महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-70, verse-28

मृद्नतस्तान्यनीकानि निघ्नतश्चापि सायकैः ।
बभूव रूपं द्रोणस्य कालाग्नेरिव दीप्यतः ॥२८॥

28. mṛdnatastānyanīkāni nighnataścāpi sāyakaiḥ ,
babhūva rūpaṁ droṇasya kālāgneriva dīpyataḥ.

28. mṛdnataḥ tāni anīkāni nighnataḥ ca api sāyakaiḥ
babhūva rūpam droṇasya kālāgneḥ iva dīpyataḥ

28. tāni anīkāni mṛdnataḥ ca sāyakaiḥ nighnataḥ api
droṇasya rūpam dīpyataḥ kālāgneḥ iva babhūva

28. While he was crushing those armies and also striking them down with arrows, Droṇa's appearance became like that of the blazing fire of universal destruction (kālāgni).

Words meanings summery:

• मृद्नतः (mṛdnataḥ) - crushing, trampling

• तानि (tāni) - those

• अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, forces

• निघ्नतः (nighnataḥ) - striking down, killing

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

• रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, aspect

• द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

• कालाग्नेः (kālāgneḥ) - of the fire of destruction, of the destructive fire

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• दीप्यतः (dīpyataḥ) - blazing, shining, glowing

Words meanings and morphology

मृद्नतः (mṛdnataḥ) - crushing, trampling

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛdnat

mṛdnat - crushing, trampling, grinding

Present Active Participle

Derived from root mṛd (to crush, trample) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: mṛd (class 7)

Note: Agrees with droṇasya implicitly, describing Droṇa's action.

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of mṛdnataḥ.

अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, forces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, troop, face

निघ्नतः (nighnataḥ) - striking down, killing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nighnat

ni-ghnat - striking down, killing, destroying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni and śatṛ suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with droṇasya implicitly, describing Droṇa's action.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

सायकैः (sāyakaiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sāyaka

sāyaka - arrow, dart

बभूव (babhūva) - became, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice.

Root: bhū (class 1)

रूपम् (rūpam) - form, appearance, aspect

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, appearance, shape, beauty

द्रोणस्य (droṇasya) - of Droṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa

कालाग्नेः (kālāgneḥ) - of the fire of destruction, of the destructive fire

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kālāgni

kālāgni - the fire of universal destruction (at the end of a cosmic cycle), time-fire

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+agni)

• kāla – time, death, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• agni – fire
  noun (masculine)

Note: Comparison object for Droṇa's form.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

दीप्यतः (dīpyataḥ) - blazing, shining, glowing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīpyat

dīpyat - blazing, shining, glowing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root dīp (to shine, blaze) with śatṛ suffix.

Root: dīp (class 4)

Note: Describes kālāgneḥ.