महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-17, chapter-1, verse-36

अहमग्निः कुरुश्रेष्ठा मया दग्धं च खाण्डवम् ।
अर्जुनस्य प्रभावेण तथा नारायणस्य च ॥३६॥

36. ahamagniḥ kuruśreṣṭhā mayā dagdhaṁ ca khāṇḍavam ,
arjunasya prabhāveṇa tathā nārāyaṇasya ca.

36. aham agniḥ kuruśreṣṭhāḥ mayā dagdham ca khāṇḍavam
arjunasya prabhāveṇa tathā nārāyaṇasya ca

36. aham agniḥ kuruśreṣṭhāḥ khāṇḍavam mayā dagdham
ca arjunasya prabhāveṇa tathā nārāyaṇasya ca

36. I am Agni, O best among the Kurus! The Khandava forest was burnt by me, through the power of Arjuna and also of Narayana.

Words meanings summery:

• अहम् (aham) - I

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni, fire god

• कुरुश्रेष्ठाः (kuruśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best of the Kurus

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दग्धम् (dagdham) - burnt, consumed

• च (ca) - and, also

• खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - Khandava (forest)

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

• प्रभावेण (prabhāveṇa) - by the power, by the influence

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

• नारायणस्य (nārāyaṇasya) - of Narayana (Krishna)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: The speaker is Agni.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni, fire god

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, fire god

Note: Predicate nominative for "aham"

कुरुश्रेष्ठाः (kuruśreṣṭhāḥ) - O best of the Kurus

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of kuruśreṣṭha

kuruśreṣṭha - best among the Kurus

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+śreṣṭha)

• kuru – a member of the Kuru dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya
  Root: praśas

Note: Addresses the Pandavas as a group. The visarga ḥ is elided in the actual verse due to sandhi.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent in a passive construction

दग्धम् (dagdham) - burnt, consumed

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dagdha

dagdha - burnt, consumed, scorched

Past Passive Participle

from root dah + kta suffix

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Modifies "khāṇḍavam"

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the idea of "burnt"

खाण्डवम् (khāṇḍavam) - Khandava (forest)

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of khāṇḍava

khāṇḍava - name of a forest near Indraprastha

Note: Subject of the passive construction

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna

Note: Possessive, modifying "prabhāveṇa"

प्रभावेण (prabhāveṇa) - by the power, by the influence

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, might, influence, splendor

from pra-bhū

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Explains the means of burning Khandava

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Arjuna's and Narayana's power

नारायणस्य (nārāyaṇasya) - of Narayana (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Narayana, Vishnu, Krishna

Note: Possessive, parallel to "arjunasya"

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction