महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-9

प्रलीनान्स्वेष्विवाङ्गेषु निराहारांस्तपोधनान् ।
क्लिश्यमानान्मन्दबलान्गोष्पदे संप्लुतोदके ॥९॥

9. pralīnānsveṣvivāṅgeṣu nirāhārāṁstapodhanān ,
kliśyamānānmandabalāngoṣpade saṁplutodake.

9. pralīnān sveṣu iva aṅgeṣu nirāhārān tapodhanān
kliśyamānān mandabalān goṣpade samplutodake

9. (He saw them) as if absorbed into their own bodies, subsisting without food, whose only wealth was their austerities, suffering and weak, (standing) in a cow's hoofprint filled with water.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रलीनान् (pralīnān) - emaciated and deeply concentrated/meditating (absorbed, dissolved, disappeared)

• स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as

• अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) - in limbs, in bodies

• निराहारान् (nirāhārān) - without food, fasting

• तपोधनान् (tapodhanān) - sages whose primary resource is their ascetic practice (whose wealth is penance)

• क्लिश्यमानान् (kliśyamānān) - suffering, distressed, tormented

• मन्दबलान् (mandabalān) - of little strength, weak

• गोष्पदे (goṣpade) - in a cow's hoofprint

• सम्प्लुतोदके (samplutodake) - filled with water

Words meanings and morphology

प्रलीनान् (pralīnān) - emaciated and deeply concentrated/meditating (absorbed, dissolved, disappeared)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pralīna

pralīna - dissolved, absorbed, disappeared, merged

past participle

From root 'lī' (to cling, melt, dissolve) with prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: lī (class 4)

Note: Describes the sages.

स्वेषु (sveṣu) - in their own

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - own, one's own, self

Note: Refers to the sages.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as

(indeclinable)

अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) - in limbs, in bodies

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body, part, member

निराहारान् (nirāhārān) - without food, fasting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nirāhāra

nirāhāra - without food, fasting, abstaining from food

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+āhāra)

• nis – out, forth, without, negation
  prefix
• āhāra – food, eating, taking
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'hṛ' (to seize, take) with prefix 'ā-'
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes the sages.

तपोधनान् (tapodhanān) - sages whose primary resource is their ascetic practice (whose wealth is penance)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tapodhana

tapodhana - whose wealth is penance; having penance as wealth

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – penance, austerity, heat, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the sages.

क्लिश्यमानान् (kliśyamānān) - suffering, distressed, tormented

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kliśyamāna

kliśyamāna - suffering, being distressed, being tormented

present passive participle

From root 'kliś' (to suffer, distress)

Root: kliś (class 4)

Note: Describes the sages.

मन्दबलान् (mandabalān) - of little strength, weak

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mandabala

mandabala - having little strength, weak

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+bala)

• manda – slow, dull, weak, little
  adjective (masculine)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the sages.

गोष्पदे (goṣpade) - in a cow's hoofprint

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of goṣpada

goṣpada - cow's hoofprint; a small measure of space or depth

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (go+pada)

• go – cow, ox, cattle
  noun (feminine)
• pada – foot, step, mark, trace, hoofprint
  noun (neuter)

सम्प्लुतोदके (samplutodake) - filled with water

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of samplutodaka

samplutodaka - filled with water, flooded with water

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sampluta+udaka)

• sampluta – overflowed, flooded, filled
  adjective (neuter)
  past participle
  From root 'plu' (to swim, float, overflow) with prefix 'sam-'
  Prefix: sam
  Root: plu (class 1)
• udaka – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes the 'goṣpada' (cow's hoofprint).