महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-88, verse-13

ययातिरुवाच ।
युष्मानेते हि वक्ष्यन्ति रथाः पञ्च हिरण्मयाः ।
उच्चैः सन्तः प्रकाशन्ते ज्वलन्तोऽग्निशिखा इव ॥१३॥

13. yayātiruvāca ,
yuṣmānete hi vakṣyanti rathāḥ pañca hiraṇmayāḥ ,
uccaiḥ santaḥ prakāśante jvalanto'gniśikhā iva.

13. yayātiḥ uvāca yuṣmān ete hi vakṣyanti rathāḥ pañca
hiraṇmayāḥ uccaiḥ santaḥ prakāśante jvalantaḥ agniśikhāḥ iva

13. Yayati said: Indeed, these five golden chariots will carry you. They shine brightly, high above, like blazing flames of fire.

Words meanings summery:

• ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayati

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

• एते (ete) - these

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will carry, they will take

• रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• हिरण्मयाः (hiraṇmayāḥ) - golden, made of gold

• उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high above (high, loudly, from above)

• सन्तः (santaḥ) - being (high) (being, existing)

• प्रकाशन्ते (prakāśante) - they shine, they appear

• ज्वलन्तः (jvalantaḥ) - blazing, burning

• अग्निशिखाः (agniśikhāḥ) - flames of fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayati

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Yayati (a legendary king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

युष्मान् (yuṣmān) - you (plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

एते (ete) - these

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

वक्ष्यन्ति (vakṣyanti) - they will carry, they will take

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of vah

Future tense, 3rd person plural, active voice (parasmaipada)

Root: vah (class 1)

रथाः (rathāḥ) - chariots

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Used as an adjective modifying 'rathāḥ'.

हिरण्मयाः (hiraṇmayāḥ) - golden, made of gold

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hiraṇmaya

hiraṇmaya - made of gold, golden

Derived from 'hiraṇya' (gold) with the suffix '-maya' (made of).

उच्चैः (uccaiḥ) - high above (high, loudly, from above)

(indeclinable)

सन्तः (santaḥ) - being (high) (being, existing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of as

as - to be, to exist

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'as', meaning 'to be'. Declines like an adjective.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'rathāḥ'.

प्रकाशन्ते (prakāśante) - they shine, they appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of prakāś

Present tense, 3rd person plural, middle voice (ātmanepada)

Prefix: pra

Root: kāś (class 1)

ज्वलन्तः (jvalantaḥ) - blazing, burning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jval

jval - to burn, to blaze, to glow

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'jval', meaning 'to burn'. Declines like an adjective (base 'jvalat').

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'rathāḥ'.

अग्निशिखाः (agniśikhāḥ) - flames of fire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of agniśikhā

agniśikhā - flame of fire

Compound: 'agni' (fire) + 'śikhā' (crest, flame).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+śikhā)

• agni – fire, sacrificial fire
  noun (masculine)
• śikhā – crest, top, point, flame, tuft of hair
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used in a simile with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)