महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-166, verse-38

स ताञ्शतावरान्पुत्रान्वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः ।
भक्षयामास संक्रुद्धः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगानिव ॥३८॥

38. sa tāñśatāvarānputrānvasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ ,
bhakṣayāmāsa saṁkruddhaḥ siṁhaḥ kṣudramṛgāniva.

38. saḥ tān śatāvarān putrān vasiṣṭhasya mahā-ātmanaḥ
bhakṣayāmāsa saṃkruddhaḥ siṃhaḥ kṣudra-mṛgān iva

38. That one, greatly enraged, devoured those hundreds of sons of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha (ātman), just as a lion devours small deer.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to Viśvāmitra) (he, that one)

• तान् (tān) - those

• शतावरान् (śatāvarān) - numbering a hundred, at least a hundred, hundreds of

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• महा-आत्मनः (mahā-ātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha (of the great-souled one, of the noble-minded one)

• भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - he devoured, he ate

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• क्षुद्र-मृगान् (kṣudra-mṛgān) - small deer, small animals

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - that one (referring to Viśvāmitra) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शतावरान् (śatāvarān) - numbering a hundred, at least a hundred, hundreds of

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śatāvara

śatāvara - numbering a hundred, at least a hundred, containing a hundred

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Vasiṣṭha (name of a prominent Vedic sage)

महा-आत्मनः (mahā-ātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha (of the great-souled one, of the noble-minded one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

भक्षयामास (bhakṣayāmāsa) - he devoured, he ate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of bhakṣay

Causative stem

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat) with causative suffix

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root krudh with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

क्षुद्र-मृगान् (kṣudra-mṛgān) - small deer, small animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kṣudramṛga

kṣudramṛga - small deer, small animal

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṣudra+mṛga)

• kṣudra – small, tiny, insignificant
  adjective (masculine)
• mṛga – deer, animal, wild beast
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)