महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-150, verse-33

तमुद्यतमहाचापं दृष्ट्वा ते व्यथिता नृपाः ।
भूतान्तकमिवायान्तं कालदण्डोग्रधारिणम् ॥३३॥

33. tamudyatamahācāpaṁ dṛṣṭvā te vyathitā nṛpāḥ ,
bhūtāntakamivāyāntaṁ kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam.

33. tam udyatamahācāpam dṛṣṭvā te vyathitāḥ nṛpāḥ
bhūtāntakam iva āyāntam kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam

33. udyatamahācāpam bhūtāntakam iva kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam
āyāntam tam dṛṣṭvā te nṛpāḥ vyathitāḥ

33. Having seen him with a raised great bow, approaching like the destroyer of all beings, and holding the formidable staff of Death, those kings were distressed.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Ghatotkaca) (him, that)

• उद्यतमहाचापम् (udyatamahācāpam) - having a raised great bow

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• ते (te) - those, they

• व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed, troubled, frightened

• नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings

• भूतान्तकम् (bhūtāntakam) - referring to Yama (the god of death) (the destroyer of beings, Death)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - approaching, coming

• कालदण्डोग्रधारिणम् (kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam) - holding the formidable staff of Death

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Ghatotkaca) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उद्यतमहाचापम् (udyatamahācāpam) - having a raised great bow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of udyatamahācāpa

udyatamahācāpa - one with a raised great bow

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (udya(ta)+mahā+cāpa)

• udya(ta) – raised, lifted
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ud-yam (to raise, lift)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yam (class 1)
• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• cāpa – bow
  noun (masculine)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

व्यथिताः (vyathitāḥ) - distressed, troubled, frightened

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyathita

vyathita - distressed, troubled, frightened

Past Passive Participle

from root vyath (to be distressed)

Root: vyath (class 1)

नृपाः (nṛpāḥ) - kings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

भूतान्तकम् (bhūtāntakam) - referring to Yama (the god of death) (the destroyer of beings, Death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhūtāntaka

bhūtāntaka - destroyer of beings, death

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (bhūta+antaka)

• bhūta – being, creature
  noun (neuter)
• antaka – ender, destroyer
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - approaching, coming

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āyānt

āyānt - approaching, coming

Present Active Participle

from verb ā-yā (to come, approach)

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

कालदण्डोग्रधारिणम् (kāladaṇḍogradhāriṇam) - holding the formidable staff of Death

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāladaṇḍogradhārin

kāladaṇḍogradhārin - one who holds the formidable staff of Death

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāla+daṇḍa+ugra+dhārin)

• kāla – time, Death
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – staff, rod, punishment
  noun (masculine)
• ugra – formidable, fierce
  adjective (masculine)
• dhārin – holding, carrying
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun derived from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)