महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-101, verse-8

ते वृत्रं निहतं दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षेण धीमता ।
जीवितं परिरक्षन्तः प्रविष्टा वरुणालयम् ॥८॥

8. te vṛtraṁ nihataṁ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā ,
jīvitaṁ parirakṣantaḥ praviṣṭā varuṇālayam.

8. te vṛtram nihatam dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā
jīvitam parirakṣantaḥ praviṣṭāḥ varuṇālayam

8. Upon seeing Vṛtra slain by the wise, thousand-eyed Indra, they (the Kāleyas) protected their lives by entering the abode of Varuṇa (the ocean).

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - the Kāleyas (they)

• वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain, struck down

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• सहस्राक्षेण (sahasrākṣeṇa) - by Indra (by the Thousand-eyed one)

• धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the wise, by the intelligent

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, livelihood

• परिरक्षन्तः (parirakṣantaḥ) - protecting, guarding, preserving

• प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered, gone into, resorted to

• वरुणालयम् (varuṇālayam) - the ocean (abode of Varuṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - the Kāleyas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (a Vedic demon, personification of drought, slain by Indra)

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain, struck down

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, slain, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with upasarga 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सहस्राक्षेण (sahasrākṣeṇa) - by Indra (by the Thousand-eyed one)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sahasrākṣa

sahasrākṣa - having a thousand eyes; an epithet of Indra, Vishnu, Shiva

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sahasra+akṣa)

• sahasra – a thousand
  numeral
• akṣa – eye, die (for gambling), axle
  noun (masculine)

धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the wise, by the intelligent

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - wise, intelligent, sagacious, thoughtful

Possessive suffix -mat

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life, existence, livelihood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, existence, livelihood, living

From root 'jīv' (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

परिरक्षन्तः (parirakṣantaḥ) - protecting, guarding, preserving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parirakṣat

parirakṣat - protecting, guarding, preserving, defending

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'rakṣ' (to protect) with upasarga 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

प्रविष्टाः (praviṣṭāḥ) - entered, gone into, resorted to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, penetrated, resorted to

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'viś' (to enter) with upasarga 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

वरुणालयम् (varuṇālayam) - the ocean (abode of Varuṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varuṇālaya

varuṇālaya - the abode of Varuṇa; the ocean

Compound type : tatpurusha (varuṇa+ālaya)

• varuṇa – Varuṇa (Vedic deity, god of waters and cosmic order)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house, receptacle
  noun (masculine)