महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-5, verse-37

ते प्रयाता व्यरोचन्त परानभिमुखास्त्रयः ।
हूयमाना यथा यज्ञे समिद्धा हव्यवाहनाः ॥३७॥

37. te prayātā vyarocanta parānabhimukhāstrayaḥ ,
hūyamānā yathā yajñe samiddhā havyavāhanāḥ.

37. te prayātāḥ vyarocanta parān abhimukhāḥ trayaḥ
hūyamānāḥ yathā yajñe samiddhāḥ havyavāhanāḥ

37. trayaḥ prayātāḥ parān abhimukhāḥ te vyarocanta
yathā yajñe hūyamānāḥ samiddhāḥ havyavāhanāḥ

37. The three, having advanced and facing their enemies, shone brilliantly, just like kindled fires receiving offerings in a Vedic ritual (yajña).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the three (heroes) (they, those)

• प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - having advanced (towards enemies) (having gone forth, departed, advanced)

• व्यरोचन्त (vyarocanta) - they shone brilliantly (they shone, they appeared splendid)

• परान् (parān) - towards enemies (enemies, others, strangers)

• अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing (the enemies) (facing, turned towards, confronted)

• त्रयः (trayaḥ) - the three (heroes) (three)

• हूयमानाः (hūyamānāḥ) - being offered (oblations) (being offered, being invoked, being sacrificed)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in a Vedic ritual (yajña) (in a Vedic ritual (yajña), in a sacrifice)

• समिद्धाः (samiddhāḥ) - kindled (fires) (kindled, inflamed, blazing)

• हव्यवाहनाः (havyavāhanāḥ) - fires (receiving offerings) (fire (lit. 'carrier of oblations'), Agni)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the three (heroes) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - having advanced (towards enemies) (having gone forth, departed, advanced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed, advanced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra- + √yā (to go)

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

व्यरोचन्त (vyarocanta) - they shone brilliantly (they shone, they appeared splendid)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √ruc

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd person plural, Ātmanepada, with vi- prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: ruc (class 7)

परान् (parān) - towards enemies (enemies, others, strangers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, enemy

अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing (the enemies) (facing, turned towards, confronted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhimukha

abhimukha - facing, turned towards, having the face towards

compound of abhi- and mukha

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (abhi+mukha)

• abhi – towards, to, over
  indeclinable
  prefix
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

त्रयः (trayaḥ) - the three (heroes) (three)

(numeral)

हूयमानाः (hūyamānāḥ) - being offered (oblations) (being offered, being invoked, being sacrificed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hūyamāna

hūyamāna - being offered, being invoked

Present Passive Participle

Derived from √hu (to offer, to sacrifice)

Root: hu (class 3)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in a Vedic ritual (yajña) (in a Vedic ritual (yajña), in a sacrifice)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering

derived from √yaj (to worship, to sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

समिद्धाः (samiddhāḥ) - kindled (fires) (kindled, inflamed, blazing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samiddha

samiddha - kindled, inflamed, set ablaze

Past Passive Participle

Derived from sam- + √indh (to kindle)

Prefix: sam

Root: indh (class 7)

हव्यवाहनाः (havyavāhanāḥ) - fires (receiving offerings) (fire (lit. 'carrier of oblations'), Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of havyavāhana

havyavāhana - fire (lit. 'carrier of oblations'), Agni

compound of havya (oblation) and vāhana (carrier)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (havya+vāhana)

• havya – oblation, offering
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from √hu (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vāhana – carrier, vehicle
  noun (neuter)
  derived from √vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)