महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-12, verse-21

तानापतत एवाशु पञ्चानां वै भुजच्युतान् ।
सात्यकिप्रहितं शल्यो भल्लैश्चिच्छेद तोमरम् ॥२१॥

21. tānāpatata evāśu pañcānāṁ vai bhujacyutān ,
sātyakiprahitaṁ śalyo bhallaiściccheda tomaram.

21. tān āpatataḥ eva āśu pañcānām vai bhujacyutān
sātyakiprahitam śalyaḥ bhallaiḥ ciccheda tomaram

21. śalyaḥ eva āśu vai pañcānām
bhujacyutān āpatataḥ tān [śastrāṇi]
bhallaiḥ ciccheda [ca]
sātyakiprahitam tomaram [ciccheda]

21. Indeed, Salya swiftly cut down with his arrows those weapons, which were released from the arms of the five (Pandavas) and were coming at him. He also cut down the javelin (tomara) hurled by Satyaki.

Words meanings summery:

• तान् (tān) - those (weapons, implicitly) (those)

• आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, descending, coming down upon

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

• आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly

• पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of the five (Pandavas) (of the five)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• भुजच्युतान् (bhujacyutān) - released from the arms (of the Pandavas) (fallen from the arm, released from the arm)

• सात्यकिप्रहितम् (sātyakiprahitam) - hurled by Satyaki, sent by Satyaki

• शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Salya

• भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut down, cut off

• तोमरम् (tomaram) - a javelin, a lance

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - those (weapons, implicitly) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आपततः (āpatataḥ) - falling, descending, coming down upon

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āpatant

āpatant - falling, descending, coming, arriving

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'pat' (to fall, fly) with upasarga 'ā' and present participle suffix 'śatṛ'

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tān'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - swiftly, quickly

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of the five (Pandavas) (of the five)

(numeral)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

भुजच्युतान् (bhujacyutān) - released from the arms (of the Pandavas) (fallen from the arm, released from the arm)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhujacyuta

bhujacyuta - fallen from the arm, released/let go from the arm

Past Passive Participle (in compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhuja+cyuta)

• bhuja – arm, hand, curve
  noun (masculine)
• cyuta – fallen, dropped, released, detached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'cyu' (to move, fall, drop)
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tān'.

सात्यकिप्रहितम् (sātyakiprahitam) - hurled by Satyaki, sent by Satyaki

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sātyakiprahita

sātyakiprahita - sent forth by Satyaki, hurled by Satyaki

Past Passive Participle (in compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sātyaki+prahita)

• sātyaki – Satyaki (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• prahita – sent, dispatched, hurled
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'dhā' (to place) or 'hi' (to send) with upasarga 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'tomaram'.

शल्यः (śalyaḥ) - Salya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śalya

śalya - Salya (a proper name, king of Madra and a great warrior)

भल्लैः (bhallaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhalla

bhalla - an arrow, especially one with a broad head

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut down, cut off

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit) formation

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

Root: chid (class 7)

तोमरम् (tomaram) - a javelin, a lance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tomara

tomara - a javelin, an iron club, a lance