महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-172, verse-9

तथा पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुश्चैव महाक्रतुम् ।
उपाजग्मुरमित्रघ्न रक्षसां जीवितेप्सया ॥९॥

9. tathā pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuścaiva mahākratum ,
upājagmuramitraghna rakṣasāṁ jīvitepsayā.

9. tathā pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ ca eva mahākratum
upājagmuḥ amitraghna rakṣasām jīvitepsayā

9. tathā pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ ca eva kratuḥ,
amitraghna,
rakṣasām jīvitepsayā mahākratum upājagmuḥ

9. Similarly, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu also approached the great Vedic ritual (kratu), O slayer of enemies, motivated by a desire for the lives of the demons.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

• पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (Pulastya (name of a sage))

• पुलहः (pulahaḥ) - Pulaha (Pulaha (name of a sage))

• क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - Kratu (the sage) (Kratu (name of a sage), will, power)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

• महाक्रतुम् (mahākratum) - the great Vedic ritual (kratu) (the great Vedic ritual, the great sacrifice)

• उपाजग्मुः (upājagmuḥ) - approached (they approached, they came near)

• अमित्रघ्न (amitraghna) - O slayer of enemies

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the demons

• जीवितेप्सया (jīvitepsayā) - motivated by a desire for life (with a desire for life, by the wish for life)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - similarly (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

पुलस्त्यः (pulastyaḥ) - Pulastya (Pulastya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulastya

pulastya - name of one of the ten Prajapatis or mind-born sons of Brahma, a great sage

पुलहः (pulahaḥ) - Pulaha (Pulaha (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pulaha

pulaha - name of one of the ten Prajapatis or mind-born sons of Brahma, a great sage

क्रतुः (kratuḥ) - Kratu (the sage) (Kratu (name of a sage), will, power)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kratu

kratu - will, power, intelligence, a Vedic ritual, name of a sage

Note: Refers to the sage Kratu.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - also, indeed (indeed, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

महाक्रतुम् (mahākratum) - the great Vedic ritual (kratu) (the great Vedic ritual, the great sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākratu

mahākratu - great sacrifice, great Vedic ritual

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+kratu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• kratu – will, power, Vedic ritual, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'upājagmuḥ'.

उपाजग्मुः (upājagmuḥ) - approached (they approached, they came near)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of upāgam

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Root gam with prefixes upa and ā.

अमित्रघ्न (amitraghna) - O slayer of enemies

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of amitraghna

amitraghna - slayer of enemies, destroyer of foes

compound of amitra (enemy) and ghna (slayer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amitra+ghna)

• amitra – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
  negative prefix a + mitra (friend)
• ghna – slaying, killing, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: An address to the listener or a character within the narrative.

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit, monster

Note: Modifies 'jīvitepsayā'.

जीवितेप्सया (jīvitepsayā) - motivated by a desire for life (with a desire for life, by the wish for life)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jīvitepsā

jīvitepsā - desire for life, wish to live

compound of jīvita (life) and īpsā (desire), from desiderative of āp (to obtain)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jīvita+īpsā)

• jīvita – life, living, alive
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)
• īpsā – desire, wish, longing
  noun (feminine)
  from desiderative stem of āp (to obtain)
  Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Instrumental of cause/motive.