महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-5, verse-12

पनसस्य यथा जातं वृन्तबद्धं महाफलम् ।
स तथा लम्बते तत्र ऊर्ध्वपादो ह्यधःशिराः ॥१२॥

12. panasasya yathā jātaṁ vṛntabaddhaṁ mahāphalam ,
sa tathā lambate tatra ūrdhvapādo hyadhaḥśirāḥ.

12. panasasya yathā jātam vṛntabaddham mahāphalam
saḥ tathā lambate tatra ūrdhvapādaḥ hi adhaḥśirāḥ

12. yathā panasasya vṛntabaddham jātam mahāphalam
saḥ tathā tatra ūrdhvapādaḥ adhaḥśirāḥ hi lambate

12. Just as a large fruit grown on a jackfruit tree (panasa), bound by its stalk, hangs, so too he hung there, with his feet upwards and his head downwards.

Words meanings summery:

• पनसस्य (panasasya) - of the jackfruit (tree)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• जातम् (jātam) - grown, produced, born

• वृन्तबद्धम् (vṛntabaddham) - bound to the stalk, attached by a stem

• महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - a large fruit

• सः (saḥ) - he

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

• लम्बते (lambate) - hangs, dangles

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ऊर्ध्वपादः (ūrdhvapādaḥ) - with feet upwards (having feet upwards)

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

• अधःशिराः (adhaḥśirāḥ) - with head downwards (having head downwards)

Words meanings and morphology

पनसस्य (panasasya) - of the jackfruit (tree)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of panasa

panasa - jackfruit tree or its fruit

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

जातम् (jātam) - grown, produced, born

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, grown, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jan

Root: jan (class 4)

वृन्तबद्धम् (vṛntabaddham) - bound to the stalk, attached by a stem

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛntabaddha

vṛntabaddha - bound or attached to a stalk/stem

Compound type : tatpurusha (vṛnta+baddha)

• vṛnta – stalk, stem, pedicle
  noun (neuter)
• baddha – bound, tied, fastened
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bandh
  Root: bandh (class 9)

महाफलम् (mahāphalam) - a large fruit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahāphala

mahāphala - a large fruit, a great reward

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahat+phala)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• phala – fruit, result, consequence
  noun (neuter)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - similarly, so

(indeclinable)

लम्बते (lambate) - hangs, dangles

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of lamb

Root: lamb (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वपादः (ūrdhvapādaḥ) - with feet upwards (having feet upwards)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrdhvapāda

ūrdhvapāda - having feet upwards

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ūrdhva+pāda)

• ūrdhva – upward, elevated, high
  adjective
• pāda – foot, leg
  noun (masculine)

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

अधःशिराः (adhaḥśirāḥ) - with head downwards (having head downwards)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adhaḥśiras

adhaḥśiras - having the head downwards

Compound type : bahuvrihi (adhas+śiras)

• adhas – below, downwards, underneath
  indeclinable
• śiras – head, top
  noun (neuter)