महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-30, verse-19

ततो नीलोऽनलप्रख्यो ददाह कुरुवाहिनीम् ।
शरस्फुलिङ्गश्चापार्चिर्दहन्कक्षमिवानलः ॥१९॥

19. tato nīlo'nalaprakhyo dadāha kuruvāhinīm ,
śarasphuliṅgaścāpārcirdahankakṣamivānalaḥ.

19. tataḥ nīlaḥ analaprakhyaḥ dadāha kuruvāhinīm
śarasphuliṅgaḥ cāpārciḥ dahan kakṣam iva analaḥ

19. tataḥ analaprakhyaḥ nīlaḥ śarasphuliṅgaḥ cāpārciḥ
dahan analaḥ kakṣam iva kuruvāhinīm dadāha

19. Then Nila, who resembled fire, consumed the Kaurava army. He was like a fire burning dry grass, with his arrows acting as sparks and his bow as a flame.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, afterwards

• नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila (the warrior) (Nila, blue)

• अनलप्रख्यः (analaprakhyaḥ) - resembling fire, fire-like

• ददाह (dadāha) - he burned, consumed

• कुरुवाहिनीम् (kuruvāhinīm) - the Kaurava army

• शरस्फुलिङ्गः (śarasphuliṅgaḥ) - arrows as sparks, sparks of arrows

• चापार्चिः (cāpārciḥ) - bow as flame, flame of the bow

• दहन् (dahan) - burning, consuming

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

• इव (iva) - like, as

• अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, afterwards

(indeclinable)

नीलः (nīlaḥ) - Nila (the warrior) (Nila, blue)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nīla

nīla - blue; Nila (proper name)

अनलप्रख्यः (analaprakhyaḥ) - resembling fire, fire-like

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of analaprakhya

analaprakhya - fire-like, resembling fire

Compound type : upamā-tatpuruṣa (anala+prakhya)

• anala – fire
  noun (masculine)
• prakhya – resembling, like
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root khyā with prefix pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: khyā

ददाह (dadāha) - he burned, consumed

(verb)

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

Root: dah (class 1)

कुरुवाहिनीम् (kuruvāhinīm) - the Kaurava army

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kuruvāhinī

kuruvāhinī - Kaurava army

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kuru+vāhinī)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and dynasty)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vāhinī – army, host
  noun (feminine)

शरस्फुलिङ्गः (śarasphuliṅgaḥ) - arrows as sparks, sparks of arrows

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śarasphuliṅga

śarasphuliṅga - arrow-spark

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śara+sphuliṅga)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• sphuliṅga – spark
  noun (masculine)

चापार्चिः (cāpārciḥ) - bow as flame, flame of the bow

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cāpārci

cāpārci - bow-flame

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cāpa+arci)

• cāpa – bow
  noun (masculine)
• arci – flame, ray of light
  noun (feminine)

Note: The compound ending in 'arci' is masculine here to agree with 'śarasphuliṅgaḥ' and 'analaḥ' in the simile.

दहन् (dahan) - burning, consuming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dahat

dahat - burning, consuming (present active participle)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dah (to burn), in its present active participial form.

Root: dah (class 1)

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - dry grass, thicket, forest

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - dry grass, thicket, forest, jungle

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

अनलः (analaḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anala

anala - fire; the god of fire