महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-158, verse-15

जृम्भमाणमिव व्याघ्रं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम् ।
कथं प्रत्युद्ययुर्द्रोणमस्यन्तं पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः ॥१५॥

15. jṛmbhamāṇamiva vyāghraṁ vyāttānanamivāntakam ,
kathaṁ pratyudyayurdroṇamasyantaṁ pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ.

15. jṛmbhamāṇam iva vyāghram vyāttānanam iva antakam
katham pratyudyayuḥ droṇam asyantam pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ

15. pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ jṛmbhamāṇam iva vyāghram vyāttānanam
iva antakam asyantam droṇam katham pratyudyayuḥ

15. How did the Pandavas and Srinjayas advance against Droṇa, who was discharging arrows, resembling a yawning tiger or Death himself with his mouth wide open?

Words meanings summery:

• जृम्भमाणम् (jṛmbhamāṇam) - yawning, gaping, stretching

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

• व्यात्ताननम् (vyāttānanam) - with wide-open mouth

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death (Yama) (Death, the destroyer)

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - they advanced against, they counter-attacked

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - the preceptor Drona (Drona)

• अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - shooting, discharging, throwing

• पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ) - the Pandavas and Srinjayas

Words meanings and morphology

जृम्भमाणम् (jṛmbhamāṇam) - yawning, gaping, stretching

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jṛmbhamāṇa

jṛmbhamāṇa - yawning, gaping, stretching

Present Middle Participle

derived from root 'jṛmbh' with śānac suffix

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

व्यात्ताननम् (vyāttānanam) - with wide-open mouth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyāttānana

vyāttānana - having a wide-open mouth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vyātta+ānana)

• vyātta – opened wide, gaping
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'ā-yam' with upasargas 'vi' and 'ā'
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• ānana – mouth, face
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

अन्तकम् (antakam) - Death (Yama) (Death, the destroyer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of antaka

antaka - ender, destroyer, death, Yama

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

प्रत्युद्ययुः (pratyudyayuḥ) - they advanced against, they counter-attacked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pratyud-yā

Prefixes: prati+ud

Root: yā (class 2)

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - the preceptor Drona (Drona)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (preceptor)

अस्यन्तम् (asyantam) - shooting, discharging, throwing

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asyant

asyant - shooting, discharging, throwing

Present Active Participle

derived from root 'as' with śatṛ suffix

Root: as (class 4)

पाण्डुसृञ्जयाः (pāṇḍusṛñjayāḥ) - the Pandavas and Srinjayas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍusṛñjaya

pāṇḍusṛñjaya - Pandavas and Srinjayas

Compound type : dvandva (pāṇḍu+sṛñjaya)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (king, father of Pandavas), Pandava (descendant of Pandu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sṛñjaya – Srinjaya (name of a people/king, ally of Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)