महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-112, verse-110

शाल्वाश्रयास्त्रिगर्ताश्च अम्बष्ठाः केकयैः सह ।
अभिपेतू रणे पार्थं पतंगा इव पावकम् ॥११०॥

110. śālvāśrayāstrigartāśca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ saha ,
abhipetū raṇe pārthaṁ pataṁgā iva pāvakam.

110. śālvāśrayāḥ trigartāḥ ca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ
saha abhipetū raṇe pārtham pataṅgāḥ iva pāvakam

110. śālvāśrayāḥ trigartāḥ ca ambaṣṭhāḥ kekayaiḥ
saha raṇe pārtham abhipetū pataṅgāḥ iva pāvakam

110. The Shālvāśrayas, Trigartas, and Ambaṣṭhas, together with the Kekayas, rushed into battle against Pārtha, just as moths fly into a flame.

Words meanings summery:

• शाल्वाश्रयाः (śālvāśrayāḥ) - those depending on Salvas, people of Salva region

• त्रिगर्ताः (trigartāḥ) - Trigarta people

• च (ca) - and

• अम्बष्ठाः (ambaṣṭhāḥ) - Ambashtha people

• केकयैः (kekayaiḥ) - by the Kekayas; with the Kekayas

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• अभिपेतू (abhipetū) - they rushed towards

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the war

• पार्थम् (pārtham) - to Arjuna (Pārtha)

• पतङ्गाः (pataṅgāḥ) - moths, flying insects

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - to fire, to a flame

Words meanings and morphology

शाल्वाश्रयाः (śālvāśrayāḥ) - those depending on Salvas, people of Salva region

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śālvāśraya

śālvāśraya - dependent on Salva; the people of Salva

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śālva+āśraya)

• śālva – Salva (a king or a country/people)
  proper noun (masculine)
• āśraya – refuge, asylum, dwelling, dependence
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

त्रिगर्ताः (trigartāḥ) - Trigarta people

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trigarta

trigarta - a people and country in ancient India (modern Himachal Pradesh/Punjab region)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अम्बष्ठाः (ambaṣṭhāḥ) - Ambashtha people

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambaṣṭha

ambaṣṭha - a people or tribe, historically in the Punjab region

केकयैः (kekayaiḥ) - by the Kekayas; with the Kekayas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of kekaya

kekaya - a people or country in ancient India (often associated with Punjab)

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

अभिपेतू (abhipetū) - they rushed towards

(verb)

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

reduplicated perfect

from root 'pat' (class 1, to fall/fly) with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in the war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

Root: raṇ (class 1)

पार्थम् (pārtham) - to Arjuna (Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet for Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena

derivative from 'pṛthā'

पतङ्गाः (pataṅgāḥ) - moths, flying insects

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pataṅga

pataṅga - a bird, moth, grasshopper, sun

Root: pat (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - to fire, to a flame

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of implied verb in simile.