महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-287, verse-27

अहोरात्रमये लोके जरारूपेण संचरन् ।
मृत्युर्ग्रसति भूतानि पवनं पन्नगो यथा ॥२७॥

27. ahorātramaye loke jarārūpeṇa saṁcaran ,
mṛtyurgrasati bhūtāni pavanaṁ pannago yathā.

27. ahorātramaye loke jarārūpeṇa saṃcaran mṛtyuḥ
grasati bhūtāni pavanam pannagaḥ yathā

27. ahorātramaye loke mṛtyuḥ jarārūpeṇa saṃcaran
bhūtāni grasati yathā pannagaḥ pavanam

27. In this world bound by day and night, Death, moving about in the form of old age, devours all beings, just as a serpent consumes the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• अहोरात्रमये (ahorātramaye) - in this world bound by day and night (in the one consisting of day and night, in the time-bound)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• जरारूपेण (jarārūpeṇa) - in the form of old age (in the form of old age, as old age)

• संचरन् (saṁcaran) - moving about (moving, wandering, circulating)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (death, Yama (god of death))

• ग्रसति (grasati) - devours (devours, eats, swallows, seizes)

• भूतानि (bhūtāni) - all beings (beings, creatures, elements)

• पवनम् (pavanam) - the wind (wind, air)

• पन्नगः (pannagaḥ) - a serpent (serpent, snake)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

Words meanings and morphology

अहोरात्रमये (ahorātramaye) - in this world bound by day and night (in the one consisting of day and night, in the time-bound)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of ahorātramaya

ahorātramaya - consisting of day and night, lasting a day and a night

compound 'ahaḥ' (day) + 'rātri' (night) + '-maya' (consisting of).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahar+rātri+maya)

• ahar – day
  noun (neuter)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)
• maya – consisting of, made of
  suffix (masculine)
  Taddhita suffix indicating material or nature.

Note: Qualifies 'loke'.

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, realm, people

जरारूपेण (jarārūpeṇa) - in the form of old age (in the form of old age, as old age)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jarārūpa

jarārūpa - form of old age, old-age-like form

compound 'jarā' + 'rūpa'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jarā+rūpa)

• jarā – old age, decay, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'jṛ' (to wear out, decay).
  Root: jṛ (class 4)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, nature
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates means or manner.

संचरन् (saṁcaran) - moving about (moving, wandering, circulating)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃcarat

saṁcarat - moving, wandering, circulating, going about

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'car' (to move) with prefix 'sam'.

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (death, Yama (god of death))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, demise, mortality, god of death

From root 'mṛ' (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of the verb 'grasati'.

ग्रसति (grasati) - devours (devours, eats, swallows, seizes)

(verb)

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

Present Active

Root 'gras', 1st class, parasmaipada.

Root: gras (class 1)

भूतानि (bhūtāni) - all beings (beings, creatures, elements)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, ghost, past

Past Passive Participle

Root 'bhū' (to be, become) + 'kta' suffix.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Object of 'grasati'.

पवनम् (pavanam) - the wind (wind, air)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pavana

pavana - wind, air, purifier

From root 'pū' (to purify, to blow) + 'ana' suffix.

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of implied 'grasati' in the simile.

पन्नगः (pannagaḥ) - a serpent (serpent, snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pannaga

pannaga - serpent, snake (lit. 'creeping with feet/wings' or 'crawling on its belly')

compound 'panna' (fallen, descended) + 'ga' (going).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (panna+ga)

• panna – fallen, descended, gone, prostrate
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'pad' (to go, fall).
  Root: pad (class 4)
• ga – going, moving, a goer
  suffix/agent noun (masculine)
  From root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of implied verb in the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, in what manner)

(indeclinable)