महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-209, verse-9

यदा च वो ग्राहभूता गृह्णन्तीः पुरुषाञ्जले ।
उत्कर्षति जलात्कश्चित्स्थलं पुरुषसत्तमः ॥९॥

9. yadā ca vo grāhabhūtā gṛhṇantīḥ puruṣāñjale ,
utkarṣati jalātkaścitsthalaṁ puruṣasattamaḥ.

9. yadā ca vaḥ grāhabhūtāḥ gṛhṇantīḥ puruṣān jale
utkarṣati jalāt kaścit sthalam puruṣasattamaḥ

9. And when, while you (who have become grāhas or crocodiles) are seizing men in the water, some best of men (puruṣa) pulls one of you out of the water onto the land...

Words meanings summery:

• यदा (yadā) - when

• च (ca) - and, also

• वः (vaḥ) - to you (referring to the apsaras cursed to be crocodiles) (to you, your (plural))

• ग्राहभूताः (grāhabhūtāḥ) - having become crocodiles (referring to the cursed apsaras) (having become crocodiles/alligators)

• गृह्णन्तीः (gṛhṇantīḥ) - seizing (men, while in the form of crocodiles) (seizing, grasping)

• पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, persons

• जले (jale) - in the water

• उत्कर्षति (utkarṣati) - pulls up, drags out, extracts

• जलात् (jalāt) - from the water

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, some

• स्थलम् (sthalam) - to the dry ground, land

• पुरुषसत्तमः (puruṣasattamaḥ) - best of men

Words meanings and morphology

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वः (vaḥ) - to you (referring to the apsaras cursed to be crocodiles) (to you, your (plural))

(pronoun)

plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Note: Enclitic form for 2nd person plural.

ग्राहभूताः (grāhabhūtāḥ) - having become crocodiles (referring to the cursed apsaras) (having become crocodiles/alligators)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of grāhabhūta

grāhabhūta - become a crocodile, turned into a grāha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (grāha+bhūta)

• grāha – seizing, an alligator, crocodile, large fish
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √grah
  Root: grah (class 9)
• bhūta – become, being, existing
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  √bhū + kta
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'you' (apsaras).

गृह्णन्तीः (gṛhṇantīḥ) - seizing (men, while in the form of crocodiles) (seizing, grasping)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of gṛhṇat

gṛhṇat - seizing, grasping

Present Active Participle

√grah + śatṛ

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'you' (apsaras), describing their action.

पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, persons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being, spirit (puruṣa)

Note: Object of 'gṛhṇantīḥ'.

जले (jale) - in the water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

उत्कर्षति (utkarṣati) - pulls up, drags out, extracts

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of kṛṣ

Present active third person singular

√kṛṣ (1st class, Parasmaipada) + lat

Prefix: ut

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

जलात् (jalāt) - from the water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, some

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, something, any

kim + cid

Note: Refers to a 'puruṣasattamaḥ'.

स्थलम् (sthalam) - to the dry ground, land

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthala

sthala - dry ground, land, place

Note: Direction to which something is pulled.

पुरुषसत्तमः (puruṣasattamaḥ) - best of men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣasattama

puruṣasattama - best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+sattama)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being, spirit (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of sat (good)
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'utkarṣati'.