महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-221, verse-3

ते पिबन्त इवाकाशं त्रासयन्तश्चराचरान् ।
सिंहा नभस्यगच्छन्त नदन्तश्चारुकेसराः ॥३॥

3. te pibanta ivākāśaṁ trāsayantaścarācarān ,
siṁhā nabhasyagacchanta nadantaścārukesarāḥ.

3. te pibantaḥ iva ākāśam trāsayantaḥ carācarān |
siṃhāḥ nabhasi agacchant nadantaḥ cārukesarāḥ

3. Those lions, as if drinking the sky, terrifying all movable and immovable beings, moved through the atmosphere, roaring with their beautiful manes.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky, space

• त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - terrifying, frightening

• चराचरान् (carācarān) - movable and immovable beings, all creatures

• सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

• नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

• अगच्छन्त् (agacchant) - going, moving

• नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, sounding

• चारुकेसराः (cārukesarāḥ) - having beautiful manes

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pibat

pibat - drinking

Present Active Participle

Derived from √pā

Root: √pā (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - the sky, space

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, ether, space

त्रासयन्तः (trāsayantaḥ) - terrifying, frightening

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trāsayant

trāsayant - terrifying, frightening, causing fear

Present Active Participle (causal)

Derived from the causal stem of √tras

Root: √tras (class 4)

चराचरान् (carācarān) - movable and immovable beings, all creatures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of carācara

carācara - movable and immovable (world/beings), all creation

Compound type : dvandva (cara+acara)

• cara – moving, movable
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √car
  Root: √car (class 1)
• acara – immovable, stationary
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from √car with negative prefix 'a'
  Prefix: a
  Root: √car (class 1)

सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siṃha

siṁha - lion

नभसि (nabhasi) - in the sky, in the atmosphere

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nabhas

nabhas - sky, atmosphere, cloud

अगच्छन्त् (agacchant) - going, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of agacchant

agacchant - going, moving

Present Active Participle

Derived from √gam with augment 'a-'. The form 'agacchant' is irregular for a masculine nominative plural present active participle (expected 'agacchantaḥ'). The prefix 'a-' is typically an augment for past tense verbs (imperfect/aorist), not participles in this manner. It may be a poetic variant or an archaic form.

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally with 'siṃhāḥ'.

नदन्तः (nadantaḥ) - roaring, sounding

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nadant

nadant - roaring, sounding, crying out

Present Active Participle

Derived from √nad

Root: √nad (class 1)

चारुकेसराः (cārukesarāḥ) - having beautiful manes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cārukesara

cārukesara - having beautiful manes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (cāru+kesara)

• cāru – beautiful, lovely, pleasing
  adjective (masculine)
• kesara – mane, hair, filament
  noun (masculine)