महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-43, verse-25

एष कर्णो रणे पार्थ पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् ।
शरैर्विध्वंसयति वै नलिनीमिव कुञ्जरः ॥२५॥

25. eṣa karṇo raṇe pārtha pāṇḍavānāmanīkinīm ,
śarairvidhvaṁsayati vai nalinīmiva kuñjaraḥ.

25. eṣaḥ karṇaḥ raṇe pārtha pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm
śaraiḥ vidhvaṃsayati vai nalinīm iva kuñjaraḥ

25. pārtha eṣaḥ karṇaḥ raṇe śaraiḥ pāṇḍavānām
anīkinīm vai vidhvaṃsayati kuñjaraḥ nalinīm iva

25. O Pārtha, this Karṇa in battle is certainly destroying the army of the Pāṇḍavas with arrows, just as an elephant devastates a lotus pond.

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

• कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - the army, host

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• विध्वंसयति (vidhvaṁsayati) - is destroying, causes to be destroyed

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• नलिनीम् (nalinīm) - a lotus pond

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - an elephant

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

कर्णः (karṇaḥ) - Karṇa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - Karṇa (name of a prominent warrior, son of Sūrya and Kuntī)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet for Arjuna or the other Pāṇḍavas

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu (referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva)

अनीकिनीम् (anīkinīm) - the army, host

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of anīkinī

anīkinī - an army, host, military force

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed, dart

विध्वंसयति (vidhvaṁsayati) - is destroying, causes to be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of vidhvaṃsay

Causative verb

Derived from the root √dhvaṃs (to fall, perish) with the prefix 'vi' and causative suffix 'aya'.

Prefix: vi

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

नलिनीम् (nalinīm) - a lotus pond

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nalinī

nalinī - lotus plant, lotus pond

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

कुञ्जरः (kuñjaraḥ) - an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant