महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-37, verse-26

ततः सुपर्णाः संपेतुर्भक्षयन्तो भुजंगमान् ।
ते वै विदुद्रुवुर्नागा दृष्ट्वा तान्खचरान्नृप ॥२६॥

26. tataḥ suparṇāḥ saṁpeturbhakṣayanto bhujaṁgamān ,
te vai vidudruvurnāgā dṛṣṭvā tānkhacarānnṛpa.

26. tataḥ suparṇāḥ samapetuhu bhakṣayantaḥ bhujaṅgamān
te vai vidudruvuḥ nāgāḥ dṛṣṭvā tān khacarān nṛpa

26. tataḥ suparṇāḥ bhujaṅgamān bhakṣayantaḥ samapetuhu
nṛpa te nāgāḥ tān khacarān dṛṣṭvā vai vidudruvuḥ

26. Then the Suparṇas (Garudas) rushed forth, devouring the serpents. O king, indeed, having seen those sky-dwellers, the serpents (nāgāḥ) fled away.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - Garudas, who are enemies of serpents (Suparṇas, Garudas (mythical birds))

• समपेतुहु (samapetuhu) - they flew together, they rushed, they swooped down

• भक्षयन्तः (bhakṣayantaḥ) - devouring, eating, consuming

• भुजङ्गमान् (bhujaṅgamān) - serpents, snakes

• ते (te) - those serpents (they, those)

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• विदुद्रुवुः (vidudruvuḥ) - they fled, they ran away

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (as opponents of Garudas) (serpents, elephants, Nāgas)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• तान् (tān) - those Suparṇas (Garudas) (those, them)

• खचरान् (khacarān) - the Garudas (Suparṇas) (sky-movers, aerial beings, birds)

• नृप (nṛpa) - O king, O ruler

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

सुपर्णाः (suparṇāḥ) - Garudas, who are enemies of serpents (Suparṇas, Garudas (mythical birds))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of suparṇa

suparṇa - having beautiful wings, a mythical bird (like Garuda)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+parṇa)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• parṇa – wing, feather, leaf
  noun (masculine)

समपेतुहु (samapetuhu) - they flew together, they rushed, they swooped down

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √pat

Prefix: sam

Root: pat (class 1)

भक्षयन्तः (bhakṣayantaḥ) - devouring, eating, consuming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - devouring, eating, consuming

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causative of √bhakṣ 'to eat'.

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

भुजङ्गमान् (bhujaṅgamān) - serpents, snakes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhujaṅgama

bhujaṅgama - serpent, snake (literally 'body-goer' or 'arm-goer')

Compound type : upapada (bhuja+gama)

• bhuja – arm, hand, shoulder; bend, coil (of a snake)
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - those serpents (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

विदुद्रुवुः (vidudruvuḥ) - they fled, they ran away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of √dru

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - serpents (as opponents of Garudas) (serpents, elephants, Nāgas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; a mythical serpent-demon; elephant

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Gerund/absolutive form of √dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used as an adverbial participle.

तान् (tān) - those Suparṇas (Garudas) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

खचरान् (khacarān) - the Garudas (Suparṇas) (sky-movers, aerial beings, birds)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of khacara

khacara - moving in the air, a bird, an aerial being

Compound type : upapada (kha+cara)

• kha – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

नृप (nṛpa) - O king, O ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (literally 'man-protector')

Compound type : upapada (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, preserver; drinker (derived from √pā)
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 1)