महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-34, verse-24

अभिमन्युरुवाच ।
अहमेतत्प्रवेक्ष्यामि द्रोणानीकं दुरासदम् ।
पतंग इव संक्रुद्धो ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ॥२४॥

24. abhimanyuruvāca ,
ahametatpravekṣyāmi droṇānīkaṁ durāsadam ,
pataṁga iva saṁkruddho jvalitaṁ jātavedasam.

24. abhimanyuḥ uvāca aham etat pravekṣyāmi droṇānīkam
durāsadam pataṅgaḥ iva saṃkruddhaḥ jvalitam jātavedasam

24. abhimanyuḥ uvāca aham etat durāsadam droṇānīkam jvalitam
jātavedasam saṃkruddhaḥ pataṅgaḥ iva pravekṣyāmi

24. Abhimanyu said, "I will enter this formidable army of Droṇa, just as a furious moth plunges into a blazing fire."

Words meanings summery:

• अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Abhimanyu

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एतत् (etat) - this

• प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

• द्रोणानीकम् (droṇānīkam) - Drona's army

• दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unassailable, formidable

• पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - a moth (moth, insect, bird)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

• ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - burning, blazing, ignited

• जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

अभिमन्युः (abhimanyuḥ) - Abhimanyu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimanyu

abhimanyu - Abhimanyu (name of Arjuna's son)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Irregular perfect form of 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The verb indicating Abhimanyu's speech.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'pravekṣyāmi'.

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun.

प्रवेक्ष्यामि (pravekṣyāmi) - I will enter

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of praveś

Future tense, 1st person singular, active voice.

From pra- + viś (to enter). 'viś' becomes 'vekṣ' in future tense.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

द्रोणानीकम् (droṇānīkam) - Drona's army

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of droṇānīka

droṇānīka - Drona's army

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+anīka)

• droṇa – Drona (a proper name, guru of Kauravas and Pandavas)
  proper noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, troop
  noun (neuter)

दुरासदम् (durāsadam) - difficult to approach, unassailable, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durāsada

durāsada - difficult of access, hard to approach, formidable, unassailable

From dur- (bad, difficult) + ā- + sad (to sit, approach).

Prefixes: dur+ā

Root: sad (class 1)

पतङ्गः (pataṅgaḥ) - a moth (moth, insect, bird)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pataṅga

pataṅga - moth, butterfly, bird, grasshopper, sun

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Subject of the simile, compared to 'aham'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle used for comparison.

Note: Indicates a simile.

संक्रुद्धः (saṁkruddhaḥ) - greatly enraged, furious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkruddha

saṁkruddha - greatly enraged, furious, angry

Past Passive Participle

From sam- + krudh (to be angry).

Prefix: sam

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Used predicatively with 'pataṅgaḥ'.

ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - burning, blazing, ignited

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jvalita

jvalita - burning, blazing, ignited, shining

Past Passive Participle

From root 'jval' (to burn, shine).

Root: jval (class 1)

जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - fire, Agni (god of fire)

Compound. 'he who knows all creatures', or 'he whose wealth is born'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wealth
  noun (neuter)
  From root 'vid' (to know, to obtain)
  Root: vid (class 2)