महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-117, verse-28

अथाजगाम तं देशं केसरी केसरारुणः ।
गिरिकन्दरजो भीमः सिंहो नागकुलान्तकः ॥२८॥

28. athājagāma taṁ deśaṁ kesarī kesarāruṇaḥ ,
girikandarajo bhīmaḥ siṁho nāgakulāntakaḥ.

28. atha ājagāma tam deśam kesarī kesarāruṇaḥ
girikandarajaḥ bhīmaḥ siṃhaḥ nāgakulāntakaḥ

28. atha kesarī kesarāruṇaḥ girikandarajaḥ bhīmaḥ
siṃhaḥ nāgakulāntakaḥ tam deśam ājagāma

28. Then, a formidable lion, tawny-maned and born in mountain caves, a destroyer of the serpent race, arrived in that region.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• आजगाम (ājagāma) - came, approached

• तम् (tam) - that

• देशम् (deśam) - region, place, country

• केसरी (kesarī) - lion (with a mane)

• केसरारुणः (kesarāruṇaḥ) - tawny-maned, having a reddish mane

• गिरिकन्दरजः (girikandarajaḥ) - born in mountain caves

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - formidable, terrible, dreadful

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

• नागकुलान्तकः (nāgakulāntakaḥ) - destroyer of the serpent race

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

आजगाम (ājagāma) - came, approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of ā-gam

Perfect active 3rd singular

From root gam with prefix ā. Reduplicated form (Perfect).

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

तम् (tam) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

देशम् (deśam) - region, place, country

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - region, place, country, spot

Root: diś (class 6)

केसरी (kesarī) - lion (with a mane)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kesarin

kesarin - lion, having a mane

From kesara (mane) + -in (possessive suffix).

केसरारुणः (kesarāruṇaḥ) - tawny-maned, having a reddish mane

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kesarāruṇa

kesarāruṇa - reddish-maned, having a tawny mane

Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kesara+aruṇa)

• kesara – mane, filament (of a flower)
  noun (masculine)
• aruṇa – red, reddish, tawny; dawn; charioteer of the sun
  adjective (masculine)

गिरिकन्दरजः (girikandarajaḥ) - born in mountain caves

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of girikandaraja

girikandaraja - born in mountain caves

Tatpuruṣa compound (locative) followed by a suffix from √jan (to be born).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+kandara+ja)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• kandara – cave, grotto
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Suffix from root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - formidable, terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable, dreadful, fearful

From root bhī (to fear).

Root: bhī (class 3)

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - lion

नागकुलान्तकः (nāgakulāntakaḥ) - destroyer of the serpent race

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāgakulāntaka

nāgakulāntaka - destroyer of the serpent race/family

Tatpuruṣa compound. nāga-kula (serpent family) + antaka (ender/destroyer).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+kula+antaka)

• nāga – serpent, snake, cobra; elephant
  noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, race, clan
  noun (neuter)
• antaka – ender, destroyer, death; Yama (god of death)
  noun (masculine)
  From root ant (to end).
  Root: ant (class 1)