महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-13, verse-27

व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे सव्यसाची महारथः ।
मृदुपूर्वं ततश्चैनं त्रिभिर्विव्याध सायकैः ॥२७॥

27. vyaśvasūtarathaṁ cakre savyasācī mahārathaḥ ,
mṛdupūrvaṁ tataścainaṁ tribhirvivyādha sāyakaiḥ.

27. vyaśvasūtaratham cakre savyasācī mahārathaḥ
mṛdupūrvam tataḥ ca enam tribhiḥ vivyādha sāyakaiḥ

27. mahārathaḥ savyasācī [tasya ratham] vyaśvasūtaratham
cakre tataḥ ca enam mṛdupūrvam tribhiḥ sāyakaiḥ vivyādha

27. The great charioteer Savyasācin (Arjuna) made (Ashvatthaman's) chariot devoid of horses and charioteer. Then, at first gently, he pierced him with three arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यश्वसूतरथम् (vyaśvasūtaratham) - Ashvatthaman's chariot, which was made to be without horses and a charioteer (chariot without horses and charioteer, whose horses and charioteer were gone)

• चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did

• सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Savyasācin (Arjuna, 'ambidextrous')

• महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great charioteer, great warrior

• मृदुपूर्वम् (mṛdupūrvam) - gently at first, mildly at first

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• च (ca) - and, also

• एनम् (enam) - Ashvatthaman (him)

• त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows

Words meanings and morphology

व्यश्वसूतरथम् (vyaśvasūtaratham) - Ashvatthaman's chariot, which was made to be without horses and a charioteer (chariot without horses and charioteer, whose horses and charioteer were gone)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyaśvasūtaratha

vyaśvasūtaratha - a chariot without horses and a charioteer

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+aśva+sūta+ratha)

• vi – without, separated from, deprived of
  prefix
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• sūta – charioteer; son
  noun (masculine)
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used as a predicate accusative, describing the state to which the chariot was reduced.

चक्रे (cakre) - he made, he did

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Savyasācin (Arjuna, 'ambidextrous')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - ambidextrous, one who can shoot with both hands; epithet of Arjuna

महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - great charioteer, great warrior

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - a great warrior; a warrior fighting from a chariot

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot; warrior (especially one fighting from a chariot)
  noun (masculine)

मृदुपूर्वम् (mṛdupūrvam) - gently at first, mildly at first

(adverb)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mṛdu+pūrva)

• mṛdu – soft, gentle, mild, tender
  adjective (masculine)
• pūrva – former, prior, previous, first
  adjective (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - Ashvatthaman (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that; him, her, it

त्रिभिः (tribhiḥ) - by three

(numeral adjective)

विव्याध (vivyādha) - pierced, struck

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vyadh

Root: vyadh (class 4)

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow; a missile