महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-5, verse-17

तेषां मधूनां बहुधा धारा प्रस्रवते सदा ।
तां लम्बमानः स पुमान्धारां पिबति सर्वदा ।
न चास्य तृष्णा विरता पिबमानस्य संकटे ॥१७॥

17. teṣāṁ madhūnāṁ bahudhā dhārā prasravate sadā ,
tāṁ lambamānaḥ sa pumāndhārāṁ pibati sarvadā ,
na cāsya tṛṣṇā viratā pibamānasya saṁkaṭe.

17. teṣām madhūnām bahudhā dhārā
prasravate sadā tām lambamānaḥ saḥ
pumān dhārām pibati sarvadā na ca
asya tṛṣṇā viratā pibamānasya saṃkaṭe

17. teṣām madhūnām bahudhā dhārā sadā prasravate.
saḥ pumān lambamānaḥ tām dhārām sarvadā pibati.
ca asya saṅkaṭe pibamānasya tṛṣṇā na viratā

17. A stream of those honeys constantly flows forth in many ways. That man, hanging, always drinks that stream. Yet, his thirst (tṛṣṇā), even while drinking amidst distress, never ceases.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• मधूनाम् (madhūnām) - of the honeys, of the sweet things

• बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, copiously, manifoldly

• धारा (dhārā) - a stream, a flow, a current

• प्रस्रवते (prasravate) - it flows forth, it streams out

• सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

• लम्बमानः (lambamānaḥ) - hanging, clinging, suspended

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• पुमान् (pumān) - man, person, male

• धाराम् (dhārām) - stream, flow, current

• पिबति (pibati) - he drinks

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - of him, his

• तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, craving, desire

• विरता (viratā) - ceased, stopped, desisted

• पिबमानस्य (pibamānasya) - of him who is drinking

• संकटे (saṁkaṭe) - in distress, in difficulty, in a narrow place/pass

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

मधूनाम् (madhūnām) - of the honeys, of the sweet things

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of madhu

madhu - honey, sweet drink, nectar

बहुधा (bahudhā) - in many ways, copiously, manifoldly

(indeclinable)

धारा (dhārā) - a stream, a flow, a current

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dhārā

dhārā - stream, flow, current

प्रस्रवते (prasravate) - it flows forth, it streams out

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of sru

Prefix: pra

Root: sru (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

लम्बमानः (lambamānaḥ) - hanging, clinging, suspended

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lambamāna

lambamāna - hanging, clinging

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root lamb (to hang) with suffix -āna.

Root: lamb (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुमान् (pumān) - man, person, male

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pums

pums - man, male, person

धाराम् (dhārām) - stream, flow, current

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhārā

dhārā - stream, flow, current

पिबति (pibati) - he drinks

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (Laṭ) of pā

Root: pā (class 1)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā) - thirst, craving, desire

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tṛṣṇā

tṛṣṇā - thirst, craving, desire

विरता (viratā) - ceased, stopped, desisted

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of virata

virata - ceased, stopped, desisted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root ram (to stop, rest) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

पिबमानस्य (pibamānasya) - of him who is drinking

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pibamāna

pibamāna - drinking

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -āna.

Root: pā (class 1)

संकटे (saṁkaṭe) - in distress, in difficulty, in a narrow place/pass

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of saṅkaṭa

saṅkaṭa - difficulty, distress, danger, narrow pass