महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-28, verse-5

ते हताः प्रत्यपद्यन्त वसुधां विगतासवः ।
त्वरिता लोकवीरेण प्रहताः सव्यसाचिना ॥५॥

5. te hatāḥ pratyapadyanta vasudhāṁ vigatāsavaḥ ,
tvaritā lokavīreṇa prahatāḥ savyasācinā.

5. te hatāḥ pratyapadyanta vasudhām vigatāsavaḥ
tvaritā lokavīreṇa prahatāḥ savyasācinā

5. te lokavīreṇa savyasācinā prahatāḥ tvaritāḥ
vigatāsavaḥ vasudhām pratyapadyanta

5. They, struck down by the hero of the world, Savyasācin (Arjuna), swiftly fell lifeless to the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, struck down

• प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - they fell to the ground (they fell back, they attained, they reached, they obtained)

• वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - to the earth, to the ground

• विगतासवः (vigatāsavaḥ) - lifeless, whose life-breaths have departed

• त्वरिता (tvaritā) - swiftly, quickly, hurried

• लोकवीरेण (lokavīreṇa) - by the hero of the world

• प्रहताः (prahatāḥ) - struck down, killed, wounded

• सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Arjuna, who is ambidextrous in archery (by Savyasācin (Arjuna))

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain, struck down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, slain, struck, injured

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

प्रत्यपद्यन्त (pratyapadyanta) - they fell to the ground (they fell back, they attained, they reached, they obtained)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of pat

Prefixes: prati+apa

Root: pad (class 4)

वसुधाम् (vasudhām) - to the earth, to the ground

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vasudhā

vasudhā - the earth, ground

विगतासवः (vigatāsavaḥ) - lifeless, whose life-breaths have departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vigatāsu

vigatāsu - whose breath/life is departed, lifeless, dead

Bahuvrīhi compound: vigata (departed) + asu (breath, life)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vigata+asu)

• vigata – departed, gone away, passed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'gam' with prefix 'vi'
  Prefix: vi
  Root: gam (class 1)
• asu – breath, life, vital air
  noun (masculine)

त्वरिता (tvaritā) - swiftly, quickly, hurried

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tvarita

tvarita - quick, swift, hurried, agile

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'tvar' (to hurry, be quick)

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'te'.

लोकवीरेण (lokavīreṇa) - by the hero of the world

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of lokavīra

lokavīra - hero of the world, a world-hero

Tatpuruṣa compound: lokasya vīraḥ (hero of the world)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+vīra)

• loka – world, people, universe
  noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, brave man, warrior
  noun (masculine)

प्रहताः (prahatāḥ) - struck down, killed, wounded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahata

prahata - struck, hit, killed, slain

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'te'.

सव्यसाचिना (savyasācinā) - by Arjuna, who is ambidextrous in archery (by Savyasācin (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - one who can shoot with the left hand, ambidextrous (an epithet of Arjuna)

Bahuvrīhi compound: savya (left) + sācin (shooting)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-hand
  adjective
• sācin – shooting, hitting, arrow-throwing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sañj' or related to 'sāyakā'