महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-90, verse-20

ये चरा ह्यचरानद्युरदंष्ट्रान्दंष्ट्रिणस्तथा ।
आशीविषा इव क्रुद्धा भुजगा भुजगानिव ॥२०॥

20. ye carā hyacarānadyuradaṁṣṭrāndaṁṣṭriṇastathā ,
āśīviṣā iva kruddhā bhujagā bhujagāniva.

20. ye carāḥ hi acarān adyuḥ adaṃṣṭrān daṃṣṭriṇaḥ
tathā | āśīviṣāḥ iva kruddhāḥ bhujagāḥ bhujagān iva

20. hi ye carāḥ acarān adyuḥ tathā daṃṣṭriṇaḥ adaṃṣṭrān
kruddhāḥ āśīviṣāḥ bhujagāḥ iva bhujagān iva

20. Indeed, mobile beings consume immobile ones, and fanged creatures (devour) the fangless. Just as enraged venomous serpents (āśīviṣa) consume other serpents.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (who, those who (masc. pl. nom.))

• चराः (carāḥ) - mobile creatures (moving, mobile (masc. pl. nom.))

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

• अचरान् (acarān) - immobile creatures (non-moving, immobile (masc. pl. acc.))

• अद्युः (adyuḥ) - they devour (they ate, they devour)

• अदंष्ट्रान् (adaṁṣṭrān) - those without fangs (fangless, toothless (masc. pl. acc.))

• दंष्ट्रिणः (daṁṣṭriṇaḥ) - creatures with fangs (those with fangs, fanged creatures (masc. pl. nom.))

• तथा (tathā) - and, similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

• आशीविषाः (āśīviṣāḥ) - venomous serpents (āśīviṣa) (venomous serpents (whose breath/look is poison))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry (masc. pl. nom.))

• भुजगाः (bhujagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes (masc. pl. nom.))

• भुजगान् (bhujagān) - other serpents (serpents, snakes (masc. pl. acc.))

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (who, those who (masc. pl. nom.))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of 'adyuḥ'.

चराः (carāḥ) - mobile creatures (moving, mobile (masc. pl. nom.))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cara

cara - moving, going, mobile, creature, spy

Agent noun/Adjective from √car

From √car (to move)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, certainly, because)

(indeclinable)

अचरान् (acarān) - immobile creatures (non-moving, immobile (masc. pl. acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of acara

acara - non-moving, immobile, static

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'cara'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+cara)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• cara – moving, mobile
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Direct object of 'adyuḥ'.

अद्युः (adyuḥ) - they devour (they ate, they devour)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ad

Imperfect 3rd plural active

Root: ad (class 2)

Note: The meaning is gnomic, describing a general truth, so translated as present 'devour'.

अदंष्ट्रान् (adaṁṣṭrān) - those without fangs (fangless, toothless (masc. pl. acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adaṃṣṭra

adaṁṣṭra - without fangs, toothless

Negative prefix 'a-' + 'daṃṣṭra'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+daṃṣṭra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• daṃṣṭra – fang, tusk, tooth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Direct object of implied 'adyuḥ'.

दंष्ट्रिणः (daṁṣṭriṇaḥ) - creatures with fangs (those with fangs, fanged creatures (masc. pl. nom.))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daṃṣṭrin

daṁṣṭrin - fanged, having teeth or tusks, a fanged animal

Suffix -in denoting possession, from 'daṃṣṭra' (fang)

Note: Subject of implied 'adyuḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - and, similarly (thus, so, and, similarly)

(indeclinable)

आशीविषाः (āśīviṣāḥ) - venomous serpents (āśīviṣa) (venomous serpents (whose breath/look is poison))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - serpent whose breath or glance is poisonous; venomous snake

Note: Subject of comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used twice for dual comparison.

क्रुद्धाः (kruddhāḥ) - enraged (enraged, angry (masc. pl. nom.))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

From √krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

भुजगाः (bhujagāḥ) - serpents (serpents, snakes (masc. pl. nom.))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhujaga

bhujaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving with the arm/body')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhujā+ga)

• bhujā – arm, hand, body (used in movement)
  noun (feminine)
• ga – going, moving, moving creature
  adjective
  Suffix from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of comparison, along with 'āśīviṣāḥ'.

भुजगान् (bhujagān) - other serpents (serpents, snakes (masc. pl. acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhujaga

bhujaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'moving with the arm/body')

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (bhujā+ga)

• bhujā – arm, hand, body (used in movement)
  noun (feminine)
• ga – going, moving, moving creature
  adjective
  Suffix from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Direct object of implied 'adyuḥ'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)