महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-167, verse-19

असौ मृत्युरिवोग्रेण दण्डेन भगवन्नितः ।
प्रगृहीतेन काष्ठेन राक्षसोऽभ्येति भीषणः ॥१९॥

19. asau mṛtyurivogreṇa daṇḍena bhagavannitaḥ ,
pragṛhītena kāṣṭhena rākṣaso'bhyeti bhīṣaṇaḥ.

19. asau mṛtyuḥ iva ugreṇa daṇḍena bhagavan itaḥ
pragṛhītena kāṣṭhena rākṣasaḥ abhyeti bhīṣaṇaḥ

19. O revered one, this dreadful demon (rākṣasa) is approaching from this direction, like Death (Mṛtyu) holding a formidable staff (daṇḍa), which is a grasped log (kāṣṭha).

Words meanings summery:

• असौ (asau) - this one (the demon) (this, that one)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified) (death, the god of death (Mṛtyu))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

• उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - by a formidable (by a formidable, terrible, fierce)

• दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by a staff (by a staff, stick, rod)

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one (addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O revered one, O venerable one)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from this direction (from here, hither, from this direction)

• प्रगृहीतेन (pragṛhītena) - by a grasped (by what is held, grasped, taken up)

• काष्ठेन (kāṣṭhena) - by a log (of wood) (by a log, stick, piece of wood)

• राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - demon (rākṣasa) (demon, evil spirit)

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches (approaches, comes near)

• भीषणः (bhīṣaṇaḥ) - terrifying (terrifying, dreadful, fearful)

Words meanings and morphology

असौ (asau) - this one (the demon) (this, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - this, that (near the speaker or listener)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified) (death, the god of death (Mṛtyu))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, the deity of death (Mṛtyu), dissolution

Root: mṛ (class 6)

इव (iva) - like (like, as if, similar to)

(indeclinable)

उग्रेण (ugreṇa) - by a formidable (by a formidable, terrible, fierce)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ugra

ugra - fierce, formidable, terrible, mighty, powerful

दण्डेन (daṇḍena) - by a staff (by a staff, stick, rod)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - staff, stick, rod, mace, punishment

Root: daṇḍ (class 10)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O revered one (addressing Vasiṣṭha) (O revered one, O venerable one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, venerable, divine, glorious, fortunate

Root: bhaj (class 1)

इतः (itaḥ) - from this direction (from here, hither, from this direction)

(indeclinable)

Derived from idam + suffix tas.

प्रगृहीतेन (pragṛhītena) - by a grasped (by what is held, grasped, taken up)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pragṛhīta

pragṛhīta - held, grasped, seized, taken up

Past Passive Participle

From root grah with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

काष्ठेन (kāṣṭhena) - by a log (of wood) (by a log, stick, piece of wood)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, log, stick, piece of wood

Note: kāṣṭha is typically neuter but can be masculine, especially when referring to a staff or club. Here matching daṇḍena.

राक्षसः (rākṣasaḥ) - demon (rākṣasa) (demon, evil spirit)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, ogre, a class of malevolent beings

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches (approaches, comes near)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of abhi-i

Present 3rd singular active.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

भीषणः (bhīṣaṇaḥ) - terrifying (terrifying, dreadful, fearful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣaṇa

bhīṣaṇa - terrifying, dreadful, frightful, fierce

Present Active Participle

From causal root bhī (to fear) + ana suffix, often interpreted as an active agent noun or adjective.

Root: bhī (class 3)