महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-98, verse-28

आपतन्तं गजानीकं दृष्ट्वा पार्थो वृकोदरः ।
लेलिहन्सृक्किणी वीरो मृगराडिव कानने ॥२८॥

28. āpatantaṁ gajānīkaṁ dṛṣṭvā pārtho vṛkodaraḥ ,
lelihansṛkkiṇī vīro mṛgarāḍiva kānane.

28. āpatantam gajānikam dṛṣṭvā pārthaḥ vṛkodaraḥ
lelihan sṛkkiṇī vīraḥ mṛgarāṭ iva kānane

28. pārthaḥ vṛkodaraḥ vīraḥ āpatantam gajānikam
dṛṣṭvā sṛkkiṇī lelihan kānane mṛgarāṭ iva

28. Seeing the approaching elephant army, the hero Vṛkodara (Pārtha), licking his lips, was like a lion in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching (approaching, falling upon)

• गजानिकम् (gajānikam) - elephant army

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Bhīma (as a son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (son of Pṛthā)

• वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhīma (one of the Pāṇḍavas) (wolf-bellied)

• लेलिहन् (lelihan) - licking

• सृक्किणी (sṛkkiṇī) - lips, corners of the mouth

• वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

• मृगराट् (mṛgarāṭ) - king of beasts, lion

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कानने (kānane) - in the forest, in a grove

Words meanings and morphology

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching (approaching, falling upon)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatant

āpatant - approaching, falling upon, descending

Present Active Participle

From verb root pat (to fall) with prefix ā (towards, upon).

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

गजानिकम् (gajānikam) - elephant army

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gajānika

gajānika - elephant army

Compound type : tatpurusha (gaja+anīka)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, array
  noun (neuter)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root dṛś (to see) with suffix ktvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Bhīma (as a son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, name of Arjuna, or any son of Kuntī (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna)

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī's name) with aṇ suffix.

Note: Refers to Bhīma here.

वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) - Bhīma (one of the Pāṇḍavas) (wolf-bellied)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied (epithet of Bhīma), a wolf

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vṛka+udara)

• vṛka – wolf
  noun (masculine)
• udara – belly, stomach
  noun (neuter)

लेलिहन् (lelihan) - licking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lelihan

lelihan - licking, lapping

Present Active Participle (Intensive/Frequentative)

From intensive form of root lih (to lick).

Root: lih (class 2)

सृक्किणी (sṛkkiṇī) - lips, corners of the mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of sṛkkiṇī

sṛkkiṇī - corners of the mouth, lips

Often used in dual.

Note: Refers to both corners/sides of the mouth.

वीरः (vīraḥ) - hero, brave man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, champion, mighty

Root: vīr

मृगराट् (mṛgarāṭ) - king of beasts, lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgarāj

mṛgarāj - king of beasts, lion

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+rājan)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj

Note: This is the form before sandhi with 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कानने (kānane) - in the forest, in a grove

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kānana

kānana - forest, grove, garden

Derived from root kan (to shine) + ana.

Root: kan (class 1)