महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-39, verse-27

ततः शरशतज्वालः सेनाकक्षं महारथः ।
द्रौणिर्ददाह समरे कक्षमग्निर्यथा वने ॥२७॥

27. tataḥ śaraśatajvālaḥ senākakṣaṁ mahārathaḥ ,
drauṇirdadāha samare kakṣamagniryathā vane.

27. tataḥ śaraśatajvālaḥ senākakṣam mahārathaḥ
drauṇiḥ dadāha samare kakṣam agniḥ yathā vane

27. tataḥ mahārathaḥ drauṇiḥ śaraśatajvālaḥ samare
senākakṣam dadāha yathā agniḥ vane kakṣam

27. Then, the great warrior Droṇi (Aśvatthāman), whose arrows were like a hundred flames, burned the enemy's ranks in battle, just as a fire consumes dry undergrowth in a forest.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• शरशतज्वालः (śaraśatajvālaḥ) - having flames of a hundred arrows, whose hundreds of arrows were like flames

• सेनाकक्षम् (senākakṣam) - the enemy's ranks (the army-thicket, the dense formation of the army)

• महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - a great warrior, one who can fight ten thousand warriors

• द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Droṇi (Aśvatthāman) (Droṇi)

• ददाह (dadāha) - he burned, he consumed

• समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

• कक्षम् (kakṣam) - the thicket, the dry grass, the undergrowth

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

• वने (vane) - in a forest

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects to the previous event in the narrative.

शरशतज्वालः (śaraśatajvālaḥ) - having flames of a hundred arrows, whose hundreds of arrows were like flames

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaraśatajvāla

śaraśatajvāla - having flames of a hundred arrows

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śara+śata+jvāla)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• jvāla – flame, blaze
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'drauṇiḥ'.

सेनाकक्षम् (senākakṣam) - the enemy's ranks (the army-thicket, the dense formation of the army)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of senākakṣa

senākakṣa - army-thicket, thicket of soldiers, dense formation of army

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (senā+kakṣa)

• senā – army, host
  noun (feminine)
• kakṣa – thicket, dry grass, dense growth, jungle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'dadāha'.

महारथः (mahārathaḥ) - a great warrior, one who can fight ten thousand warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great warrior, one who can fight ten thousand archers/warriors

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, warrior (often used to denote a great warrior as charioteers were skilled)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for Droṇi.

द्रौणिः (drauṇiḥ) - Droṇi (Aśvatthāman) (Droṇi)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇi

drauṇi - son of Droṇa (Aśvatthāman)

Note: Subject of 'dadāha'.

ददाह (dadāha) - he burned, he consumed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of √dah

Perfect tense, active voice, 3rd person singular

Root 'dah' (to burn)

Root: dah (class 1)

समरे (samare) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, combat

कक्षम् (kakṣam) - the thicket, the dry grass, the undergrowth

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kakṣa

kakṣa - thicket, dry grass, dense growth, jungle, undergrowth

Note: Object of implicit 'dadāha' in the simile.

अग्निः (agniḥ) - fire

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

Note: Subject of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.

वने (vane) - in a forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove