महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-212, verse-47

यथोर्णनाभिः परिवर्तमानस्तन्तुक्षये तिष्ठति पात्यमानः ।
तथा विमुक्तः प्रजहाति दुःखं विध्वंसते लोष्ट इवाद्रिमर्च्छन् ॥४७॥

47. yathorṇanābhiḥ parivartamāna;stantukṣaye tiṣṭhati pātyamānaḥ ,
tathā vimuktaḥ prajahāti duḥkhaṁ; vidhvaṁsate loṣṭa ivādrimarcchan.

47. yathā ūrṇanābhiḥ parivartamānaḥ
tantukṣaye tiṣṭhati pātyamānaḥ
tathā vimuktaḥ prajahāti duḥkham
vidhvaṃsate loṣṭaḥ iva adrim ṛcchan

47. yathā ūrṇanābhiḥ parivartamānaḥ tantukṣaye pātyamānaḥ tiṣṭhati,
tathā vimuktaḥ duḥkham prajahāti; (tat duḥkham) loṣṭaḥ adrim ṛcchan iva vidhvaṃsate

47. Just as a spider, constantly moving, stops and falls when its thread (tantu) is exhausted, so too, the liberated one abandons suffering (duḥkha), and that suffering is destroyed, like a clod of earth disintegrating upon striking a mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

• ऊर्णनाभिः (ūrṇanābhiḥ) - spider

• परिवर्तमानः (parivartamānaḥ) - moving around, revolving, wandering

• तन्तुक्षये (tantukṣaye) - in the exhaustion of the thread, when the thread is exhausted

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stops, stands, remains

• पात्यमानः (pātyamānaḥ) - falling, being made to fall

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

• विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - liberated, released, free

• प्रजहाति (prajahāti) - abandons, casts off, gives up

• दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, sorrow (duḥkha)

• विध्वंसते (vidhvaṁsate) - is destroyed, disintegrates, falls to pieces

• लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - clod of earth, lump of clay

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अद्रिम् (adrim) - mountain, rock

• ऋच्छन् (ṛcchan) - reaching, striking, going towards

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

ऊर्णनाभिः (ūrṇanābhiḥ) - spider

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ūrṇanābhi

ūrṇanābhi - spider (lit. 'wool-navel', referring to the silk produced from its abdomen)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ūrṇā+nābhi)

• ūrṇā – wool, thread, spider's web
  noun (feminine)
• nābhi – navel, center, hub
  noun (masculine)

परिवर्तमानः (parivartamānaḥ) - moving around, revolving, wandering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parivartamāna

vṛt - to turn, to exist, to proceed

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from root vṛt (to turn) with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तन्तुक्षये (tantukṣaye) - in the exhaustion of the thread, when the thread is exhausted

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tantukṣaya

tantukṣaya - exhaustion of thread

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tantu+kṣaya)

• tantu – thread, string, fiber
  noun (masculine)
• kṣaya – exhaustion, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  Derived from root kṣi (to waste, to perish)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - stops, stands, remains

(verb)

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

1st class verb (tiṣṭha- stem), Parasmaipada

Root: sthā (class 1)

पात्यमानः (pātyamānaḥ) - falling, being made to fall

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pātyamāna

pat - to fall, to sink

Present Passive Participle (Causative)

Derived from the causative stem of root pat (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in the same way

(indeclinable)

विमुक्तः (vimuktaḥ) - liberated, released, free

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimukta

vimukta - freed, liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root muc (to release) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

प्रजहाति (prajahāti) - abandons, casts off, gives up

(verb)

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

3rd class verb, Parasmaipada, prefixed with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: hā (class 3)

दुःखम् (duḥkham) - suffering, pain, sorrow (duḥkha)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of duḥkha

duḥkha - pain, suffering, sorrow (duḥkha)

विध्वंसते (vidhvaṁsate) - is destroyed, disintegrates, falls to pieces

(verb)

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

1st class verb, Ātmanepada, prefixed with vi

Prefix: vi

Root: dhvaṃs (class 1)

लोष्टः (loṣṭaḥ) - clod of earth, lump of clay

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loṣṭa

loṣṭa - clod of earth, lump of clay

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अद्रिम् (adrim) - mountain, rock

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of adri

adri - mountain, rock

ऋच्छन् (ṛcchan) - reaching, striking, going towards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛcchan

ṛch - to go, to reach, to attain, to strike

Present Active Participle

Derived from root ṛch (to go, to reach), 6th class verb, Parasmaipada

Root: ṛch (class 6)