महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-27, verse-38

तामापतन्तीं सहसा शरैः काञ्चनभूषणैः ।
त्रिधा चिच्छेद समरे सहदेवो हसन्निव ॥३८॥

38. tāmāpatantīṁ sahasā śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ ,
tridhā ciccheda samare sahadevo hasanniva.

38. tām āpatantīm sahasā śaraiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
tridhā ciccheda samare sahadevaḥ hasan iva

38. sahadevaḥ hasan iva samare kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ
śaraiḥ sahasā āpatantīm tām tridhā ciccheda

38. Sahadeva, as if laughing, suddenly cut that descending spear (śakti) into three pieces with his gold-adorned arrows in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that spear (śakti) (that (feminine))

• आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - falling, descending, coming down

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• काञ्चनभूषणैः (kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ) - adorned with gold, golden-ornamented

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three parts, in three ways

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he broke, he split

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in war, on the battlefield

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

• हसन् (hasan) - laughing, smiling

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that spear (śakti) (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

आपतन्तीम् (āpatantīm) - falling, descending, coming down

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpatantī

āpatant - falling down, descending, coming towards

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root pat (to fall) with the prefix ā- (towards) and the suffix -at, declined in feminine accusative singular.

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tām' (the śakti).

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, forcibly, quickly

(indeclinable)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

काञ्चनभूषणैः (kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ) - adorned with gold, golden-ornamented

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kāñcanabhūṣaṇa

kāñcanabhūṣaṇa - adorned with gold, having golden ornaments

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāñcana+bhūṣaṇa)

• kāñcana – golden, made of gold; gold
  adjective (neuter)
• bhūṣaṇa – ornament, decoration, embellishment
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'śaraiḥ'.

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three parts, in three ways

(indeclinable)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut, he broke, he split

(verb)

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

perfect

Perfect 3rd person singular active of the root chid.

Root: chid (class 7)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in war, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat, conflict

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (one of the Pāṇḍava brothers)

हसन् (hasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasat

hasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root has (to laugh) with the suffix -at.

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sahadevaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)