महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-159, verse-9

जघन्यकालमप्येतद्भवेद्यत्सर्वपार्थिवान् ।
निर्दहेयमहं क्रोधात्तृणानीव हुताशनः ॥९॥

9. jaghanyakālamapyetadbhavedyatsarvapārthivān ,
nirdaheyamahaṁ krodhāttṛṇānīva hutāśanaḥ.

9. jaghanya-kālam api etat bhavet yat sarva-pārthivān
nirdaheyam aham krodhāt tṛṇāni iva hutāśanaḥ

9. api etat jaghanya-kālam bhavet yat aham krodhāt
hutāśanaḥ tṛṇāni iva sarva-pārthivān nirdaheyam

9. Even if this were the worst of times, I would burn down all the kings out of anger, just as fire (hutāśana) burns grass.

Words meanings summery:

• जघन्य-कालम् (jaghanya-kālam) - the worst time, the last time

• अपि (api) - even, also

• एतत् (etat) - this

• भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it may be

• यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause)

• सर्व-पार्थिवान् (sarva-pārthivān) - all kings

• निर्दहेयम् (nirdaheyam) - I would burn down, I would consume completely

• अहम् (aham) - I

• क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger, out of anger

• तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grass (plural)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (hutāśana), god of fire

Words meanings and morphology

जघन्य-कालम् (jaghanya-kālam) - the worst time, the last time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jaghanya-kāla

jaghanya-kāla - the worst time, the last moment, the lowest time

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jaghanya+kāla)

• jaghanya – last, hindmost, lowest, worst, vile
  adjective (neuter)
• kāla – time, season, death
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial accusative, 'at the worst time'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Subject of 'bhavet'.

भवेत् (bhavet) - it should be, it may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

यत् (yat) - that (introducing a clause)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

सर्व-पार्थिवान् (sarva-pārthivān) - all kings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva-pārthiva

sarva-pārthiva - all kings

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+pārthiva)

• sarva – all, every, entire
  adjective (masculine)
• pārthiva – king, prince, ruler (lit. 'lord of earth')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'nirdaheyam'.

निर्दहेयम् (nirdaheyam) - I would burn down, I would consume completely

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of nir-dah

Prefix: nir

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: The prefix 'nir' intensifies the action of burning.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'nirdaheyam'.

क्रोधात् (krodhāt) - from anger, out of anger

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of krodha

krodha - anger, wrath, fury

derived from root krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Indicates cause or origin.

तृणानि (tṛṇāni) - grass (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tṛṇa

tṛṇa - grass, straw, a blade of grass

Note: Object of implied verb in comparison.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire (hutāśana), god of fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, god of fire (lit. 'eater of oblations')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or bahuvrīhi (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed, poured (as oblation)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root hu (to offer, sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, eater
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root aś (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

Note: Used as the subject of comparison.