महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-175, verse-2

पौलस्त्यं योऽऽह्वयद्युद्धे धनदं बलदर्पितः ।
नलिन्यां कदनं कृत्वा वराणां यक्षरक्षसाम् ॥२॥

2. paulastyaṁ yo''hvayadyuddhe dhanadaṁ baladarpitaḥ ,
nalinyāṁ kadanaṁ kṛtvā varāṇāṁ yakṣarakṣasām.

2. paulastyam yaḥ āhvayat yuddhe dhanadam baladarpitaḥ
nalinyām kadanam kṛtvā varāṇām yakṣarakṣasām

2. Bhīmasena, who, proud of his strength, had challenged Kubera (the son of Pulastya, the giver of wealth) in battle, having caused the destruction of the best among the Yakṣas and Rākṣasas in Nalinī.

Words meanings summery:

• पौलस्त्यम् (paulastyam) - to Kubera, who is the son of Pulastya (to the son of Pulastya (Kubera))

• यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Bhīmasena) (who, which)

• आह्वयत् (āhvayat) - he challenged (he challenged, he called, he invoked)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in a fight)

• धनदम् (dhanadam) - to Kubera, the giver of wealth (giver of wealth, Kubera)

• बलदर्पितः (baladarpitaḥ) - proud of his strength (proud of strength, arrogant due to power)

• नलिन्याम् (nalinyām) - in Nalinī (a region in Kubera's domain) (in the lotus pond, in Nalinī (name of a place))

• कदनम् (kadanam) - destruction (destruction, slaughter, massacre)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having caused (having done, having made)

• वराणाम् (varāṇām) - of the best among (of the best, of the excellent ones)

• यक्षरक्षसाम् (yakṣarakṣasām) - of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

Words meanings and morphology

पौलस्त्यम् (paulastyam) - to Kubera, who is the son of Pulastya (to the son of Pulastya (Kubera))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paulastya

paulastya - descendant of Pulastya (specifically Kubera)

Patronmyic suffix -ya.

Note: Object of 'āhvayat'.

यः (yaḥ) - who (referring to Bhīmasena) (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of the clause 'yo āhvayat'.

आह्वयत् (āhvayat) - he challenged (he challenged, he called, he invoked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ā-hvā

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root hvā (to call) with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: hvā (class 1)

Note: The subject is Bhīmasena (implied by 'yaḥ').

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle (in battle, in a fight)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Past Passive Participle (originally)

From root yudh (to fight) + kta.

Root: yudh (class 4)

धनदम् (dhanadam) - to Kubera, the giver of wealth (giver of wealth, Kubera)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanada

dhanada - giver of wealth, bestower of riches (an epithet of Kubera)

Compound of dhana (wealth) and da (giver).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dhana+da)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  From root dā (to give).
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Another object of 'āhvayat', in apposition to 'paulastyam'.

बलदर्पितः (baladarpitaḥ) - proud of his strength (proud of strength, arrogant due to power)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baladarpita

baladarpita - proud/arrogant due to strength/power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+darpita)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• darpita – made proud, arrogant, intoxicated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From causative stem of root dṛp (to be proud, arrogant) + kta suffix.
  Root: dṛp (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Bhīmasena (implied by 'yaḥ').

नलिन्याम् (nalinyām) - in Nalinī (a region in Kubera's domain) (in the lotus pond, in Nalinī (name of a place))

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of nalinī

nalinī - a lotus pond, a particular region (often associated with Kubera's garden)

Note: Location of the destruction.

कदनम् (kadanam) - destruction (destruction, slaughter, massacre)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kadana

kadana - destruction, slaughter, massacre

From root kad (to destroy).

Root: kad

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having caused (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root kṛ (to do) + tvā suffix.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वराणाम् (varāṇām) - of the best among (of the best, of the excellent ones)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Specifies whose destruction.

यक्षरक्षसाम् (yakṣarakṣasām) - of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

(noun)

Genitive, plural of yakṣarakṣas

yakṣarakṣas - Yakṣas and Rākṣasas

Dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (yakṣa+rakṣas)

• yakṣa – a class of demigods, often guardians of wealth
  noun (masculine)
• rakṣas – demon, Rākṣasa (a class of malevolent beings)
  noun (neuter)

Note: Specifies whose destruction.