महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-318, verse-32

ते पिबन्तः कषायांश्च सर्पींषि विविधानि च ।
दृश्यन्ते जरया भग्ना नागा नागैरिवोत्तमैः ॥३२॥

32. te pibantaḥ kaṣāyāṁśca sarpīṁṣi vividhāni ca ,
dṛśyante jarayā bhagnā nāgā nāgairivottamaiḥ.

32. te pibantaḥ kaṣāyān ca sarpīṃṣi vividhāni ca
dṛśyante jarayā bhagnāḥ nāgāḥ nāgaiḥ iva uttamaiḥ

32. te kaṣāyān ca vividhāni sarpīṃṣi ca pibantaḥ,
jarayā bhagnāḥ dṛśyante,
uttamaiḥ nāgaiḥ iva nāgāḥ.

32. Drinking various decoctions and ghee preparations, they are seen broken by old age, just as elephants are broken by superior elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

• कषायान् (kaṣāyān) - decoctions, astringent liquids

• च (ca) - and, also

• सर्पींषि (sarpīṁṣi) - clarified butter, ghee preparations

• विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

• च (ca) - and, also

• दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

• जरया (jarayā) - by old age, by decay

• भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, shattered, defeated

• नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents, mountain dwellers)

• नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• उत्तमैः (uttamaiḥ) - by the best, by the superior

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

पिबन्तः (pibantaḥ) - drinking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pibat

pibat - drinking

Present Active Participle

from root pā (to drink)

Root: pā (class 1)

कषायान् (kaṣāyān) - decoctions, astringent liquids

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaṣāya

kaṣāya - astringent; decoction, extract

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सर्पींषि (sarpīṁṣi) - clarified butter, ghee preparations

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sarpi

sarpi - clarified butter, ghee

विविधानि (vividhāni) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold, different kinds of

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दृश्यन्ते (dṛśyante) - are seen, appear

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जरया (jarayā) - by old age, by decay

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

भग्नाः (bhagnāḥ) - broken, shattered, defeated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, shattered, defeated, frustrated

Past Passive Participle

from root bhañj (to break)

Root: bhañj (class 7)

नागाः (nāgāḥ) - elephants (elephants, serpents, mountain dwellers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; mountain; a people

नागैः (nāgaiḥ) - by elephants (by elephants, by serpents)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake; elephant; mountain; a people

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्तमैः (uttamaiḥ) - by the best, by the superior

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, superior