महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-19, verse-7

ते वध्यमानाः समरे नाजहुः पाण्डवं तदा ।
दह्यमाना यथा राजञ्शलभा इव पावकम् ॥७॥

7. te vadhyamānāḥ samare nājahuḥ pāṇḍavaṁ tadā ,
dahyamānā yathā rājañśalabhā iva pāvakam.

7. te vadhyamānāḥ samare na ājahuḥ pāṇḍavam tadā
dahyamānāḥ yathā rājan śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam

7. rājan te samare vadhyamānāḥ pāṇḍavam tadā na
ājahuḥ yathā dahyamānāḥ śalabhāḥ iva pāvakam

7. O King, though they were being killed in battle, they did not abandon the son of Pāṇḍu then, just as moths, even as they are being consumed, do not abandon the fire.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

• न (na) - not, no

• आजहुः (ājahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up, they left

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दह्यमानाः (dahyamānāḥ) - being burned, being consumed

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

• शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, locusts

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slain, being killed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being slain, being killed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from the passive root 'vadh' (to kill, equivalent to 'han' in passive voice), present passive participle in masculine nominative plural.

Root: han (class 2)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, conflict, war

Prefix: sam

Root: ṛ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आजहुः (ājahuḥ) - they abandoned, they gave up, they left

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of hā

Perfect Tense, Active Voice

3rd person plural, perfect tense, active voice, from root hā with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: hā (class 3)

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - Arjuna (the son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Derived from Pāṇḍu (name of a king).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

दह्यमानाः (dahyamānāḥ) - being burned, being consumed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dahyamāna

dahyamāna - being burned, being consumed

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root dah (to burn), present passive participle in masculine nominative plural.

Root: dah (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

शलभाः (śalabhāḥ) - moths, locusts

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śalabha

śalabha - moth, grasshopper, locust

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

पावकम् (pāvakam) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - fire, purifier

Root: pū (class 1)