महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-170, verse-23

यथा हि शिशिरापाये दहेत्कक्षं हुताशनः ।
तथा तदस्त्रं पाण्डूनां ददाह ध्वजिनीं प्रभो ॥२३॥

23. yathā hi śiśirāpāye dahetkakṣaṁ hutāśanaḥ ,
tathā tadastraṁ pāṇḍūnāṁ dadāha dhvajinīṁ prabho.

23. yathā hi śiśira apāye dahet kakṣam hutāśanaḥ
tathā tat astram pāṇḍūnām dadāha dhvajinīm prabho

23. prabho yathā hi hutāśanaḥ śiśira apāye kakṣam
dahet tathā tat astram pāṇḍūnām dhvajinīm dadāha

23. O lord, just as a fire burns dry grass at the end of the winter season, similarly, that weapon burned the army of the Pandavas.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

• शिशिर (śiśira) - winter, cold season

• अपाये (apāye) - at the end, at the departure, in the destruction, in the removal

• दहेत् (dahet) - would burn, should burn, may burn

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

• हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (god of fire)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• तत् (tat) - that, such

• अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

• पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas, of the sons of Pāṇḍu

• ददाह (dadāha) - burned, consumed

• ध्वजिनीम् (dhvajinīm) - army (army, host, banner, flag)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because

(indeclinable)

शिशिर (śiśira) - winter, cold season

(noun)

masculine, singular of śiśira

śiśira - winter, cold season

Note: part of a compound, takes locative ending with apāye

अपाये (apāye) - at the end, at the departure, in the destruction, in the removal

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of apāya

apāya - end, departure, destruction, removal

Derived from 'apa' (away) + 'i' (to go) with suffix 'a' (ghañ)

Prefix: apa

Root: i (class 2)

दहेत् (dahet) - would burn, should burn, may burn

(verb)

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

Root: dah (class 1)

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass (dry grass, thicket, forest, side, armpit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

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

हुताशनः (hutāśanaḥ) - fire, Agni (god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hutāśana

hutāśana - fire, one who consumes oblations

Compound type : tatpurusha (huta+aśana)

• huta – offered, sacrificed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root 'hu' (to sacrifice)
  Root: hu (class 3)
• aśana – eating, food, that which eats
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'aś' (to eat)
  Root: aś (class 9)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, such

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, such

अस्त्रम् (astram) - weapon, missile

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of astra

astra - weapon, missile, projectile

पाण्डूनाम् (pāṇḍūnām) - of the Pandavas, of the sons of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (name of a king); pale, yellowish white

ददाह (dadāha) - burned, consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dah

Root: dah (class 1)

ध्वजिनीम् (dhvajinīm) - army (army, host, banner, flag)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhvajinī

dhvajinī - army (bearing standards), host, banner, flag

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, sovereign, powerful

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)