महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-10, verse-16

ग्रसन्तमिव लोकांस्त्रीन्सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ यथा ।
ददृशुस्तत्र ते वृत्रं शक्रेण सह देवताः ॥१६॥

16. grasantamiva lokāṁstrīnsūryācandramasau yathā ,
dadṛśustatra te vṛtraṁ śakreṇa saha devatāḥ.

16. grasantam iva lokān trīn sūryācandramasau yathā
dadṛśuḥ tatra te vṛtram śakreṇa saha devatāḥ

16. There, the deities, along with Śakra, saw Vṛtra as if he were devouring the three worlds, just like the sun and the moon.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रसन्तम् (grasantam) - devouring (the three worlds) (devouring, consuming)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• लोकान् (lokān) - the three worlds (worlds, realms)

• त्रीन् (trīn) - three

• सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ (sūryācandramasau) - the sun and the moon

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ते (te) - those (deities) (those, they)

• वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

• शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - with Śakra (Indra) (by Śakra, with Śakra)

• सह (saha) - with, together with, along with

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रसन्तम् (grasantam) - devouring (the three worlds) (devouring, consuming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of grasat

grasat - devouring, eating, swallowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root gras (to devour), present tense, active voice, suffix -at

Root: gras (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

लोकान् (lokān) - the three worlds (worlds, realms)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

त्रीन् (trīn) - three

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tri

tri - three

सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ (sūryācandramasau) - the sun and the moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of sūryacandramas

sūryacandramas - the sun and the moon

Compound type : dvandva (sūrya+candramas)

• sūrya – sun
  noun (masculine)
• candramas – moon
  noun (masculine)

Note: Could also be accusative dual, but nominative makes sense as the subject of comparison.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, according to

(indeclinable)

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those (deities) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

वृत्रम् (vṛtram) - Vṛtra (name of a demon)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vṛtra (name of an Asura or demon)

शक्रेण (śakreṇa) - with Śakra (Indra) (by Śakra, with Śakra)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Śakra (an epithet of Indra), powerful, mighty

सह (saha) - with, together with, along with

(indeclinable)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god