महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-26, verse-41

तमर्जुनः पृषत्कानां शतेन भरतर्षभ ।
पूरयित्वा ततो वाहान्न्यहनत्तस्य धन्विनः ॥४१॥

41. tamarjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṁ śatena bharatarṣabha ,
pūrayitvā tato vāhānnyahanattasya dhanvinaḥ.

41. tam arjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṃ śatena bharatarṣabha
pūrayitvā tataḥ vāhān nyahanat tasya dhanvinaḥ

41. bharatarṣabha arjunaḥ tam pṛṣatkānāṃ śatena
pūrayitvā tataḥ tasya vāhān dhanvinaḥ nyahanat

41. O best of the Bharatas, Arjuna filled him with a hundred arrows and then struck down his horses and his archers.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• पृषत्कानाम् (pṛṣatkānām) - of arrows

• शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

• पूरयित्वा (pūrayitvā) - having filled

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• वाहान् (vāhān) - horses, mounts

• न्यहनत् (nyahanat) - struck down, killed

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• धन्विनः (dhanvinaḥ) - archers

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, bright, white

पृषत्कानाम् (pṛṣatkānām) - of arrows

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pṛṣatka

pṛṣatka - arrow, spotted antelope

शतेन (śatena) - with a hundred

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śata

śata - hundred

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of the Bharatas

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of the Bharatas

bharata + ṛṣabha (tatpurusha compound)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

पूरयित्वा (pūrayitvā) - having filled

(indeclinable)

absolutive

causative of pṛ with tyā

Root: pṛ (class 10)

Note: absolutive form

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

वाहान् (vāhān) - horses, mounts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vāha

vāha - horse, beast of burden, vehicle

Root: vah (class 1)

न्यहनत् (nyahanat) - struck down, killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-han

prefix ni + root han

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धन्विनः (dhanvinaḥ) - archers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dhanvin

dhanvin - archer, bowman

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