महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-59, verse-24

कालरात्रिमिवात्युग्रां नरनागाश्वभोजनाम् ।
प्राकाराट्टपुरद्वारदारणीमतिदारुणाम् ॥२४॥

24. kālarātrimivātyugrāṁ naranāgāśvabhojanām ,
prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīmatidāruṇām.

24. kālarātrim iva atyugrām naranāgāśvabhojanām
prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīm atidāruṇām

24. atyugrām naranāgāśvabhojanām
prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīm atidāruṇām kālarātrim iva

24. (She was) like the extremely fierce night of destruction (kālarātri), devouring men, elephants, and horses, and tearing down battlements, watchtowers, and city gates; exceedingly dreadful.

Words meanings summery:

• कालरात्रिम् (kālarātrim) - The night of universal dissolution, personified as a goddess (often Kālī). (night of destruction, the night of time, doomsday night)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अत्युग्राम् (atyugrām) - extremely fierce, very dreadful

• नरनागाश्वभोजनाम् (naranāgāśvabhojanām) - devouring men, elephants, and horses

• प्राकाराट्टपुरद्वारदारणीम् (prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīm) - tearing down ramparts, watchtowers, and city gates

• अतिदारुणाम् (atidāruṇām) - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

Words meanings and morphology

कालरात्रिम् (kālarātrim) - The night of universal dissolution, personified as a goddess (often Kālī). (night of destruction, the night of time, doomsday night)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kālarātri

kālarātri - night of destruction

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+rātri)

• kāla – time, death, destruction
  noun (masculine)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of comparison for 'iva'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

particle indicating comparison

अत्युग्राम् (atyugrām) - extremely fierce, very dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atyugrā

atyugrā - extremely fierce

compound

Compound type : prādi tatpuruṣa (ati+ugrā)

• ati – extremely, excessively, beyond
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating intensity or excess
• ugrā – fierce, dreadful
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of ugra

Note: Modifies the implied object (Bhima's mace).

नरनागाश्वभोजनाम् (naranāgāśvabhojanām) - devouring men, elephants, and horses

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of naranāgāśvabhojanā

naranāgāśvabhojanā - devouring men, elephants, and horses

compound

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (nara+nāga+aśva+bhojanā)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• nāga – elephant, snake
  noun (masculine)
  In battle context, typically refers to elephants
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• bhojanā – eating, devouring
  noun (feminine)
  feminine form of bhojana (food, eating), used here as an agent noun
  Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies the implied object (Bhima's mace).

प्राकाराट्टपुरद्वारदारणीम् (prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇīm) - tearing down ramparts, watchtowers, and city gates

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇī

prākārāṭṭapuradvāradāraṇī - tearing down battlements, watchtowers, city gates

compound

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (prākāra+aṭṭa+pura+dvāra+dāraṇī)

• prākāra – rampart, wall, battlement
  noun (masculine)
• aṭṭa – watchtower, turret
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• dvāra – gate, door
  noun (neuter)
• dāraṇī – splitting, tearing
  adjective (feminine)
  agent noun (feminine)
  From root dṛ (to tear) with suffix ani and feminine ī
  Root: dṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied object (Bhima's mace).

अतिदारुणाम् (atidāruṇām) - exceedingly dreadful, very terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of atidāruṇā

atidāruṇā - exceedingly dreadful

compound

Compound type : prādi tatpuruṣa (ati+dāruṇā)

• ati – extremely, excessively
  indeclinable
  prefix indicating intensity or excess
• dāruṇā – dreadful, terrible
  adjective (feminine)
  feminine form of dāruṇa

Note: Modifies the implied object (Bhima's mace).