महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-51, verse-17

यथा कक्षं दहत्यग्निः प्रवृद्धः सर्वतश्चरन् ।
महार्चिरनिलोद्धूतस्तद्वद्धक्ष्यति मामकान् ॥१७॥

17. yathā kakṣaṁ dahatyagniḥ pravṛddhaḥ sarvataścaran ,
mahārciraniloddhūtastadvaddhakṣyati māmakān.

17. yathā kakṣam dahati agniḥ pravṛddhaḥ sarvataḥ caran
mahāarciḥ aniloddhūtaḥ tadvat dhakṣyati māmakān

17. Just as a mighty fire, fanned by the wind with great flames and spreading everywhere, burns a thicket of dry grass, so too will he consume my kinsmen.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which manner)

• कक्षम् (kakṣam) - thicket of dry grass (dry grass, thicket, forest)

• दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes, scorches)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (fire, Agni (the deity))

• प्रवृद्धः (pravṛddhaḥ) - mighty (mighty, increased, grown, developed)

• सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere (on all sides, everywhere, completely)

• चरन् (caran) - spreading (moving, going, wandering)

• महाअर्चिः (mahāarciḥ) - with great flames (great-flamed, having great flames)

• अनिलोद्धूतः (aniloddhūtaḥ) - fanned by the wind (fanned by the wind, driven by the wind)

• तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too (similarly, just so, like that)

• धक्ष्यति (dhakṣyati) - will consume (will burn, will consume)

• मामकान् (māmakān) - my kinsmen (my people, my kinsmen, those belonging to me)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - thicket of dry grass (dry grass, thicket, forest)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - dry grass, thicket, forest, armpit, side

Note: Object of 'burns'.

दहति (dahati) - burns (burns, consumes, scorches)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire (fire, Agni (the deity))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, Agni (the deity)

Note: Subject of 'dahati'.

प्रवृद्धः (pravṛddhaḥ) - mighty (mighty, increased, grown, developed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pravṛddha

pravṛddha - grown, increased, mighty, advanced

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛdh' (to grow) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: Modifies agniḥ.

सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - everywhere (on all sides, everywhere, completely)

(indeclinable)

चरन् (caran) - spreading (moving, going, wandering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - moving, going, wandering

Present Active Participle

From root 'car' (to move, go)

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Modifies agniḥ.

महाअर्चिः (mahāarciḥ) - with great flames (great-flamed, having great flames)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāarci

mahāarci - great-flamed, having great flames

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+arci)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• arci – flame, ray of light
  noun (feminine)
  Root: ṛc (class 1)

Note: Modifies agniḥ.

अनिलोद्धूतः (aniloddhūtaḥ) - fanned by the wind (fanned by the wind, driven by the wind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aniloddhūta

aniloddhūta - fanned by the wind, driven by the wind

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (anila+uddhūta)

• anila – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• uddhūta – fanned, agitated, lifted up
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'dhū' (to shake) with prefix 'ud'
  Prefix: ud
  Root: dhū (class 5)

Note: Modifies agniḥ.

तद्वत् (tadvat) - so too (similarly, just so, like that)

(indeclinable)

धक्ष्यति (dhakṣyati) - will consume (will burn, will consume)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

मामकान् (māmakān) - my kinsmen (my people, my kinsmen, those belonging to me)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of māmaka

māmaka - my, mine, belonging to me, my kinsmen

Derived from 'mama' (my)

Note: Object of 'will burn'.