महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-62, verse-32

अन्नप्रणाशे भिद्यन्ते शरीरे पञ्च धातवः ।
बलं बलवतोऽपीह प्रणश्यत्यन्नहानितः ॥३२॥

32. annapraṇāśe bhidyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ ,
balaṁ balavato'pīha praṇaśyatyannahānitaḥ.

32. annapraṇāśe bhidyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ
balam balavataḥ api iha praṇaśyati annahānitaḥ

32. annapraṇāśe śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ bhidyante
iha balavataḥ balam api annahānitaḥ praṇaśyati

32. When there is a destruction of food, the five essential constituents in the body disintegrate. Even the strength of the mighty perishes in this world due to the absence of food.

Words meanings summery:

• अन्नप्रणाशे (annapraṇāśe) - when there is a destruction of food (at the destruction of food, when food is lost)

• भिद्यन्ते (bhidyante) - disintegrate (are broken, are split, are rent)

• शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

• धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - essential constituents (like the five elements or humors in Ayurveda) (elements, constituents, humors, minerals, roots)

• बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)

• बलवतः (balavataḥ) - of the mighty (of the strong, of the mighty one)

• अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

• इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

• प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

• अन्नहानितः (annahānitaḥ) - due to the absence of food (from the loss of food, due to lack of food)

Words meanings and morphology

अन्नप्रणाशे (annapraṇāśe) - when there is a destruction of food (at the destruction of food, when food is lost)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of annapraṇāśa

annapraṇāśa - destruction of food, loss of food

Tatpuruṣa compound of anna (food) and praṇāśa (destruction).

Compound type : tatpurusha (anna+praṇāśa)

• anna – food, grain, sustenance
  noun (neuter)
  From root ad (to eat) with kta suffix.
  Root: ad (class 2)
• praṇāśa – destruction, ruin, loss
  noun (masculine)
  From pra + root naś (to perish, destroy).
  Prefix: pra
  Root: naś (class 1)

भिद्यन्ते (bhidyante) - disintegrate (are broken, are split, are rent)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of bhid

Present passive, 3rd person plural.

From root bhid (7th class, bhindati for active).

Root: bhid (class 7)

शरीरे (śarīre) - in the body

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śarīra

śarīra - body, physical form

From root śṝ (to tear, break) or śrī (to resort to, serve).

Root: śṝ / śrī (class 9)

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

Note: Behaves like an adjective here.

धातवः (dhātavaḥ) - essential constituents (like the five elements or humors in Ayurveda) (elements, constituents, humors, minerals, roots)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dhātu

dhātu - element, constituent, root (of a word), mineral, humor

From root dhā (to place, hold, support).

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to physiological constituents of the body.

बलम् (balam) - strength (strength, power, force)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, might, vigor

From root bal (to live, be strong).

Root: bal (class 1)

बलवतः (balavataḥ) - of the mighty (of the strong, of the mighty one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, mighty, endowed with strength

From bala (strength) with possessive suffix vat.

अपि (api) - even (even, also, too, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

इह (iha) - in this world (here, in this world, at this time)

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

प्रणश्यति (praṇaśyati) - perishes (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of praṇaś

Present active, 3rd person singular.

From pra + root naś (to perish).

Prefix: pra

Root: naś (class 4)

अन्नहानितः (annahānitaḥ) - due to the absence of food (from the loss of food, due to lack of food)

(indeclinable)

Tatpuruṣa compound of anna (food) and hāni (loss). Ablative suffix tasil.

Compound type : tatpurusha (anna+hāni)

• anna – food, grain, sustenance
  noun (neuter)
  From root ad (to eat) with kta suffix.
  Root: ad (class 2)
• hāni – loss, decrease, abandonment, injury
  noun (feminine)
  From root hā (to abandon, lose).
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Ablative adverbial form.