महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-86, verse-13

विद्रवेच्चैव राष्ट्रं ते श्येनात्पक्षिगणा इव ।
परिस्रवेच्च सततं नौर्विशीर्णेव सागरे ॥१३॥

13. vidraveccaiva rāṣṭraṁ te śyenātpakṣigaṇā iva ,
parisravecca satataṁ naurviśīrṇeva sāgare.

13. vidravet ca eva rāṣṭram te śyenāt pakṣigaṇāḥ iva
parisravet ca satatam nauḥ viśīrṇā iva sāgare

13. te rāṣṭram śyenāt pakṣigaṇāḥ iva ca eva vidravet
ca satatam nauḥ viśīrṇā iva sāgare parisravet

13. Your kingdom would indeed flee like flocks of birds from a hawk. And it would constantly leak away, just as a dilapidated boat does in the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• विद्रवेत् (vidravet) - would flee, would run away

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

• राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, realm

• ते (te) - your

• श्येनात् (śyenāt) - from a hawk

• पक्षिगणाः (pakṣigaṇāḥ) - flocks of birds

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• परिस्रवेत् (parisravet) - would leak, would trickle away

• च (ca) - and

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always

• नौः (nauḥ) - boat, ship

• विशीर्णा (viśīrṇā) - shattered, dilapidated, broken

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

Words meanings and morphology

विद्रवेत् (vidravet) - would flee, would run away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vidravet

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

From root `dru` (to run, to flee) with prefix `vi`.

Prefix: vi

Root: dru (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

राष्ट्रम् (rāṣṭram) - kingdom, realm

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra

rāṣṭra - kingdom, realm, country, nation

Root: rāj

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

Enclitic pronoun, 2nd person singular.

श्येनात् (śyenāt) - from a hawk

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, falcon, eagle

Root: śyā (class 2)

पक्षिगणाः (pakṣigaṇāḥ) - flocks of birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣigaṇa

pakṣigaṇa - flock of birds, multitude of birds

Compound of `pakṣin` (bird) and `gaṇa` (group).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣin+gaṇa)

• pakṣin – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
  From `pakṣa` (wing) with `in` suffix.
• gaṇa – group, flock, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison.

परिस्रवेत् (parisravet) - would leak, would trickle away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of parisravet

Optative Mood, Parasmaipada, 3rd Person Singular

From root `sru` (to flow) with prefix `pari`.

Prefix: pari

Root: sru (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of satata

satata - continuous, perpetual, constant

Past Passive Participle (from `tan` with `sa`)

From `sa` (together) + `tata` (stretched).

Root: tan (class 8)

नौः (nauḥ) - boat, ship

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship, vessel

Feminine noun ending in `au`.

विशीर्णा (viśīrṇā) - shattered, dilapidated, broken

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśīrṇa

viśīrṇa - shattered, dilapidated, broken, worn out, decayed

Past Passive Participle

From root `śṝ` (to tear, to break) with prefix `vi`.

Prefix: vi

Root: śṝ (class 9)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle indicating comparison.

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea