महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-36, verse-3

सूत उवाच ।
जरेति क्षयमाहुर्वै दारुणं कारुसंज्ञितम् ।
शरीरं कारु तस्यासीत्तत्स धीमाञ्शनैः शनैः ॥३॥

3. sūta uvāca ,
jareti kṣayamāhurvai dāruṇaṁ kārusaṁjñitam ,
śarīraṁ kāru tasyāsīttatsa dhīmāñśanaiḥ śanaiḥ.

3. sūtaḥ uvāca jarā iti kṣayam āhuḥ vai dāruṇam kārusamjñitam
śarīram kāru tasya āsīt tat sa dhīmān śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

3. Sūta said: They indeed call old age (jarā) a terrible decline, known as 'kāru'. His body was 'kāru'. Therefore, that wise man gradually, gradually...

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, charioteer))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decay)

• इति (iti) - thus, as (introducing the name) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or designation)

• क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline, wasting (destruction, decline, loss)

• आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (they say, they call)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

• दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, severe)

• कारुसम्ज्ञितम् (kārusamjñitam) - known as 'Kāru' (designated as Kāru, named Kāru)

• शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

• कारु (kāru) - 'Kāru' (the name/designation associated with decline) (maker, artisan; a proper noun/designation)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the ascetic) (his, of him, of it)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• तत् (tat) - therefore, for that reason (that, therefore)

• स (sa) - he (the ascetic Jaratkāru) (he, that)

• धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise man (intelligent, wise, thoughtful)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a bard, charioteer))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer; bard; Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form

जरा (jarā) - old age (old age, decay)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decay, decrepitude

Root: jṛ (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, as (introducing the name) (thus, so, indicating direct speech or designation)

(indeclinable)

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - decline, wasting (destruction, decline, loss)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, decline, loss, wasting disease, consumption

action noun

from kṣi (to destroy)

Root: kṣi (class 5)

आहुः (āhuḥ) - they call (they say, they call)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of ah

Root: ah (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, verily, certainly)

(indeclinable)

दारुणम् (dāruṇam) - terrible (terrible, dreadful, severe)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dāruṇa

dāruṇa - terrible, dreadful, harsh, severe, cruel

Note: Agrees with 'kṣayam'

कारुसम्ज्ञितम् (kārusamjñitam) - known as 'Kāru' (designated as Kāru, named Kāru)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārusamjñita

kārusamjñita - named Kāru, designated as Kāru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāru+saṃjñita)

• kāru – maker, artisan, artist; also a proper noun/designation in context
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• saṃjñita – named, designated, known as
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from saṃ-jñā (to know, recognize)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

शरीरम् (śarīram) - body

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical frame

कारु (kāru) - 'Kāru' (the name/designation associated with decline) (maker, artisan; a proper noun/designation)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāru

kāru - maker, artisan, artist; also a proper noun/designation in context

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used as a predicate noun or adjective here, agreeing with 'śarīram' in gender/number/case.

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the ascetic) (his, of him, of it)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तत् (tat) - therefore, for that reason (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here as an adverb meaning 'therefore' or 'for that reason'.

स (sa) - he (the ascetic Jaratkāru) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धीमान् (dhīmān) - wise man (intelligent, wise, thoughtful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful, sagacious

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

(indeclinable)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - gradually (slowly, gradually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition emphasizes gradualness.