महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-179, verse-5

श्लेषो यदि च वातेन यदि तस्मात्प्रणश्यति ।
महार्णवविमुक्तत्वादन्यत्सलिलभाजनम् ॥५॥

5. śleṣo yadi ca vātena yadi tasmātpraṇaśyati ,
mahārṇavavimuktatvādanyatsalilabhājanam.

5. śleṣaḥ yadi ca vātena yadi tasmāt praṇaśyati
| mahārṇavavimuktatvāt anyat salilabhājanam

5. ca yadi śleṣaḥ vātena (asti),
yadi tasmāt praṇaśyati,
(tadā) mahārṇavavimuktatvāt anyat salilabhājanam (iva bhavet)

5. And if there is a connection with the wind, and if it perishes because of that, then it would be like another water container, after being released from the great ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• श्लेषः (śleṣaḥ) - connection, adhesion, embrace

• यदि (yadi) - if

• च (ca) - and

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind, with the wind

• यदि (yadi) - if

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - on account of the connection with the wind (from that, therefore, on account of that)

• प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

• महार्णवविमुक्तत्वात् (mahārṇavavimuktatvāt) - due to being freed from the great ocean, from the state of being separated from the great ocean

• अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other

• सलिलभाजनम् (salilabhājanam) - water vessel, container of water

Words meanings and morphology

श्लेषः (śleṣaḥ) - connection, adhesion, embrace

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śleṣa

śleṣa - connection, union, contact

From root śliṣ (to cling, embrace)

Root: śliṣ (class 4)

Note: Subject of the first conditional clause.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Conditional particle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind, with the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air

From root vā (to blow)

Root: vā (class 2)

Note: Governed by 'śleṣaḥ' (connection with).

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Conditional particle.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - on account of the connection with the wind (from that, therefore, on account of that)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers back to the 'connection with the wind'.

प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes, is destroyed, disappears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praṇaś

Present Tense, 3rd Person, Singular, Active Voice

Derived from root naś (to perish) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: The verb of the second conditional clause.

महार्णवविमुक्तत्वात् (mahārṇavavimuktatvāt) - due to being freed from the great ocean, from the state of being separated from the great ocean

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of mahārṇavavimuktatva

mahārṇavavimuktatva - state of being freed from the great ocean

Compound of mahārṇava (great ocean), vimukta (freed), and tva (suffix forming abstract noun)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahārṇava+vimukta+tva)

• mahārṇava – great ocean
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of mahā (great) and arṇava (ocean)
• vimukta – freed, liberated, released
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root muc (to free) with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: muc (class 6)
• tva – -ness, -hood, state of being
  suffix (neuter)
  Suffix 'tva' forming abstract nouns

Note: Expresses cause or reason.

अन्यत् (anyat) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Modifies 'salilabhājanam'.

सलिलभाजनम् (salilabhājanam) - water vessel, container of water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of salilabhājana

salilabhājana - water vessel, receptacle for water

Compound of salila (water) and bhājana (vessel)

Compound type : tatpurusha (salila+bhājana)

• salila – water
  noun (neuter)
  From root sal (to move, flow)
  Root: sal (class 1)
• bhājana – vessel, container
  noun (neuter)
  From root bhaj (to divide, allot)
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: The object of comparison.