महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-147, verse-37

यत्र यत्र स्म दृश्यन्ते प्रदीपाः कुरुसत्तम ।
तत्र तत्र स्म ते शूरा निपतन्ति पतंगवत् ॥३७॥

37. yatra yatra sma dṛśyante pradīpāḥ kurusattama ,
tatra tatra sma te śūrā nipatanti pataṁgavat.

37. yatra yatra sma dṛśyante pradīpāḥ kurusattama
tatra tatra sma te śūrāḥ nipatanti pataṅgavat

37. kurusattama yatra yatra pradīpāḥ sma dṛśyante
tatra tatra te śūrāḥ pataṅgavat sma nipatanti

37. O best among the Kurus, wherever lamps were seen, there those brave warriors fell down like moths.

Words meanings summery:

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

• स्म (sma) - a particle indicating past action with present verb

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

• प्रदीपाः (pradīpāḥ) - lamps, lights

• कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O best among the Kurus

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• स्म (sma) - a particle indicating past action with present verb

• ते (te) - those, they

• शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave warriors, heroes

• निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - fall down, rush into

• पतङ्गवत् (pataṅgavat) - like moths, like a grasshopper

Words meanings and morphology

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

यत्र (yatra) - where, wherever

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - a particle indicating past action with present verb

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

प्रदीपाः (pradīpāḥ) - lamps, lights

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pradīpa

pradīpa - lamp, light, flame

Prefix: pra

Root: dīp (class 4)

कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O best among the Kurus

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurusattama

kurusattama - best of the Kurus, most excellent among the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+sattama)

• kuru – a member of the Kuru dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - a particle indicating past action with present verb

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

शूराः (śūrāḥ) - brave warriors, heroes

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūra

śūra - brave, valiant, hero, warrior

निपतन्ति (nipatanti) - fall down, rush into

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of nipat

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

पतङ्गवत् (pataṅgavat) - like moths, like a grasshopper

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat indicating similarity, from pataṅga (insect, moth, bird)