महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-13, verse-3

शरकण्टकितास्ते तु तावका भरतर्षभ ।
न जहुः समरे पार्थं वध्यमानाः शितैः शरैः ॥३॥

3. śarakaṇṭakitāste tu tāvakā bharatarṣabha ,
na jahuḥ samare pārthaṁ vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ.

3. śarakaṇṭakitāḥ te tu tāvakā bharatarṣabha | na
jahuḥ samare pārtham vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ

3. bharatarṣabha tu te tāvakā śarakaṇṭakitāḥ (api) śitaiḥ
śaraiḥ vadhyamānāḥ (api) samare pārtham na jahuḥ

3. But those warriors of your side (tāvaka), O best among the Bhāratas, though bristling with arrows like thorns, did not abandon Pārtha (Arjuna) in battle, even as they were being struck by sharp arrows.

Words meanings summery:

• शरकण्टकिताः (śarakaṇṭakitāḥ) - Covered with arrows as if with thorns (bristling with arrows)

• ते (te) - those warriors of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's side (those, they)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - The warriors of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's army (addressed by Sanjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your (men), those of your side)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Bhāratas)

• न (na) - not

• जहुः (jahuḥ) - they did not abandon (Arjuna) (they abandoned, they gave up)

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

• पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (Pārtha)

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being struck by sharp arrows (being killed, being struck)

• शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

Words meanings and morphology

शरकण्टकिताः (śarakaṇṭakitāḥ) - Covered with arrows as if with thorns (bristling with arrows)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śarakaṇṭakita

śarakaṇṭakita - bristling with arrows (like thorns)

Denominative from śarakaṇṭaka (arrow-thorn) + -ita suffix indicating 'having something'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śara+kaṇṭaka)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for tāvakāḥ.

ते (te) - those warriors of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's side (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to tāvakāḥ.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

Note: Indicates contrast.

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - The warriors of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's army (addressed by Sanjaya to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (your (men), those of your side)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, belonging to you

Derived from tava (your)

Note: Subject of na jahuḥ.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O Dhṛtarāṣṭra (O best of Bhāratas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, an Indian
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Vocative for Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates the verb jahuḥ.

जहुः (jahuḥ) - they did not abandon (Arjuna) (they abandoned, they gave up)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of √hā

perfect active

From √hā (to abandon), perfect 3rd plural active

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Subject is tāvakāḥ.

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war

Prefix: sam

Root: r̥ (class 1)

पार्थम् (pārtham) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet of Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, and Bhīmasena

Patronymic from Pṛthā

Note: Object of jahuḥ.

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being struck by sharp arrows (being killed, being struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being struck

present passive participle

From √vadh (to strike, kill), present passive participle

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Describes tāvakāḥ.

शितैः (śitaiḥ) - by sharp, by whetted

(adjective)

Instrumental, plural of śita

śita - sharp, whetted, keen

past passive participle

From √śo (to sharpen, whet), past passive participle

Root: śo (class 4)

Note: Adjective for śaraiḥ.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

Note: Means by means of 'arrows'.