महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-104

अपरे त्रासिता नागा नाराचशततोमरैः ।
तमेवाभिमुखा यान्ति शलभा इव पावकम् ॥१०४॥

104. apare trāsitā nāgā nārācaśatatomaraiḥ ,
tamevābhimukhā yānti śalabhā iva pāvakam.

104. apare trāsitāḥ nāgāḥ nārācaśatatōmaraiḥ tam
eva abhimukhāḥ yānti śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam

104. nārācaśatatōmaraiḥ trāsitāḥ apare nāgāḥ
śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam tam eva abhimukhāḥ yānti

104. Other elephants, terrified by hundreds of arrows and javelins, rushed towards that (danger) as if moths were flying into a fire.

Words meanings summery:

• अपरे (apare) - others

• त्रासिताः (trāsitāḥ) - frightened, terrified

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

• नाराचशतत्ओमरैः (nārācaśatatōmaraiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows and javelins

• तम् (tam) - to that (danger, battle, or a specific fire mentioned in context) (that (masculine singular accusative))

• एव (eva) - just, indeed

• अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing, directed towards

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - to the fire

Words meanings and morphology

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, different

Note: Used here as an adjective modifying 'nāgāḥ'.

त्रासिताः (trāsitāḥ) - frightened, terrified

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of trāsita

trāsita - frightened, terrified, alarmed

Past Passive Participle

From the causative of root √tras (to tremble, be afraid) or from root √trās (to frighten) + kta (past passive participle suffix).

Root: tras (class 1)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, elephant, mountain

नाराचशतत्ओमरैः (nārācaśatatōmaraiḥ) - by hundreds of arrows and javelins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nārācaśatatōmara

nārācaśatatōmara - consisting of hundreds of iron arrows and javelins

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (nārāca+śata+tōmara)

• nārāca – an iron arrow, a particular kind of arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• tōmara – javelin, lance, dart
  noun (masculine)

तम् (tam) - to that (danger, battle, or a specific fire mentioned in context) (that (masculine singular accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एव (eva) - just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अभिमुखाः (abhimukhāḥ) - facing, directed towards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhimukha

abhimukha - facing, turned towards, confronting, in front of

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhi+mukha)

• abhi – towards, against, over
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'nāgāḥ'.

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, grasshoppers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - to the fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, pure, purifying