महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-289, verse-51

यथा कश्चिद्वनं घोरं बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् ।
श्वभ्रवत्तोयहीनं च दुर्गमं बहुकण्टकम् ॥५१॥

51. yathā kaścidvanaṁ ghoraṁ bahusarpasarīsṛpam ,
śvabhravattoyahīnaṁ ca durgamaṁ bahukaṇṭakam.

51. yathā kaścit vanam ghoram bahusarpasarīsṛpam
śvabhravat toyahīnam ca durgamam bahukaṇṭakam

51. yathā kaścit ghoram bahusarpasarīsṛpam śvabhravat
toyahīnam ca durgamam bahukaṇṭakam vanam (traverse)

51. Just as someone might (try to traverse) a dreadful forest—one teeming with many snakes and reptiles, full of chasms, devoid of water, inaccessible, and abundant with thorns...

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

• बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् (bahusarpasarīsṛpam) - full of many snakes and reptiles

• श्वभ्रवत् (śvabhravat) - full of pits, having chasms

• तोयहीनम् (toyahīnam) - devoid of water, waterless

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• दुर्गमम् (durgamam) - difficult to traverse, inaccessible, arduous

• बहुकण्टकम् (bahukaṇṭakam) - full of many thorns, thorny

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain person/thing

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim (who/what) and cid (an enclitic particle).

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

घोरम् (ghoram) - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ghora

ghora - dreadful, terrible, fearful, formidable, awful

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

बहुसर्पसरीसृपम् (bahusarpasarīsṛpam) - full of many snakes and reptiles

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahusarpasarīsṛpa

bahusarpasarīsṛpa - having many snakes and reptiles

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bahu+sarpa+sarīsṛpa)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• sarīsṛpa – reptile, crawling animal
  noun (masculine)
  Reduplicated form of sṛp 'to crawl'.
  Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

श्वभ्रवत् (śvabhravat) - full of pits, having chasms

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śvabhravat

śvabhravat - having pits, full of chasms

Derived from śvabhra (pit, chasm) with the possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

तोयहीनम् (toyahīnam) - devoid of water, waterless

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of toyahīna

toyahīna - devoid of water, waterless

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (toya+hīna)

• toya – water
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root tu 'to swell, grow'.
  Root: tu
• hīna – deprived, devoid, inferior, deficient
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root hā 'to abandon, quit'.
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

दुर्गमम् (durgamam) - difficult to traverse, inaccessible, arduous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of durgama

durgama - difficult to go, difficult to access, inaccessible, arduous

Compound type : Prādi-Tatpuruṣa (dur+gama)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating difficulty or badness.
• gama – going, moving, accessible
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root gam 'to go'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.

बहुकण्टकम् (bahukaṇṭakam) - full of many thorns, thorny

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahukaṇṭaka

bahukaṇṭaka - having many thorns, thorny

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (bahu+kaṇṭaka)

• bahu – many, much, abundant
  adjective (masculine)
• kaṇṭaka – thorn, prickle, impediment
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vanam'.