महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-202, verse-16

नाक्रामन्ति यदा शापा बाणा मुक्ताः शिलास्विव ।
नियमांस्तदा परित्यज्य व्यद्रवन्त द्विजातयः ॥१६॥

16. nākrāmanti yadā śāpā bāṇā muktāḥ śilāsviva ,
niyamāṁstadā parityajya vyadravanta dvijātayaḥ.

16. na ākrāmanti yadā śāpāḥ bāṇāḥ muktāḥ śilāsu iva
niyamān tadā parityajya vyadravanta dvijātayaḥ

16. When the curses did not overcome [the demons], just like arrows released against stones, then the twice-born (dvijātayaḥ) abandoned their vows and practices (niyamān) and fled.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• आक्रामन्ति (ākrāmanti) - they attack, they overcome, they affect

• यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

• शापाः (śāpāḥ) - curses, imprecations

• बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

• मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, thrown, freed

• शिलासु (śilāsu) - on rocks, against stones

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• नियमान् (niyamān) - the religious vows and practices (niyamān) of the sages (rules, observances, vows, restraints)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• व्यद्रवन्त (vyadravanta) - they ran away, they dispersed

• द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - the brahmins and other members of the upper varnas engaged in spiritual practices (the twice-born, brahmins, sages)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आक्रामन्ति (ākrāmanti) - they attack, they overcome, they affect

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of ākrām

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when, at which time

(indeclinable)

शापाः (śāpāḥ) - curses, imprecations

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation, anathema

बाणाः (bāṇāḥ) - arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow, dart

मुक्ताः (muktāḥ) - released, thrown, freed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mukta

mukta - released, thrown, liberated (mokṣa), freed

Past Passive Participle

Root: muc (class 6)

शिलासु (śilāsu) - on rocks, against stones

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of śilā

śilā - rock, stone, slab

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

नियमान् (niyamān) - the religious vows and practices (niyamān) of the sages (rules, observances, vows, restraints)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of niyama

niyama - rule, observance, restraint, religious duty

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Prefixes: pari+tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

व्यद्रवन्त (vyadravanta) - they ran away, they dispersed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect past (Laṅ) of vyadrav

Prefixes: vi+a

Root: dru (class 1)

द्विजातयः (dvijātayaḥ) - the brahmins and other members of the upper varnas engaged in spiritual practices (the twice-born, brahmins, sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvijāti

dvijāti - twice-born (dvija), a brahmin, kshatriya, or vaishya

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dvi+jāti)

• dvi – two, twice
  numeral/indeclinable
• jāti – birth, origin, species, class
  noun (feminine)