महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-17, verse-118

तं दहन्तमनीकानि तत्र तत्र महारथम् ।
क्षत्रिया वर्जयामासुर्युगान्ताग्निमिवोल्बणम् ॥११८॥

118. taṁ dahantamanīkāni tatra tatra mahāratham ,
kṣatriyā varjayāmāsuryugāntāgnimivolbaṇam.

118. tam dahantam anīkāni tatra tatra mahāratham
kṣatriyāḥ varjayāmāsuḥ yuga anta agnim iva ulbaṇam

118. kṣatriyāḥ tatra tatra anīkāni dahantam ulbaṇam
yuga anta agnim iva tam mahāratham varjayāmāsuḥ

118. The Kshatriya warriors avoided that great chariot-fighter (mahāratha), who was incinerating their armies everywhere, just as one would avoid the fierce (ulbaṇa) fire (agni) at the end of a cosmic age (yugānta).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Karna (him, that)

• दहन्तम् (dahantam) - burning, scorching, consuming

• अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, forces

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - everywhere (there, in that place)

• महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great charioteer Karna (great charioteer, great warrior)

• क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, Kshatriyas

• वर्जयामासुः (varjayāmāsuḥ) - they avoided, they kept away from

• युग (yuga) - age, epoch

• अन्त (anta) - end, conclusion

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उल्बणम् (ulbaṇam) - fierce, terrible, mighty

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Karna (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, him

दहन्तम् (dahantam) - burning, scorching, consuming

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dahant

dahant - burning, consuming

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'dah' (to burn) with suffix '-at'.

Root: dah (class 1)

अनीकानि (anīkāni) - armies, forces

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of anīka

anīka - army, host, array

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - everywhere (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

महारथम् (mahāratham) - the great charioteer Karna (great charioteer, great warrior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great warrior, great charioteer

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (in compounds)
  noun (masculine)

क्षत्रियाः (kṣatriyāḥ) - warriors, Kshatriyas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - warrior, member of the warrior caste

वर्जयामासुः (varjayāmāsuḥ) - they avoided, they kept away from

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of varjaya

Periphrastic Perfect

Periphrastic perfect 3rd person plural active of the causative stem of root 'vṛj' (to abandon, exclude).

Root: vṛj (class 1)

युग (yuga) - age, epoch

(noun)

neuter, singular of yuga

yuga - age, epoch, eon (especially in cosmic cycles)

अन्त (anta) - end, conclusion

(noun)

masculine, singular of anta

anta - end, limit, conclusion

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, Agni (the deity)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उल्बणम् (ulbaṇam) - fierce, terrible, mighty

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ulbaṇa

ulbaṇa - fierce, terrible, violent, excessive