महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-164, verse-64

कच्चिद्द्रोणो न नः सर्वान्क्षपयेत्परमास्त्रवित् ।
समिद्धः शिशिरापाये दहन्कक्षमिवानलः ॥६४॥

64. kacciddroṇo na naḥ sarvānkṣapayetparamāstravit ,
samiddhaḥ śiśirāpāye dahankakṣamivānalaḥ.

64. kaccit droṇaḥ na naḥ sarvān kṣapayet paramāstravit
samiddhaḥ śiśirāpāye dahan kakṣam iva analaḥ

64. kaccit paramāstravit droṇaḥ samiddhaḥ analaḥ
śiśirāpāye kakṣam iva dahan naḥ sarvān na kṣapayet

64. May Drona, that master of ultimate weapons, not destroy all of us, just as a blazing fire consumes a dry thicket at the end of winter.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope not, surely not, perhaps

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

• न (na) - not

• नः (naḥ) - us, to us, of us

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all of us

• क्षपयेत् (kṣapayet) - may he destroy, might he consume

• परमास्त्रवित् (paramāstravit) - expert in supreme weapons, knower of ultimate missiles

• समिद्धः (samiddhaḥ) - blazing, kindled, inflamed

• शिशिरापाये (śiśirāpāye) - at the end of winter

• दहन् (dahan) - burning, consuming

• कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass, thicket, forest

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - I hope not, surely not, perhaps

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle expressing doubt or a wish/hope

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (proper name, a teacher of the Pandavas and Kauravas)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - us, to us, of us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Here accusative fits best with kṣapayet (destroy us).

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all, all of us

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with the implied plural object 'us'.

क्षपयेत् (kṣapayet) - may he destroy, might he consume

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kṣap

Optative

Causal of √kṣi (to destroy)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

परमास्त्रवित् (paramāstravit) - expert in supreme weapons, knower of ultimate missiles

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramāstravit

paramāstravit - one who knows supreme weapons

paramāstra (supreme weapon) + vit (knower, from √vid)

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+astra+vit)

• parama – highest, supreme, ultimate, best
  adjective
• astra – missile, weapon
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 4)
• vit – knower, understanding
  adjective
  From root √vid (to know) + kvip suffix
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Refers to Drona.

समिद्धः (samiddhaḥ) - blazing, kindled, inflamed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samiddha

samiddha - thoroughly kindled, blazing, inflamed, perfect

Past Passive Participle

upasarga sam + root √indh (to kindle) + kta (ppp suffix)

Prefix: sam

Root: indh (class 7)

Note: Agrees with analaḥ.

शिशिरापाये (śiśirāpāye) - at the end of winter

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of śiśirāpāya

śiśirāpāya - end of winter

Compound type : tatpurusha (śiśira+apāya)

• śiśira – cold, cool, winter (season)
  noun (masculine)
• apāya – departure, end, disappearance
  noun (masculine)
  upasarga apa + root √i (to go) + ghañ
  Prefix: apa
  Root: i (class 2)

दहन् (dahan) - burning, consuming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dahat

dahat - burning, consuming

Present Active Participle

root √dah (to burn) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)

Root: dah (class 1)

Note: Agrees with analaḥ.

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass, thicket, forest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - dry grass, thicket, forest, armpit, side

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.

अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire, Agni (god of fire)

Derived from √an (to breathe)

Root: an (class 2)