महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-92, verse-34

यथा वा पशुमध्यस्थो द्रावयेत पशून्वृकः ।
वृकोदरस्तव सुतांस्तथा व्यद्रावयद्रणे ॥३४॥

34. yathā vā paśumadhyastho drāvayeta paśūnvṛkaḥ ,
vṛkodarastava sutāṁstathā vyadrāvayadraṇe.

34. yathā vā paśumadhyasthaḥ drāvayet paśūn vṛkaḥ
vṛkodaraḥ tava sutān tathā vyadrāvayat raṇe

34. yathā vā vṛkaḥ paśumadhyasthaḥ paśūn drāvayet
tathā vṛkodaraḥ raṇe tava sutān vyadrāvayat

34. Just as a wolf standing amidst a herd of animals would scatter them, so too did Vṛkodara (Bhīma) rout your sons in battle.

Words meanings summery:

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

• वा (vā) - or, and, like

• पशुमध्यस्थः (paśumadhyasthaḥ) - standing amidst animals

• द्रावयेत् (drāvayet) - would cause to flee, would rout

• पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle

• वृकः (vṛkaḥ) - wolf

• वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhīma (known for his voracious appetite) (one with a wolf's belly)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, similarly

• व्यद्रावयत् (vyadrāvayat) - he caused to flee, he routed

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, and, like

(indeclinable)

पशुमध्यस्थः (paśumadhyasthaḥ) - standing amidst animals

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśumadhyastha

paśumadhyastha - standing in the midst of animals, surrounded by animals

Formed from paśu (animal), madhya (middle), and stha (standing).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (paśu+madhya+stha)

• paśu – animal, cattle, beast
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center, midst
  noun (neuter)
• stha – standing, staying, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  From root sthā 'to stand'.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Describes vṛkaḥ.

द्रावयेत् (drāvayet) - would cause to flee, would rout

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of drāvay

Causative Optative

Causative stem of dru (to run) + optative ending.

Root: dru (class 1)

पशून् (paśūn) - animals, cattle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of paśu

paśu - animal, cattle, beast

Note: Object of drāvayet.

वृकः (vṛkaḥ) - wolf

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛka

vṛka - wolf, dog, destroyer

Root: vṛk

Note: Subject of drāvayet.

वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhīma (known for his voracious appetite) (one with a wolf's belly)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied, voracious, name of Bhīma

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛk
• udara – belly, stomach, interior
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of vyadrāvayat.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

सुतान् (sutān) - sons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child, born

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root su (to beget)

Root: su (class 5)

Note: Object of vyadrāvayat.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, similarly

(indeclinable)

Correlative to yathā.

व्यद्रावयत् (vyadrāvayat) - he caused to flee, he routed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of vi-drāvay

Causative Imperfect

Causative stem of dru (to run) + imperfect ending. The prefix vi is attached.

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war, sound

Root: raṇ (class 1)

Note: Denotes location of action.