महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-316, verse-30

पुत्रदारकुटुम्बेषु सक्ताः सीदन्ति जन्तवः ।
सरःपङ्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव ॥३०॥

30. putradārakuṭumbeṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ ,
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva.

30. putra-dāra-kuṭumbeṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ
saraḥ-paṅka-arṇave magnāḥ jīrṇāḥ vana-gajāḥ iva

30. Living beings, excessively attached to sons, wives, and families, become distressed, just like old forest elephants who are submerged in a vast, muddy lake.

Words meanings summery:

• पुत्र-दार-कुटुम्बेषु (putra-dāra-kuṭumbeṣu) - in sons, wives, and families

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - strongly attached to family and possessions (attached, clinging, entangled)

• सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they sink, they become distressed, they suffer

• जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures

• सरः-पङ्क-अर्णवे (saraḥ-paṅka-arṇave) - in a muddy lake-ocean, in a vast muddy lake

• मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - submerged, sunk, immersed

• जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - old, worn out, exhausted

• वन-गजाः (vana-gajāḥ) - forest elephants

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

पुत्र-दार-कुटुम्बेषु (putra-dāra-kuṭumbeṣu) - in sons, wives, and families

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of putra-dāra-kuṭumba

putra-dāra-kuṭumba - sons, wives, and families

Compound type : dvandva (putra+dāra+kuṭumba)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• dāra – wife, wives
  noun (masculine)
• kuṭumba – family, household, relatives
  noun (neuter)

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - strongly attached to family and possessions (attached, clinging, entangled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, clinging, entangled, devoted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sañj (to cling, attach)

Root: sañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'jantavaḥ'.

सीदन्ति (sīdanti) - they sink, they become distressed, they suffer

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sad

Root: sad (class 1)

जन्तवः (jantavaḥ) - living beings, creatures

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jantu

jantu - living being, creature, man

सरः-पङ्क-अर्णवे (saraḥ-paṅka-arṇave) - in a muddy lake-ocean, in a vast muddy lake

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saraḥ-paṅka-arṇava

saraḥ-paṅka-arṇava - a lake that is an ocean of mud, a vast muddy lake

Compound type : tatpurusha (saras+paṅka+arṇava)

• saras – lake, pond, pool
  noun (neuter)
• paṅka – mud, mire, dirt
  noun (masculine)
• arṇava – ocean, sea, large body of water
  noun (masculine)

मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - submerged, sunk, immersed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of magna

magna - submerged, sunk, immersed, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root majj (to sink, plunge)

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vanagajāḥ'.

जीर्णाः (jīrṇāḥ) - old, worn out, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, worn out, decayed, digested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jṛ (to decay, grow old)

Root: jṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with 'vanagajāḥ'.

वन-गजाः (vana-gajāḥ) - forest elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vana-gaja

vana-gaja - forest elephant, wild elephant

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+gaja)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)