महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-57, verse-27

लेलिहानं यथा सर्पं गर्जन्तमृषभं यथा ।
लयस्थितं यथा व्याघ्रं जहि कर्ण धनंजयम् ॥२७॥

27. lelihānaṁ yathā sarpaṁ garjantamṛṣabhaṁ yathā ,
layasthitaṁ yathā vyāghraṁ jahi karṇa dhanaṁjayam.

27. lelihānam yathā sarpam garjantam ṛṣabham yathā
layasthitam yathā vyāghram jahi karṇa dhanaṃjayam

27. karṇa lelihānam sarpam yathā garjantam ṛṣabham
yathā layasthitam vyāghram yathā dhanaṃjayam jahi

27. O Karṇa, kill Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), who is like a licking snake, a roaring bull, or a tiger poised for attack.

Words meanings summery:

• लेलिहानम् (lelihānam) - licking (like a snake's tongue, indicating a menacing posture) (licking, flickering, devouring)

• यथा (yathā) - like (as, like, in the manner that)

• सर्पम् (sarpam) - snake (snake, serpent)

• गर्जन्तम् (garjantam) - roaring (roaring, thundering)

• ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - bull (bull, best, chief)

• लयस्थितम् (layasthitam) - poised for attack, lying in ambush (poised for attack, lying in ambush, dormant, dissolved)

• व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

• जहि (jahi) - kill (kill, conquer, destroy)

• कर्ण (karṇa) - Karṇa (addressing the warrior Karṇa) (Karṇa (proper name); ear)

• धनंजयम् (dhanaṁjayam) - Dhanaṃjaya (epithet for Arjuna) (Arjuna (name); conqueror of wealth; fire)

Words meanings and morphology

लेलिहानम् (lelihānam) - licking (like a snake's tongue, indicating a menacing posture) (licking, flickering, devouring)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lelihāṇa

lelihāṇa - licking, flickering, devouring, moving to and fro rapidly

Present Active Participle (Intensive/Frequentative)

Intensive form (yaṅ-luk) of √lih (to lick), producing the stem lelihan, which forms the participle lelihāṇa.

Root: lih (class 2)

Note: Used here as an epithet.

यथा (yathā) - like (as, like, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

सर्पम् (sarpam) - snake (snake, serpent)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent, anything that creeps

From √sṛp (to creep, crawl).

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Object of comparison.

गर्जन्तम् (garjantam) - roaring (roaring, thundering)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garjant

garjant - roaring, thundering, growling

Present Active Participle

From √garj (to roar, thunder).

Root: garj (class 1)

Note: Used here as an epithet.

ऋषभम् (ṛṣabham) - bull (bull, best, chief)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, ox; best, chief, leader

Note: Object of comparison.

लयस्थितम् (layasthitam) - poised for attack, lying in ambush (poised for attack, lying in ambush, dormant, dissolved)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of layasthita

layasthita - situated in dissolution/absorption; at rest, lying in wait, poised for action

Past Passive Participle (compounded)

Compound of laya (rest, ambush) and sthita (situated, stood, PPP of √sthā).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (laya+sthita)

• laya – dissolution, absorption, rest, ambush, lurking place
  noun (masculine)
  From √lī (to cling, dissolve, hide).
  Root: lī (class 4)
• sthita – stood, situated, firm, abiding, remaining
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From √sthā (to stand, stay).
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Past Passive Participle used adjectivally.

व्याघ्रम् (vyāghram) - tiger

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger, best or chief among (when used as a metaphor)

Note: Object of comparison.

जहि (jahi) - kill (kill, conquer, destroy)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √han

Imperative, 2nd person singular

Irregular imperative form of the root √han (class 2).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Direct command.

कर्ण (karṇa) - Karṇa (addressing the warrior Karṇa) (Karṇa (proper name); ear)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of karṇa

karṇa - ear; Karṇa (name of a prominent warrior in the Mahābhārata)

Note: Direct address.

धनंजयम् (dhanaṁjayam) - Dhanaṃjaya (epithet for Arjuna) (Arjuna (name); conqueror of wealth; fire)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth; fire; an epithet of Arjuna

Compound of dhana (wealth) and jaya (victory, conqueror).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property, money
  noun (neuter)
  From √dhā (to place, put, bestow).
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• jaya – victory, triumph, conqueror
  noun (masculine)
  From √ji (to conquer, win).
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of the verb 'jahi'.