महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-46, verse-11

यथानलं प्रज्वलितं पतंगाः समभिद्रुताः ।
विनाशायैव गच्छन्ति तथा मे सैनिको जनः ॥११॥

11. yathānalaṁ prajvalitaṁ pataṁgāḥ samabhidrutāḥ ,
vināśāyaiva gacchanti tathā me sainiko janaḥ.

11. yathā analaṃ prajvalitaṃ pataṅgāḥ samabhidrutāḥ
vināśāya eva gacchanti tathā me sainikaḥ janaḥ

11. yathā prajvalitaṃ analaṃ pataṅgāḥ samabhidrutāḥ
vināśāya eva gacchanti tathā me sainikaḥ janaḥ

11. Just as moths, rushing towards a blazing fire, go only to their destruction, similarly, my soldiers are heading towards their end.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• अनलं (analaṁ) - fire

• प्रज्वलितं (prajvalitaṁ) - blazing, ignited

• पतङ्गाः (pataṅgāḥ) - moths, insects

• समभिद्रुताः (samabhidrutāḥ) - rushing towards, assailing

• विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction, for ruin

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

• मे (me) - my, of me

• सैनिकः (sainikaḥ) - soldier

• जनः (janaḥ) - my soldier-folk, soldiery (people, folk)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

अनलं (analaṁ) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire

प्रज्वलितं (prajvalitaṁ) - blazing, ignited

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prajvalita

prajvalita - blazing, ignited

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jval with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with analaṃ

पतङ्गाः (pataṅgāḥ) - moths, insects

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pataṅga

pataṅga - moth, insect, bird

समभिद्रुताः (samabhidrutāḥ) - rushing towards, assailing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samabhidruta

samabhidruta - attacked, assailed, rushed towards

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dru with prefixes sam and abhi

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pataṅgāḥ

विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction, for ruin

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, annihilation

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

गच्छन्ति (gacchanti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

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

Present active 3rd plural

Root: gam (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Enclitic form of genitive singular of asmad

सैनिकः (sainikaḥ) - soldier

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sainika

sainika - soldier, military man

जनः (janaḥ) - my soldier-folk, soldiery (people, folk)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, folk