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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-304, verse-20

पाषाण इव मेघोत्थैर्यथा बिन्दुभिराहतः ।
नालं चालयितुं शक्यस्तथा युक्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥२०॥
20. pāṣāṇa iva meghotthairyathā bindubhirāhataḥ ,
nālaṁ cālayituṁ śakyastathā yuktasya lakṣaṇam.
20. pāṣāṇaḥ iva meghautthaiḥ yathā bindubhiḥ āhataḥ
na alam cālayitum śakyaḥ tathā yuktasya lakṣaṇam
20. yathā meghautthaiḥ bindubhiḥ āhataḥ pāṣāṇaḥ iva
cālayitum na alam śakyaḥ tathā yuktasya lakṣaṇam
20. Just as a stone, struck by raindrops from the clouds, cannot be moved, such is the characteristic of a person who is established in meditative concentration (yoga).

Words meanings summery:

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  • पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - a stone, a rock
  • इव (iva) - like, as, as if
  • मेघौत्थैः (meghautthaiḥ) - by the raindrops from the clouds (by those arisen from clouds, by those produced by clouds)
  • यथा (yathā) - as, just as
  • बिन्दुभिः (bindubhiḥ) - by raindrops (by drops)
  • आहतः (āhataḥ) - struck (struck, beaten, injured)
  • (na) - not, no
  • अलम् (alam) - able to (capable, sufficient, enough; (with infinitive) able to)
  • चालयितुम् (cālayitum) - to move, to cause to move
  • शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able to be (moved) (able, capable, possible)
  • तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)
  • युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - of a person established in meditative concentration (yoga) (of one who is united, yoked, concentrated, absorbed in yoga)
  • लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic (characteristic, mark, sign, definition)

Words meanings and morphology

पाषाणः (pāṣāṇaḥ) - a stone, a rock
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṣāṇa
pāṣāṇa - a stone, a rock
इव (iva) - like, as, as if
(indeclinable)
मेघौत्थैः (meghautthaiḥ) - by the raindrops from the clouds (by those arisen from clouds, by those produced by clouds)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of meghauttha
meghauttha - arisen from clouds, produced by clouds
tatpuruṣa compound of `megha` and `uttha`
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (megha+uttha)
  • megha – cloud
    noun (masculine)
  • uttha – arisen, produced, standing up
    adjective (masculine)
    derived from `ud-sthā`
    Prefix: ud
    Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Qualifies bindubhiḥ.
यथा (yathā) - as, just as
(indeclinable)
बिन्दुभिः (bindubhiḥ) - by raindrops (by drops)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bindu
bindu - drop, point, dot
आहतः (āhataḥ) - struck (struck, beaten, injured)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āhata
āhata - struck, beaten, injured
Past Passive Participle
P.P.P. of root `han` with prefix `ā`
Prefix: ā
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Qualifies pāṣāṇaḥ.
(na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अलम् (alam) - able to (capable, sufficient, enough; (with infinitive) able to)
(indeclinable)
Note: Used with the infinitive `cālayitum`.
चालयितुम् (cālayitum) - to move, to cause to move
(indeclinable)
infinitive
infinitive of causative root `cal`
Root: cal (class 1)
Note: Used with `śakyaḥ` and `alam`.
शक्यः (śakyaḥ) - able to be (moved) (able, capable, possible)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śakya
śakya - able, capable, possible
Gerundive
Gerundive from root `śak`
Root: śak (class 5)
Note: Qualifies `pāṣāṇaḥ` implicitly.
तथा (tathā) - similarly (similarly, in that manner, so)
(indeclinable)
युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - of a person established in meditative concentration (yoga) (of one who is united, yoked, concentrated, absorbed in yoga)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of yukta
yukta - united, yoked, connected, engaged, concentrated
Past Passive Participle
P.P.P. of root `yuj`
Root: yuj (class 7)
Note: Used substantively.
लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - characteristic (characteristic, mark, sign, definition)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa
lakṣaṇa - characteristic, mark, sign, definition
Note: Predicate nominative for an implied 'this is'.