महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-9, verse-38

लेलिहानामिव विभो नागकन्यां महाविषाम् ।
समुद्यम्य च चिक्षेप सत्यसेनस्य संयुगे ॥३८॥

38. lelihānāmiva vibho nāgakanyāṁ mahāviṣām ,
samudyamya ca cikṣepa satyasenasya saṁyuge.

38. lelihānām iva vibho nāgakanyām mahāviṣām
samudyamya ca cikṣepa satyasenasya saṃyuge

38. vibho,
[saḥ] samudyamya ca,
lelihānām mahāviṣām nāgakanyām iva,
saṃyuge satyasenasya [upari] cikṣepa.

38. O lord, [he] lifted [his weapon] and hurled it at Satyāsena in battle, as if it were a highly venomous serpent maiden, flickering [its tongue] and full of great poison.

Words meanings summery:

• लेलिहानाम् (lelihānām) - describes a deadly weapon as if it were a serpent's flickering tongue (licking, flickering, darting (like a tongue))

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as, in the manner of

• विभो (vibho) - An address to a superior or respected person. (O lord, O all-pervading one, O powerful one)

• नागकन्याम् (nāgakanyām) - serpent maiden, daughter of a Nāga

• महाविषाम् (mahāviṣām) - highly venomous, possessing great poison

• समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having lifted up, having wielded, having taken up

• च (ca) - and, also

• चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he threw, he hurled

• सत्यसेनस्य (satyasenasya) - of Satyāsena

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

Words meanings and morphology

लेलिहानाम् (lelihānām) - describes a deadly weapon as if it were a serpent's flickering tongue (licking, flickering, darting (like a tongue))

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of lelihāna

lelihāna - licking, lapping, flickering (often used for flames or serpents' tongues); devouring

Present Active Participle (intensive reduplicated form)

From root `lih` (to lick), reduplicated intensive stem `lelih-`. The present participle `lelihat` in feminine accusative singular.

Root: lih (class 2)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as, in the manner of

(indeclinable)

विभो (vibho) - An address to a superior or respected person. (O lord, O all-pervading one, O powerful one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - all-pervading, omnipresent, mighty, powerful, lord, sovereign, master

From `vi-bhū` (to be present everywhere, to be mighty).

Prefix: vi

Root: bhū (class 1)

नागकन्याम् (nāgakanyām) - serpent maiden, daughter of a Nāga

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nāgakanyā

nāgakanyā - serpent maiden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nāga+kanyā)

• nāga – serpent, snake, Nāga (mythical serpent deity)
  noun (masculine)
• kanyā – maiden, girl, virgin, daughter
  noun (feminine)

महाविषाम् (mahāviṣām) - highly venomous, possessing great poison

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahāviṣā

mahāviṣa - very poisonous, great poison (as an adjective, it takes feminine -ā ending)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+viṣa)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• viṣa – poison, venom
  noun (neuter)

समुद्यम्य (samudyamya) - having lifted up, having wielded, having taken up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root `yam` (to restrain, hold) with prefixes `sam-ud`.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: yam (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चिक्षेप (cikṣepa) - he threw, he hurled

(verb)

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

Perfect active (lit)

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplication of the root.

Root: kṣip (class 6)

सत्यसेनस्य (satyasenasya) - of Satyāsena

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of satyasena

satyasena - Satyāsena (proper name, 'having a true army')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (satya+senā)

• satya – truth, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• senā – army, host, weapon
  noun (feminine)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, encounter, conjunction

From `sam-yuj` (to join together).

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)