurapra

kṣurapra - a razor-sharp arrow, a kṣurapra (a type of arrow with a sharp, crescent-shaped head)

महत् (mahat) - great, mighty, large

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Note: Agrees with 'dhanuḥ'

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow, arc

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, arch

भीमसेनमुखान् (bhīmasenamukhān) - those led by Bhimasena (those having Bhimasena as their chief/leader)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhīmasenamukha

bhīmasenamukha - having Bhimasena as chief/leader

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīmasena+mukha)

• bhīmasena – Bhimasena (a proper name, one of the Pandava brothers, known for his strength)
  proper noun (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, chief, leader, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to a group of warriors.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) (with three)

(numeral)

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - with three (arrows) each (with three (each))

(numeral)

अताडयत् (atāḍayat) - struck, hit

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense (laṅ) formation

Root 'taḍ' in imperfect 3rd singular active, with augment 'a-'

Root: taḍ (class 1)