महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-100, verse-6

फेनपा नाम नाम्ना ते फेनाहाराश्च मातले ।
उग्रे तपसि वर्तन्ते येषां बिभ्यति देवताः ॥६॥

6. phenapā nāma nāmnā te phenāhārāśca mātale ,
ugre tapasi vartante yeṣāṁ bibhyati devatāḥ.

6. phenapā nāma nāmnā te phenāhārāḥ ca mātale
ugre tapasi vartante yeṣām bibhyati devatāḥ

6. O Mātali, they are named Phenapā, the foam-drinkers, and also Phenāhāra, the foam-eaters. They engage in severe austerity (tapas), and even the deities fear them.

Words meanings summery:

• फेनपा (phenapā) - foam-drinkers

• नाम (nāma) - indeed, named, by name

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

• ते (te) - they

• फेनाहाराः (phenāhārāḥ) - foam-eaters

• च (ca) - and

• मातले (mātale) - O Mātali

• उग्रे (ugre) - severe, fierce

• तपसि (tapasi) - in austerity, in penance

• वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they engage (in austerity) (they exist, they abide, they engage)

• येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom

• बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

Words meanings and morphology

फेनपा (phenapā) - foam-drinkers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phenapā

phenapā - foam-drinker

Compound: phena (foam) + pā (drinker)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phena+pā)

• phena – foam, froth
  noun (neuter)
• pā – drinker
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √pā
  Root: pā (class 1)

नाम (nāma) - indeed, named, by name

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an emphatic particle or to indicate naming.

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, designation

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: masculine plural nominative of tad

फेनाहाराः (phenāhārāḥ) - foam-eaters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of phenāhāra

phenāhāra - foam-eater

Compound: phena (foam) + āhāra (food, eating)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phena+āhāra)

• phena – foam, froth
  noun (neuter)
• āhāra – food, eating, sustenance
  noun (masculine)
  From ā-√hṛ
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मातले (mātale) - O Mātali

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Mātali (name of Indra's charioteer)

उग्रे (ugre) - severe, fierce

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of ugra

ugra - severe, fierce, terrible, mighty

Note: Matches 'tapasi' in gender, number, case.

तपसि (tapasi) - in austerity, in penance

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Refers to spiritual discipline (tapas)

वर्तन्ते (vartante) - they engage (in austerity) (they exist, they abide, they engage)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present tense, middle voice

Class 1 verb (vṛtate)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

येषाम् (yeṣām) - of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to 'phenapāḥ' and 'phenāhārāḥ'

बिभ्यति (bibhyati) - they fear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhī

Present tense

Class 3 verb (reduplicated)

Root: bhī (class 3)

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, godhead, divine nature

Feminine noun from deva

Note: Subject of 'bibhyati'