महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-17, verse-15

एनमासाद्य राजानः समृद्धबलवाहनाः ।
विनाशमुपयास्यन्ति शलभा इव पावकम् ॥१५॥

15. enamāsādya rājānaḥ samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ ,
vināśamupayāsyanti śalabhā iva pāvakam.

15. enam āsādya rājānaḥ samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ
vināśam upayāsyanti śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam

15. Upon encountering him, kings with flourishing armies and conveyances will meet their destruction, just like moths rushing into a fire.

Words meanings summery:

• एनम् (enam) - this (king) (him, this (one))

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - upon encountering (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

• समृद्धबलवाहनाः (samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ) - with flourishing armies and conveyances (possessing flourishing armies and conveyances)

• विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction (destruction, ruin)

• उपयास्यन्ति (upayāsyanti) - will meet (destruction) (will go to, will approach, will experience)

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

एनम् (enam) - this (king) (him, this (one))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

आसाद्य (āsādya) - upon encountering (having reached, having approached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from ā-sad (to sit down, to approach, to obtain)

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Subject of 'upayāsyanti'.

समृद्धबलवाहनाः (samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ) - with flourishing armies and conveyances (possessing flourishing armies and conveyances)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samṛddhabalavāhana

samṛddhabalavāhana - one whose strength (bala) and conveyances (vāhana) are prosperous (samṛddha)

A Bahuvrihi compound. "samṛddha" (flourishing) + "bala" (strength/army) + "vāhana" (conveyance).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (samṛddha+bala+vāhana)

• samṛddha – flourishing, prosperous, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from sam-ṛdh (to thrive, prosper)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: ṛdh (class 4)
• bala – strength, power, army
  noun (neuter)
• vāhana – vehicle, conveyance
  noun (neuter)
  from root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'rājānaḥ'.

विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction (destruction, ruin)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, loss

Note: Object of 'upayāsyanti' (to go to destruction).

उपयास्यन्ति (upayāsyanti) - will meet (destruction) (will go to, will approach, will experience)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of upayā

Prefix: upa

Root: yā (class 2)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the comparison.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier

from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied verb (entering, rushing into) in the comparison.