महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-55, verse-27

शलभा इव राजानः पतन्ति विधिचोदिताः ।
भीष्माग्निमभि संक्रुद्धं विनाशाय सहस्रशः ॥२७॥

27. śalabhā iva rājānaḥ patanti vidhicoditāḥ ,
bhīṣmāgnimabhi saṁkruddhaṁ vināśāya sahasraśaḥ.

27. śalabhāḥ iva rājānaḥ patanti vidhicoditāḥ
bhīṣmāgnim abhi saṃkruddham vināśāya sahasraśaḥ

27. vidhicoditāḥ rājānaḥ sahasraśaḥ saṃkruddham
bhīṣmāgnim abhi vināśāya śalabhāḥ iva patanti

27. Impelled by destiny (vidhi), thousands of kings fall like moths towards the greatly enraged fire that is Bhishma, for their own destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers (masculine plural nominative)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings (masculine plural nominative)

• पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they drop, they alight

• विधिचोदिताः (vidhicoditāḥ) - impelled by destiny, directed by fate (masculine plural nominative)

• भीष्माग्निम् (bhīṣmāgnim) - the fire of Bhishma, Bhishma-like-fire (masculine singular accusative)

• अभि (abhi) - towards, against, in the direction of

• संक्रुद्धम् (saṁkruddham) - greatly enraged, furious (masculine singular accusative)

• विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction, for ruin (masculine singular dative)

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

Words meanings and morphology

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers (masculine plural nominative)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings (masculine plural nominative)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

पतन्ति (patanti) - they fall, they drop, they alight

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

विधिचोदिताः (vidhicoditāḥ) - impelled by destiny, directed by fate (masculine plural nominative)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidhicodita

vidhicodita - impelled by destiny/fate, directed by ordinance

Compound type : tatpurusha (vidhi+codita)

• vidhi – rule, ordinance, destiny (vidhi), fate, method
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• codita – impelled, urged, directed, commanded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From the root cud (to urge, impel)
  Root: cud (class 10)

भीष्माग्निम् (bhīṣmāgnim) - the fire of Bhishma, Bhishma-like-fire (masculine singular accusative)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīṣmāgni

bhīṣmāgni - Bhishma-fire (Bhishma likened to a fire)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhīṣma+agni)

• bhīṣma – Bhishma (proper name), terrible, formidable
  proper noun (masculine)
• agni – fire, sacrificial fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)

अभि (abhi) - towards, against, in the direction of

(indeclinable)

संक्रुद्धम् (saṁkruddham) - greatly enraged, furious (masculine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious, highly provoked

Past Passive Participle

From root krudh (to be angry) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

विनाशाय (vināśāya) - for destruction, for ruin (masculine singular dative)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, annihilation, loss

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands, in thousands

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -śas added to sahasra (thousand).