महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-72, verse-27

यथा श्येनस्य पतनं वनेष्वामिषगृद्धिनः ।
तथैवासीदभीसारस्तस्य द्रोणं जिघांसतः ॥२७॥

27. yathā śyenasya patanaṁ vaneṣvāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ ,
tathaivāsīdabhīsārastasya droṇaṁ jighāṁsataḥ.

27. yathā śyenasya patanam vaneṣu āmiṣagṛddhinaḥ
tathā eva āsīt abhīsāraḥ tasya droṇam jighāṃsataḥ

27. yathā āmiṣagṛddhinaḥ śyenasya vaneṣu patanam āsīt.
tathā eva droṇam jighāṃsataḥ tasya abhīsāraḥ āsīt.

27. Just as a hawk, intent on seizing its prey (āmiṣa), swoops down in the forests, so too was his charge against Drona, whom he desired to kill.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• श्येनस्य (śyenasya) - of the hawk, of the eagle

• पतनम् (patanam) - falling, swooping, descent

• वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests, in the woods

• आमिषगृद्धिनः (āmiṣagṛddhinaḥ) - of the hawk intent on seizing its prey (of the one greedy for flesh/prey)

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

• अभीसारः (abhīsāraḥ) - charge, attack, onset, approach

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (accusative)

• जिघांसतः (jighāṁsataḥ) - of him wishing to kill, desiring to kill

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

श्येनस्य (śyenasya) - of the hawk, of the eagle

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, eagle, falcon

पतनम् (patanam) - falling, swooping, descent

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, flying, descent, flight

verbal noun

verbal noun from root √pat

Root: pat (class 1)

वनेषु (vaneṣu) - in the forests, in the woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

आमिषगृद्धिनः (āmiṣagṛddhinaḥ) - of the hawk intent on seizing its prey (of the one greedy for flesh/prey)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of āmiṣagṛddhin

āmiṣagṛddhin - greedy for flesh, eager for prey

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (āmiṣa+gṛddhin)

• āmiṣa – flesh, meat, prey, sensual enjoyment
  noun (neuter)
• gṛddhin – greedy, covetous, eager for
  adjective (masculine)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, similarly

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only, exactly

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √as

Imperfect 3rd person singular

root √as, class 2 P. (asti), Imperfect, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

अभीसारः (abhīsāraḥ) - charge, attack, onset, approach

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhīsāra

abhīsāra - going to meet, attack, onset, charge

Derived from root √sṛ with upasarga abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona (accusative)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (name of a preceptor)

जिघांसतः (jighāṁsataḥ) - of him wishing to kill, desiring to kill

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jighāṃsat

jighāṁsat - desiring to kill, wishing to slay

Present Active Participle (Desiderative)

Present Active Participle of the desiderative stem of root √han

Root: han (class 2)