महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-99, verse-6

ते हेमकवचा भूत्वा कालेयाः परिघायुधाः ।
त्रिदशानभ्यवर्तन्त दावदग्धा इवाद्रयः ॥६॥

6. te hemakavacā bhūtvā kāleyāḥ parighāyudhāḥ ,
tridaśānabhyavartanta dāvadagdhā ivādrayaḥ.

6. te hemakavacāḥ bhūtvā kāleyāḥ parighāyudhāḥ
tridaśān abhyavartanta dāvadagdhāḥ iva adrayaḥ

6. Those Kāleyas, possessing golden armors and wielding maces as weapons, attacked the gods, just like mountains scorched by forest fires.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they

• हेमकवचाः (hemakavacāḥ) - having golden armors

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, being

• कालेयाः (kāleyāḥ) - the Kāleyas (a class of asuras) (the Kāleyas)

• परिघायुधाः (parighāyudhāḥ) - having maces as weapons

• त्रिदशान् (tridaśān) - the gods (lit. "the thirty") (the gods)

• अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - they attacked, they turned towards

• दावदग्धाः (dāvadagdhāḥ) - burnt by forest fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हेमकवचाः (hemakavacāḥ) - having golden armors

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hemakavaca

hemakavaca - one whose armor is of gold

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hema+kavaca)

• hema – gold
  noun (neuter)
• kavaca – armor
  noun (neuter)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having been, being

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Root: bhū (class 1)

कालेयाः (kāleyāḥ) - the Kāleyas (a class of asuras) (the Kāleyas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kāleya

kāleya - descendant of Kāla, a class of Asuras

परिघायुधाः (parighāyudhāḥ) - having maces as weapons

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parighāyudha

parighāyudha - one whose weapon is a mace/club

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (parigha+āyudha)

• parigha – mace, club, iron bar
  noun (masculine)
• āyudha – weapon, implement
  noun (neuter)

त्रिदशान् (tridaśān) - the gods (lit. "the thirty") (the gods)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tridaśa

tridaśa - the thirty (gods)

अभ्यवर्तन्त (abhyavartanta) - they attacked, they turned towards

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दावदग्धाः (dāvadagdhāḥ) - burnt by forest fire

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dāvadagdha

dāvadagdha - burnt by forest fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāva+dagdha)

• dāva – forest fire, conflagration
  noun (masculine)
• dagdha – burnt, consumed by fire
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: dah (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्रयः (adrayaḥ) - mountains

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adri

adri - mountain, rock