महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-110, verse-6

अहो दुर्मुखमेवैकं युद्धानामविशारदम् ।
प्रावेशयद्धुतवहं पतंगमिव मोहितः ॥६॥

6. aho durmukhamevaikaṁ yuddhānāmaviśāradam ,
prāveśayaddhutavahaṁ pataṁgamiva mohitaḥ.

6. aho durmukham eva ekam yuddhānām aviśāradam
prāveśayat hutavaham pataṅgam iva mohitaḥ

6. aho mohitaḥ ekam aviśāradam durmukham
yuddhānām hutavaham prāveśayat pataṅgam iva

6. Alas, a deluded person caused that single Durmukha, who was inexperienced in warfare, to enter the fire, just like a bewildered moth (pataṅga) enters a flame.

Words meanings summery:

• अहो (aho) - alas!, oh!

• दुर्मुखम् (durmukham) - Durmukha (name of a warrior) (Durmukha (name); foul-mouthed; ugly-faced)

• एव (eva) - just, only (only, indeed, just)

• एकम् (ekam) - that single one (one, single, alone)

• युद्धानाम् (yuddhānām) - in matters of warfare (of battles, of wars)

• अविशारदम् (aviśāradam) - inexperienced in battles (unskilled, inexperienced, unversed)

• प्रावेशयत् (prāveśayat) - caused to enter (caused to enter, sent into)

• हुतवहम् (hutavaham) - the fire (fire, sacrificial fire)

• पतङ्गम् (pataṅgam) - moth (moth, butterfly, bird, sun)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - being deluded (deluded, bewildered, infatuated)

Words meanings and morphology

अहो (aho) - alas!, oh!

(indeclinable)

दुर्मुखम् (durmukham) - Durmukha (name of a warrior) (Durmukha (name); foul-mouthed; ugly-faced)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durmukha

durmukha - foul-mouthed, ugly-faced, a name (Durmukha)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dur+mukha)

• dur – bad, difficult
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

एव (eva) - just, only (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - that single one (one, single, alone)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, single, alone, unique

Note: Used here as an adjective for Durmukha.

युद्धानाम् (yuddhānām) - in matters of warfare (of battles, of wars)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

अविशारदम् (aviśāradam) - inexperienced in battles (unskilled, inexperienced, unversed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aviśārada

aviśārada - unskilled, inexperienced, ignorant

formed from 'a' (negation) and 'viśārada' (skillful)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+viśārada)

• a – not, non
  indeclinable
• viśārada – skillful, expert, clever
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: vi

Note: Qualifies Durmukha.

प्रावेशयत् (prāveśayat) - caused to enter (caused to enter, sent into)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-viś

causative

imperfect third person singular of causative root pra-viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: The implied subject is 'he' or 'the king'.

हुतवहम् (hutavaham) - the fire (fire, sacrificial fire)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hutavaha

hutavaha - fire (lit. 'carrier of oblations')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (huta+vaha)

• huta – offered, sacrificed (oblation)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'hu' (to offer)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• vaha – bearer, carrier, leading
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Object of prāveśayat.

पतङ्गम् (pataṅgam) - moth (moth, butterfly, bird, sun)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pataṅga

pataṅga - moth, butterfly, bird, sun

Note: Object of comparison.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

मोहितः (mohitaḥ) - being deluded (deluded, bewildered, infatuated)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mohita

mohita - deluded, bewildered, infatuated, confused

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'muh' (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Describes the implied subject of prāveśayat.