महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-24, verse-27

तत्रैकबाणनिहतानपश्याम महागजान् ।
पतितान्पात्यमानांश्च विभिन्नान्सव्यसाचिना ॥२७॥

27. tatraikabāṇanihatānapaśyāma mahāgajān ,
patitānpātyamānāṁśca vibhinnānsavyasācinā.

27. tatra ekabāṇanihatān apaśyāma mahāgajān
patitān pātyamānān ca vibhinnān savyasācinā

27. tatra savyasācinā ekabāṇanihatān patitān
pātyamānān ca vibhinnān mahāgajān apaśyāma

27. We saw there mighty elephants, fallen and falling, pierced and struck down by a single arrow from Savyasācin (Arjuna).

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एकबाणनिहतान् (ekabāṇanihatān) - struck down by a single arrow

• अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

• महागजान् (mahāgajān) - great elephants, mighty elephants

• पतितान् (patitān) - fallen, collapsed

• पात्यमानान् (pātyamānān) - being struck down, being felled

• च (ca) - and, also

• विभिन्नान् (vibhinnān) - pierced, split, wounded

• सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Arjuna, who could shoot with his left hand (by Savyasācin (Arjuna))

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एकबाणनिहतान् (ekabāṇanihatān) - struck down by a single arrow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ekabāṇanihata

ekabāṇanihata - struck down by a single arrow

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (eka+bāṇa+nihata)

• eka – one, single
  adjective (masculine)
• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• nihata – struck, killed, smitten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: han (class 2)

अपश्याम (apaśyāma) - we saw, we beheld

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Root dṛś changes to paś in present/imperfect stems

Root: dṛś (class 4)

महागजान् (mahāgajān) - great elephants, mighty elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāgaja

mahāgaja - great elephant, mighty elephant

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (mahā+gaja)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective (masculine)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

पतितान् (patitān) - fallen, collapsed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, descended, collapsed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

पात्यमानान् (pātyamānān) - being struck down, being felled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pātyamāna

pātyamāna - being caused to fall, being felled, being struck down

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the causal form of root pat (pātayati) in passive voice

Root: pat (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विभिन्नान् (vibhinnān) - pierced, split, wounded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vibinṇa

vibhinna - pierced, split, broken, wounded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhid (to split, break) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: bhid (class 7)

सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Arjuna, who could shoot with his left hand (by Savyasācin (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - Savyasācin (epithet of Arjuna)

One who shoots with the left hand (savya sācī)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left (hand)
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – shooter, bowman, one who handles skillfully
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root sac (to accompany, follow) or related to sāyaka (arrow)
  Root: sac (class 1)