महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-101, verse-37

पतंगं हि ग्रसेच्चाषो यथा राजन्बुभुक्षितः ।
तथा द्रोणोऽग्रसच्छूरो धृष्टकेतुं महामृधे ॥३७॥

37. pataṁgaṁ hi graseccāṣo yathā rājanbubhukṣitaḥ ,
tathā droṇo'grasacchūro dhṛṣṭaketuṁ mahāmṛdhe.

37. pataṅgam hi graset cāṣaḥ yathā rājan bubhukṣitaḥ
tathā droṇaḥ agrasat śūraḥ dhṛṣṭaketum mahāmṛdhe

37. rājan yathā bubhukṣitaḥ cāṣaḥ pataṅgam hi graset
tathā śūraḥ droṇaḥ mahāmṛdhe dhṛṣṭaketum agrasat

37. Just as a hungry jay would surely devour an insect, O King, so too did the valiant Droṇa consume Dhṛṣṭaketu in the great battle.

Words meanings summery:

• पतङ्गम् (pataṅgam) - insect, locust, moth, bird

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• ग्रसेत् (graset) - he would devour, he would swallow

• चाषः (cāṣaḥ) - a jay (bird), a blue jay

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• बुभुक्षितः (bubhukṣitaḥ) - hungry, desirous of eating

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

• अग्रसत् (agrasat) - he slew, he defeated utterly (he devoured, he consumed)

• शूरः (śūraḥ) - valiant, heroic, brave

• धृष्टकेतुम् (dhṛṣṭaketum) - Dhṛṣṭaketu (proper noun)

• महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle, in the great war

Words meanings and morphology

पतङ्गम् (pataṅgam) - insect, locust, moth, bird

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pataṅga

pataṅga - flying insect, moth, bird, sun

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

ग्रसेत् (graset) - he would devour, he would swallow

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of gras

Root: gras (class 1)

चाषः (cāṣaḥ) - a jay (bird), a blue jay

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cāṣa

cāṣa - a jay (Coracias indica), a kind of bird

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

बुभुक्षितः (bubhukṣitaḥ) - hungry, desirous of eating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bubhukṣita

bubhukṣita - hungry, desirous of eating

Past Passive Participle (desiderative stem)

from desiderative stem of √bhuj + -ta suffix

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'cāṣaḥ'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Droṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (proper name, a teacher of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas)

अग्रसत् (agrasat) - he slew, he defeated utterly (he devoured, he consumed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gras

Root: gras (class 1)

शूरः (śūraḥ) - valiant, heroic, brave

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śūra

śūra - valiant, heroic, brave; a hero, warrior

Note: Agrees with 'droṇaḥ'.

धृष्टकेतुम् (dhṛṣṭaketum) - Dhṛṣṭaketu (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛṣṭaketu

dhṛṣṭaketu - Dhṛṣṭaketu (name of the son of Śiśupāla, king of Cedis)

महामृधे (mahāmṛdhe) - in the great battle, in the great war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of mahāmṛdh

mahāmṛdh - great battle, great war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+mṛdh)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mṛdh – battle, fight, combat
  noun (feminine)