महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-158, verse-19

प्रवरा रक्षसेन्द्राणां यक्षाणां च धनाधिप ।
शेरते निहता देव गतसत्त्वाः परासवः ॥१९॥

19. pravarā rakṣasendrāṇāṁ yakṣāṇāṁ ca dhanādhipa ,
śerate nihatā deva gatasattvāḥ parāsavaḥ.

19. pravarāḥ rakṣasendrāṇām yakṣāṇām ca dhanādhipa
śerate nihatāḥ deva gatasattvāḥ parāsavaḥ

19. O lord of wealth (dhanādhipa) and god (deva), the foremost among the Rākṣasa chiefs and Yakṣas lie slain, their vitality gone, their life-breaths departed.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रवराः (pravarāḥ) - the foremost (the foremost, the chief ones, excellent ones)

• रक्षसेन्द्राणाम् (rakṣasendrāṇām) - of the chiefs of the Rākṣasas (of the chiefs of Rākṣasas, of the great Rākṣasas)

• यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• धनाधिप (dhanādhipa) - O lord of wealth (dhanādhipa), addressing Kubera (O lord of wealth, O Kubera)

• शेरते (śerate) - they lie (dead) (they lie down, they rest)

• निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain (slain, killed, struck down)

• देव (deva) - O god (deva), addressing Kubera (O god, O lord, divine being)

• गतसत्त्वाः (gatasattvāḥ) - their vitality gone (whose life is gone, lifeless, deprived of vitality)

• परासवः (parāsavaḥ) - their life-breaths departed (whose breath is departed, lifeless, dead)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रवराः (pravarāḥ) - the foremost (the foremost, the chief ones, excellent ones)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pravara

pravara - foremost, chief, excellent, best

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'they' (referring to the slain chiefs of Rākṣasas and Yakṣas).

रक्षसेन्द्राणाम् (rakṣasendrāṇām) - of the chiefs of the Rākṣasas (of the chiefs of Rākṣasas, of the great Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rakṣasendra

rakṣasendra - chief of Rākṣasas, great Rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rakṣas+indra)

• rakṣas – Rākṣasa, demon
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best, Indra (the god)
  noun (masculine)

यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - Yakṣa (a class of semi-divine beings, attendants of Kubera)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'rakṣasendrāṇām' and 'yakṣāṇām'.

धनाधिप (dhanādhipa) - O lord of wealth (dhanādhipa), addressing Kubera (O lord of wealth, O Kubera)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dhanādhipa

dhanādhipa - lord of wealth, Kubera

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+adhipa)

• dhana – wealth, riches, money
  noun (neuter)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, master
  noun (masculine)

शेरते (śerate) - they lie (dead) (they lie down, they rest)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of śī

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: The subject is implied by 'pravarāḥ', 'nihatāḥ', 'gatasattvāḥ', 'parāsavaḥ'.

निहताः (nihatāḥ) - slain (slain, killed, struck down)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implied subject of śerate.

देव (deva) - O god (deva), addressing Kubera (O god, O lord, divine being)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, divine being, lord

गतसत्त्वाः (gatasattvāḥ) - their vitality gone (whose life is gone, lifeless, deprived of vitality)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gatasattva

gatasattva - whose life is gone, lifeless, deprived of vitality

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+sattva)

• gata – gone, departed, past (Past Passive Participle)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sattva – vitality, life, essence, being
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with implied subject of śerate.

परासवः (parāsavaḥ) - their life-breaths departed (whose breath is departed, lifeless, dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parāsu

parāsu - whose breath is departed, lifeless, dead

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parā+asu)

• parā – away, off, gone
  indeclinable
• asu – breath, life-breath, life
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with implied subject of śerate.