महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-9, verse-27

आशीविष इव क्रुद्धः सहदेवो यदाभ्ययात् ।
शत्रूणां कदनं कुर्वञ्जेतासौ दुर्जयो युधि ॥२७॥

27. āśīviṣa iva kruddhaḥ sahadevo yadābhyayāt ,
śatrūṇāṁ kadanaṁ kurvañjetāsau durjayo yudhi.

27. āśīviṣaḥ iva kruddhaḥ sahadevaḥ yadā abhyayāt
śatrūṇām kadanam kurvan jetā asau durjayaḥ yudhi

27. yadā kruddhaḥ āśīviṣaḥ iva sahadevaḥ śatrūṇām kadanam kurvan abhyayāt,
asau jetā yudhi durjayaḥ (āsīt)

27. When Sahadeva attacked, enraged like a poisonous snake, causing the destruction of his enemies, he was an unconquerable victor in battle.

Words meanings summery:

• आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - poisonous snake, viper

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pandava)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, attacked

• शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

• कदनम् (kadanam) - destruction, slaughter, killing

• कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making, causing

• जेता (jetā) - conqueror, victor

• असौ (asau) - that (person/thing), he

• दुर्जयः (durjayaḥ) - unconquerable, invincible, difficult to defeat

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

Words meanings and morphology

आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ) - poisonous snake, viper

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - a poisonous snake, an adder, a viper

from āśī (f. 'fang') + viṣa (n. 'poison'), whose poison is in its fangs

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āśī+viṣa)

• āśī – fang, tooth (of a snake)
  noun (feminine)
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - enraged, angry, furious

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kruddha

krudh - to be angry, enraged

Past Passive Participle

from √krudh (to be angry)

Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with Sahadevaḥ

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (name of a Pandava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - a companion of the gods; Sahadeva (one of the Pandava brothers)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

अभ्ययात् (abhyayāt) - approached, attacked

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-i

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect active of √i (to go) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

शत्रूणाम् (śatrūṇām) - of enemies

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

कदनम् (kadanam) - destruction, slaughter, killing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kadana

kadana - killing, slaughter, destruction, pain

from √kad (to be confused, suffer)

Root: kad (class 1)

कुर्वन् (kurvan) - making, causing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvat

kṛ - to do, make, perform

Present Active Participle

from √kṛ, present stem kur-, added -at suffix

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with Sahadevaḥ

जेता (jetā) - conqueror, victor

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jetṛ

jetṛ - conqueror, victor

agent noun from √ji (to conquer)

Root: ji (class 1)

असौ (asau) - that (person/thing), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

दुर्जयः (durjayaḥ) - unconquerable, invincible, difficult to defeat

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durjaya

durjaya - difficult to conquer, unconquerable, invincible

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

from dur (difficult) + √ji (to conquer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+jaya)

• dur – bad, difficult, hard (prefix)
  indeclinable
• jaya – conquest, victory
  noun (masculine)
  from √ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jetā and asau

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war