महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-161, verse-24

आह्वयन्तं परानीकं प्रभिन्नमिव वारणम् ।
नैनं शशंसिरे जेतुं दानवा वासवं यथा ॥२४॥

24. āhvayantaṁ parānīkaṁ prabhinnamiva vāraṇam ,
nainaṁ śaśaṁsire jetuṁ dānavā vāsavaṁ yathā.

24. āhvayantam parānīkam prabhinnam iva vāraṇam
na enam śaśaṃsire jetum dānavāḥ vāsavam yathā

24. yathā,
dānavāḥ,
vāsavam,
(na),
(jetum),
śaśaṃsire,
(tathā),
enam,
parānīkam,
prabhinnam,
vāraṇam,
iva,
āhvayantam,
na,
jetum,
śaśaṃsire

24. They did not consider him conquerable, just as the Danavas would not think Indra (Vāsava) could be conquered, when he was challenging the enemy army like an elephant in rut (prabhinna vāraṇam).

Words meanings summery:

• आह्वयन्तम् (āhvayantam) - challenging, calling out, inviting

• परानीकम् (parānīkam) - the enemy army, hostile forces

• प्रभिन्नम् (prabhinnam) - enraged (describing an elephant in rut) (enraged (like an elephant in rut), split, broken)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• वारणम् (vāraṇam) - an elephant

• न (na) - not, no

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• शशंसिरे (śaśaṁsire) - They considered him capable (or not capable, with 'na') (they thought capable, they praised, they declared)

• जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win, to overcome

• दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Danavas (a class of demons)

• वासवम् (vāsavam) - Vasava (a name for Indra)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

आह्वयन्तम् (āhvayantam) - challenging, calling out, inviting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āhvayant

āhvayant - calling, challenging, invoking

Present Active Participle

Derived from root √hvā (to call) with prefix āṅ, using the śatṛ suffix.

Prefix: āṅ

Root: hvā (class 1)

परानीकम् (parānīkam) - the enemy army, hostile forces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parānīka

parānīka - enemy army, hostile force

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+anīka)

• para – other, hostile, enemy
  adjective (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, face, front
  noun (neuter)

प्रभिन्नम् (prabhinnam) - enraged (describing an elephant in rut) (enraged (like an elephant in rut), split, broken)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhinna

prabhinna - split, broken; (of an elephant) in rut, infuriated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhid (to break, split) with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: bhid (class 7)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

वारणम् (vāraṇam) - an elephant

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāraṇa

vāraṇa - elephant, warding off, obstacle

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he, him

शशंसिरे (śaśaṁsire) - They considered him capable (or not capable, with 'na') (they thought capable, they praised, they declared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (liṭ) of √śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

जेतुम् (jetum) - to conquer, to win, to overcome

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from root √ji (to conquer).

Root: ji (class 1)

दानवाः (dānavāḥ) - the Danavas (a class of demons)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a descendant of Danu; a class of demons, giants

वासवम् (vāsavam) - Vasava (a name for Indra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (as a son of Vasu); a name for Indra

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)