महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-97, verse-14

कुणिन्दास्तङ्गणाम्बष्ठाः पैशाचाश्च समन्दराः ।
अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयं शलभाः पावकं यथा ॥१४॥

14. kuṇindāstaṅgaṇāmbaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāśca samandarāḥ ,
abhyadravanta śaineyaṁ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṁ yathā.

14. kuṇindāḥ taṅgaṇāḥ ambaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāḥ ca samandarāḥ
abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā

14. kuṇindāḥ taṅgaṇāḥ ambaṣṭhāḥ ca paiśācāḥ samandarāḥ
śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā śaineyaṃ abhyadravanta

14. The Kuṇindas, Taṅgaṇas, Ambaṣṭhas, Paiśācas, and those from Mandara, along with the three thousand cavalrymen led by Duryodhana, charged towards Śaineya (Sātyaki) just as moths rush into a flame (pāvaka).

Words meanings summery:

• कुणिन्दाः (kuṇindāḥ) - Name of a people/kingdom in ancient India, usually in the Himalayan foothills. (Kuṇindas)

• तङ्गणाः (taṅgaṇāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, possibly residing in the Himalayas. (Taṅgaṇas)

• अम्बष्ठाः (ambaṣṭhāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, possibly located in Punjab or Bengal. (Ambaṣṭhas)

• पैशाचाः (paiśācāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, often associated with barbaric or demonic characteristics, or a specific region. (Paiśācas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• समन्दराः (samandarāḥ) - Refers to a people or king named Mandara, or associated with Mount Mandara. Here, likely a tribe. (those with Mandara, Mandaras)

• अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - they rushed towards, they attacked

• शैनेयं (śaineyaṁ) - towards Śaineya (Sātyaki)

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

• पावकं (pāvakaṁ) - into the fire, to the fire

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

Words meanings and morphology

कुणिन्दाः (kuṇindāḥ) - Name of a people/kingdom in ancient India, usually in the Himalayan foothills. (Kuṇindas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuṇinda

kuṇinda - Kuṇinda (name of a people/kingdom in ancient India, foothills of Himalayas)

Note: Part of a list of tribes acting as the subject.

तङ्गणाः (taṅgaṇāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, possibly residing in the Himalayas. (Taṅgaṇas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taṅgaṇa

taṅgaṇa - Taṅgaṇa (name of a people, possibly in the Himalayas)

Note: Part of a list of tribes acting as the subject.

अम्बष्ठाः (ambaṣṭhāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, possibly located in Punjab or Bengal. (Ambaṣṭhas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ambaṣṭha

ambaṣṭha - Ambaṣṭha (name of a people, possibly in Punjab or Bengal)

Note: Part of a list of tribes acting as the subject.

पैशाचाः (paiśācāḥ) - Name of a people/tribe, often associated with barbaric or demonic characteristics, or a specific region. (Paiśācas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paiśāca

paiśāca - Paiśāca (name of a people, often associated with a ghost-like or demonic nature, or a specific region)

Note: Part of a list of tribes acting as the subject.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

समन्दराः (samandarāḥ) - Refers to a people or king named Mandara, or associated with Mount Mandara. Here, likely a tribe. (those with Mandara, Mandaras)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samandara

samandara - with Mandara, accompanied by Mandara (a king or a mountain region's people)

Compound 'sa' (with) + 'mandara'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+mandara)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• mandara – Mandara (a name, or a mountain)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Could mean 'the Mandaras' or 'those (other tribes) who were with Mandara (a king)'.

अभ्यद्रवन्त (abhyadravanta) - they rushed towards, they attacked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abhidru

Imperfect Active

root 'dru' (1st conj.) with prefix 'abhi'; imperfect tense, 3rd person plural active voice

Prefix: abhi

Root: dru (class 1)

शैनेयं (śaineyaṁ) - towards Śaineya (Sātyaki)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaineya

śaineya - descendant of Śini; an epithet of Sātyaki

Patronymic from 'Śini'

Note: Object of the verb 'abhyadravanta'.

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

Note: Subject of the simile, compared to the attacking warriors.

पावकं (pāvakaṁ) - into the fire, to the fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying

From root 'pū' (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied verb of motion in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the comparison.