महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-223, verse-5

द्रोण उवाच ।
हिरण्यरेतास्त्वरितो ज्वलन्नायाति नः क्षयम् ।
सप्तजिह्वोऽनलः क्षामो लेलिहानोपसर्पति ॥५॥

5. droṇa uvāca ,
hiraṇyaretāstvarito jvalannāyāti naḥ kṣayam ,
saptajihvo'nalaḥ kṣāmo lelihānopasarpati.

5. droṇa uvāca hiraṇyaretāḥ tvaritaḥ jvalan āyāti naḥ
kṣayam saptajihvaḥ analaḥ kṣāmaḥ lelihānaḥ upasarati

5. Drona said: "Agni (the gold-seeded one), blazing and swift, comes towards our destruction. The seven-tongued fire, consuming and licking, approaches."

Words meanings summery:

• द्रोण (droṇa) - Drona (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हिरण्यरेताः (hiraṇyaretāḥ) - Refers to Agni (the fire god). (gold-seeded, having golden seed/germ)

• त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - swift, quick, hurried

• ज्वलन् (jvalan) - burning, blazing, shining

• आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

• नः (naḥ) - towards our (destruction) (to us, our)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - towards destruction (destruction, end, dwelling, abode)

• सप्तजिह्वः (saptajihvaḥ) - Refers to Agni (the fire god), whose flames are likened to tongues. (seven-tongued)

• अनलः (analaḥ) - Refers to the fire god, Agni. (fire, Agni)

• क्षामः (kṣāmaḥ) - Refers to the fire's action of consuming (everything in its path). (consumed, burnt, emaciated, wasted)

• लेलिहानः (lelihānaḥ) - Licking with its flames, like tongues. (licking (repeatedly or intensely))

• उपसरति (upasarati) - approaches, comes near

Words meanings and morphology

द्रोण (droṇa) - Drona (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (a character in Mahabharata); a measure of grain; a kind of vessel

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

root vac, perfect 3rd singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

हिरण्यरेताः (hiraṇyaretāḥ) - Refers to Agni (the fire god). (gold-seeded, having golden seed/germ)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hiraṇyaretas

hiraṇyaretas - gold-seeded; an epithet of Agni (fire) and other deities like Śiva

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hiraṇya+retas)

• hiraṇya – gold
  noun (neuter)
• retas – seed, semen, germ, fluid, essence
  noun (neuter)

त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - swift, quick, hurried

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarita

tvarita - swift, quick, hurried, hastened

Past Passive Participle

derived from root tvar (to hurry, hasten)

Root: tvar (class 1)

ज्वलन् (jvalan) - burning, blazing, shining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jvalat

jvalat - burning, blazing, shining, gleaming

Present Active Participle

derived from root jval (to burn, shine)

Root: jval (class 1)

आयाति (āyāti) - comes, approaches

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of ā-yā

present tense

root yā, ā- prefixed, present 3rd singular, active voice

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

नः (naḥ) - towards our (destruction) (to us, our)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person plural pronoun (enclitic form)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - towards destruction (destruction, end, dwelling, abode)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, loss, end, ruin, decay, dwelling, abode

derived from root kṣi (to destroy, perish, or dwell)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

सप्तजिह्वः (saptajihvaḥ) - Refers to Agni (the fire god), whose flames are likened to tongues. (seven-tongued)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saptajihva

saptajihva - seven-tongued; an epithet of Agni (fire)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saptan+jihvā)

• saptan – seven
  numeral
• jihvā – tongue
  noun (feminine)

अनलः (analaḥ) - Refers to the fire god, Agni. (fire, Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni (the fire god); digestive fire

literally 'not enough', implying insatiable nature of fire

क्षामः (kṣāmaḥ) - Refers to the fire's action of consuming (everything in its path). (consumed, burnt, emaciated, wasted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣāma

kṣāma - consumed, burnt, emaciated, thin, wasted

Past Passive Participle

derived from root kṣai (to consume, waste away)

Root: kṣai (class 1)

लेलिहानः (lelihānaḥ) - Licking with its flames, like tongues. (licking (repeatedly or intensely))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lelihāna

lelihāna - licking (repeatedly or intensely)

Intensive Present Active Participle

derived from root lih (to lick), in intensive/frequentative form

Root: lih (class 2)

उपसरति (upasarati) - approaches, comes near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of upa-sṛ

present tense

root sṛ, upa- prefixed, present 3rd singular, active voice

Prefix: upa

Root: sṛ (class 1)