महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-17

यथा च शकुनाः सूक्ष्माः प्राप्य जालमरिंदम ।
तत्र सक्ता विपद्यन्ते मुच्यन्ते च बलान्विताः ॥१७॥

17. yathā ca śakunāḥ sūkṣmāḥ prāpya jālamariṁdama ,
tatra saktā vipadyante mucyante ca balānvitāḥ.

17. yathā ca śakunāḥ sūkṣmāḥ prāpya jālam ariṃdama
| tatra saktāḥ vipadyante mucyante ca balānvitāḥ

17. ariṃdama yathā sūkṣmāḥ śakunāḥ jālam prāpya
tatra saktāḥ vipadyante ca balānvitāḥ mucyante

17. O vanquisher of foes, just as small birds, having reached a net, become entangled there and perish, while those endowed with strength are liberated.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शकुनाः (śakunāḥ) - birds

• सूक्ष्माः (sūkṣmāḥ) - small (small, minute, subtle)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained)

• जालम् (jālam) - a net (net, snare)

• अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O vanquisher of foes (O vanquisher of foes, O controller of enemies)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the net) (there, in that place)

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - entangled (entangled, attached, fixed)

• विपद्यन्ते (vipadyante) - perish (they perish, they suffer misfortune)

• मुच्यन्ते (mucyante) - are liberated (they are liberated, they are released)

• च (ca) - while (and, also)

• बलान्विताः (balānvitāḥ) - those endowed with strength (endowed with strength, powerful)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शकुनाः (śakunāḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śakuna

śakuna - bird, omen

सूक्ष्माः (sūkṣmāḥ) - small (small, minute, subtle)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - small, minute, subtle, fine, delicate

Note: Agrees with 'śakunāḥ'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root āp 'to obtain' with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Absolute participle, shows action completed before the main verb.

जालम् (jālam) - a net (net, snare)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, web

Note: Object of 'prāpya'.

अरिंदम (ariṁdama) - O vanquisher of foes (O vanquisher of foes, O controller of enemies)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ariṃdama

ariṁdama - subduer of enemies, vanquisher of foes

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (ari+dama)

• ari – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• dama – taming, subduing, self-restraint
  noun (masculine)
  from root dam 'to tame'
  Root: dam (class 4)

Note: Another honorific address.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the net) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to 'jālam'.

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - entangled (entangled, attached, fixed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, clinging, entangled, fixed upon

Past Passive Participle

from root sañj 'to cling, to attach'

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'śakunāḥ'.

विपद्यन्ते (vipadyante) - perish (they perish, they suffer misfortune)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of pad

root of class 4, with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: The root is pad, with prefix vi.

मुच्यन्ते (mucyante) - are liberated (they are liberated, they are released)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

root of class 6, passive voice

Root: muc (class 6)

च (ca) - while (and, also)

(indeclinable)

बलान्विताः (balānvitāḥ) - those endowed with strength (endowed with strength, powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balānvita

balānvita - endowed with strength, powerful, strong

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bala+anvita)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i 'to go' with prefix anu
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Implicitly refers to 'śakunāḥ'.