महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-9, verse-17

यं निरीक्षेत संक्रुद्ध आशया पूर्वजातया ।
प्रदहेत हि तं राजन्कक्षमक्षय्यभुग्यथा ॥१७॥

17. yaṁ nirīkṣeta saṁkruddha āśayā pūrvajātayā ,
pradaheta hi taṁ rājankakṣamakṣayyabhugyathā.

17. yam nirīkṣeta saṃkruddhaḥ āśayā pūrvajātayā
pradaheta hi tam rājan kakṣam akṣayyabhuk yathā

17. rājan,
yam pūrvajātayā āśayā saṃkruddhaḥ nirīkṣeta,
tam hi akṣayyabhuk yathā kakṣam pradaheta.

17. O king, if someone, intensely enraged by a deeply ingrained animosity, were to look at another, he would indeed burn him completely, just as a fire that consumes endlessly burns dry grass.

Words meanings summery:

• यम् (yam) - whom (referring to the person being looked at) (whom, which, that)

• निरीक्षेत (nirīkṣeta) - would look at (should look at, would perceive, might behold)

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - intensely enraged (very angry, enraged, furious)

• आशया (āśayā) - by a deeply ingrained animosity (disposition) (with intention, by the mind, from a disposition)

• पूर्वजातया (pūrvajātayā) - inherent, deeply ingrained (previously born, inherent, innate, congenital)

• प्रदहेत (pradaheta) - would burn completely (would burn completely, might consume)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, because, for)

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to the person being looked at) (him, that, it)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king!

• कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass (dry grass, forest, thicket, armpit)

• अक्षय्यभुक् (akṣayyabhuk) - a fire that consumes endlessly (one who consumes without ceasing, endlessly consuming (fire))

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which way)

Words meanings and morphology

यम् (yam) - whom (referring to the person being looked at) (whom, which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

निरीक्षेत (nirīkṣeta) - would look at (should look at, would perceive, might behold)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of nir-īkṣ

Prefix: nir

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - intensely enraged (very angry, enraged, furious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - enraged, very angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the verb root √krudh (to be angry) with the prefix 'sam' (completely, intensely).

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

आशया (āśayā) - by a deeply ingrained animosity (disposition) (with intention, by the mind, from a disposition)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of āśayā

āśayā - intention, disposition, mind, abode, lair, reservoir

पूर्वजातया (pūrvajātayā) - inherent, deeply ingrained (previously born, inherent, innate, congenital)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pūrvajāta

pūrvajāta - previously born, innate, inherent, former-born

Past Passive Participle

Compound formed from 'pūrva' (before, former) and 'jāta' (born, produced - P.P.P. of √jan).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+jāta)

• pūrva – prior, former, earlier, preceding, eastern
  adjective
• jāta – born, produced, arisen, happened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √jan (to be born, to produce).
  Root: jan (class 4)

प्रदहेत (pradaheta) - would burn completely (would burn completely, might consume)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of pra-dah

Prefix: pra

Root: dah (class 1)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (referring to the person being looked at) (him, that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजन् (rājan) - O king!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass (dry grass, forest, thicket, armpit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - dry grass, brushwood, forest, thicket, armpit, side

अक्षय्यभुक् (akṣayyabhuk) - a fire that consumes endlessly (one who consumes without ceasing, endlessly consuming (fire))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akṣayyabhuj

akṣayyabhuj - one who consumes without exhausting, an endlessly consuming fire

Compound of 'akṣayya' (imperishable, inexhaustible) and 'bhuj' (consuming, enjoying, eating).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (akṣayya+bhuj)

• akṣayya – imperishable, indestructible, inexhaustible, eternal
  adjective
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from 'a-' (negation) and √kṣi (to decay, perish) + -yya suffix.
  Prefix: a
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• bhuj – eating, consuming, enjoying, protecting
  noun
  Derived from the root √bhuj (to eat, consume, enjoy, protect).
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, like, in which way)

(indeclinable)