महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-103, verse-20

यथा प्रज्वलितं वह्निं पतंगः समभिद्रवन् ।
एकतो मृत्युमभ्येति तथाहं भीष्ममीयिवान् ॥२०॥

20. yathā prajvalitaṁ vahniṁ pataṁgaḥ samabhidravan ,
ekato mṛtyumabhyeti tathāhaṁ bhīṣmamīyivān.

20. yathā prajvalitam vahnim pataṅgaḥ samabhidravan
ekataḥ mṛtyum abhyeti tathā aham bhīṣmam īyivān

20. yathā pataṅgaḥ prajvalitam vahnim samabhidravan
ekataḥ mṛtyum abhyeti tathā aham bhīṣmam īyivān

20. Just as a moth rushes towards a blazing fire and surely meets death, so have I approached Bhishma.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• प्रज्वलितम् (prajvalitam) - blazing, burning, ignited

• वह्निम् (vahnim) - fire

• पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - moth, butterfly, bird

• समभिद्रवन् (samabhidravan) - rushing towards, approaching, attacking

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - surely, certainly (from one, on one side, certainly)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, meets, obtains

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

• ईयिवान् (īyivān) - have approached (having gone, having approached)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

प्रज्वलितम् (prajvalitam) - blazing, burning, ignited

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prajvalita

prajvalita - blazing, burning, inflamed, shining

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root √jval (to burn) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vahnim'.

वह्निम् (vahnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vahni

vahni - fire, Agni (god of fire)

Note: Object of 'samabhidravan'.

पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - moth, butterfly, bird

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pataṅga

pataṅga - bird, moth, butterfly, sun, grasshopper

Compound: patat (flying) + ga (going).

Compound type : tatpurusha (patat+ga)

• patat – flying, falling
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Present Active Participle of root √pat (to fall, fly).
  Root: pat (class 1)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  From root √gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

समभिद्रवन् (samabhidravan) - rushing towards, approaching, attacking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samabhidravant

samabhidravant - rushing towards, attacking, approaching

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root √dru (to run) with prefixes sam-abhi-.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pataṅgaḥ'.

एकतः (ekataḥ) - surely, certainly (from one, on one side, certainly)

(indeclinable)

From eka (one) with suffix -tas.

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, Yama (god of death)

Note: Object of 'abhyeti'.

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, meets, obtains

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √i

Present tense, 3rd person singular, active voice from root √i (2nd class) with prefix abhi-.

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of 'īyivān'.

भीष्मम् (bhīṣmam) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, dreadful, Bhishma (name of a character in Mahabharata)

Note: Object of 'īyivān'.

ईयिवान् (īyivān) - have approached (having gone, having approached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of īyivant

īyivant - having gone, having reached, having approached

Perfect Active Participle

Perfect Active Participle of root √i (to go).

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Functions as the main verb here, agreeing with 'aham'.