महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-23, verse-29

यक्षाणां राक्षसानां च दानवानां च संयुगे ।
राज्ञां च प्रतिलोमानां भस्मान्तकरणं महत् ॥२९॥

29. yakṣāṇāṁ rākṣasānāṁ ca dānavānāṁ ca saṁyuge ,
rājñāṁ ca pratilomānāṁ bhasmāntakaraṇaṁ mahat.

29. yakṣāṇām rākṣasānām ca dānavānām ca saṃyuge
rājñām ca pratilomānām bhasmāntakaraṇam mahat

29. And in battle, for Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, Dānavas, and hostile kings, it is a great (weapon) that reduces them to ashes.

Words meanings summery:

• यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas (demons)

• च (ca) - and

• दानवानाम् (dānavānām) - of the Dānavas (demons, sons of Danu)

• च (ca) - and

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

• च (ca) - and

• प्रतिलोमानाम् (pratilomānām) - of opposing or hostile kings (of hostile ones, of those against the grain)

• भस्मान्तकरणम् (bhasmāntakaraṇam) - turning to ashes, ending in ashes, reducing to ashes

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of supernatural beings, guardians of treasures

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of the Rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a goblin, a class of evil beings

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दानवानाम् (dānavānām) - of the Dānavas (demons, sons of Danu)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a demon, an Asura, a descendant of Danu

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, conflict

from sam-√yuj (to join, unite)

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रतिलोमानाम् (pratilomānām) - of opposing or hostile kings (of hostile ones, of those against the grain)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pratiloma

pratiloma - against the hair or grain, contrary, hostile, inverted

prati (against) + loma (hair)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prati+loma)

• prati – against, towards, in return
  indeclinable
• loma – hair, wool, down
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'rājñām' (implied) or is parallel to the other genitives.

भस्मान्तकरणम् (bhasmāntakaraṇam) - turning to ashes, ending in ashes, reducing to ashes

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhasmāntakaraṇa

bhasmāntakaraṇa - making (something) end in ashes, reducing to ashes

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhasman+anta+karaṇa)

• bhasman – ashes
  noun (neuter)
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)
• karaṇa – making, doing, causing, an instrument
  noun (neuter)
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with 'astram' (implied from previous verse).

महत् (mahat) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

Note: Agrees with 'astram' and 'bhasmāntakaraṇam'.