महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-17, verse-23

दहत्क्वचिज्ज्वलन इवावलेलिहत्प्रसह्य तानसुरगणान्न्यकृन्तत ।
प्रवेरितं वियति मुहुः क्षितौ तदा पपौ रणे रुधिरमथो पिशाचवत् ॥२३॥

23. dahatkvacijjvalana ivāvaleliha;tprasahya tānasuragaṇānnyakṛntata ,
praveritaṁ viyati muhuḥ kṣitau tadā; papau raṇe rudhiramatho piśācavat.

23. dahat kvacit jvalanaḥ iva avalelīhat
prasahya tān asuragaṇān nyakṛntata
praveritam viyati muhuḥ kṣitau tadā
papau raṇe rudhiram atho piśācavat

23. At times, burning like a fire and voraciously licking, it forcibly cut down those hosts of demons. Sent forth repeatedly in the sky and on the earth, it then drank blood in battle like a ghoulish fiend.

Words meanings summery:

• दहत् (dahat) - burning (burning, consuming)

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, at times (sometimes, in some place)

• ज्वलनः (jvalanaḥ) - fire (fire, blazing)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• अवलेलीहत् (avalelīhat) - voraciously licking (licking (intensively), devouring)

• प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly (forcibly, violently, overcoming)

• तान् (tān) - those

• असुरगणान् (asuragaṇān) - hosts of demons (hosts of demons, multitudes of Asuras)

• न्यकृन्तत (nyakṛntata) - it cut down (it cut down, destroyed)

• प्रवेरितम् (praveritam) - sent forth (thrown forth, impelled)

• वियति (viyati) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, again and again)

• क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• पपौ (papau) - it drank

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

• रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

• अथो (atho) - and then (and then, moreover)

• पिशाचवत् (piśācavat) - like a ghoulish fiend (like a demon/ghoul)

Words meanings and morphology

दहत् (dahat) - burning (burning, consuming)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dahat

dahat - burning, consuming, scorching, causing pain

present participle (active)

from root dah

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the discus (implied subject).

क्वचित् (kvacit) - sometimes, at times (sometimes, in some place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of time.

ज्वलनः (jvalanaḥ) - fire (fire, blazing)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jvalana

jvalana - burning, blazing; fire

agent/action noun

from root jval (to blaze)

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Used in comparison with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

अवलेलीहत् (avalelīhat) - voraciously licking (licking (intensively), devouring)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avalelīhat

avalelīhat - licking all around, devouring (intensively), consuming greedily

intensive present participle (active)

intensive reduplicated form from root lih with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: lih (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the discus.

प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly (forcibly, violently, overcoming)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

lyap suffix from root sah with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)

Note: Adverbial modifier for 'nyakṛntata'.

तान् (tān) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'asuragaṇān'.

असुरगणान् (asuragaṇān) - hosts of demons (hosts of demons, multitudes of Asuras)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of asuragaṇa

asuragaṇa - multitude/host of Asuras (demons), demon army

Compound type : tatpurusha (asura+gaṇa)

• asura – demon, titan, anti-god
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – host, multitude, troop, collection
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'nyakṛntata'.

न्यकृन्तत (nyakṛntata) - it cut down (it cut down, destroyed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of nyakṛntata

imperfect

imperfect tense from root kṛt with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛt (class 6)

Note: Main verb.

प्रवेरितम् (praveritam) - sent forth (thrown forth, impelled)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of praverita

praverita - thrown forth, propelled, set in motion, hurled

past passive participle

from root īr (to move, impel) with prefixes pra + vi

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: īr (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the discus (implied subject of the second clause).

वियति (viyati) - in the sky (in the sky, in the atmosphere)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of viyat

viyat - sky, atmosphere, air

from root yā (to go) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Location of motion.

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly (repeatedly, often, again and again)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of frequency.

क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on the earth (on the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, dwelling, abode, land

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Location of action, parallel to 'viyati'.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

पपौ (papau) - it drank

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of papau

perfect

reduplicated perfect from root pā

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the second clause.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in combat)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war, conflict, strife

from root raṇ (to sound, rejoice, fight)

Root: raṇ (class 1)

Note: Location of action.

रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rudhira

rudhira - blood, red, crimson

from root rudh (to obstruct, spill)

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Object of 'papau'.

अथो (atho) - and then (and then, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects actions.

पिशाचवत् (piśācavat) - like a ghoulish fiend (like a demon/ghoul)

(indeclinable)

-vat suffix of comparison from piśāca

Note: Adverbial comparison.