महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-9, verse-2

मन्दप्राणगतिर्धीमान्कृच्छ्रादिव समुद्धरन् ।
पदातिः स महीपालो जीर्णो गजपतिर्यथा ॥२॥

2. mandaprāṇagatirdhīmānkṛcchrādiva samuddharan ,
padātiḥ sa mahīpālo jīrṇo gajapatiryathā.

2. mandaprāṇagatiḥ dhīmān kṛcchrāt iva samuddharan
| padātiḥ saḥ mahīpālaḥ jīrṇaḥ gajapatiḥ yathā

2. saḥ dhīmān mandaprāṇagatiḥ mahīpālaḥ kṛcchrāt
iva samuddharan padātiḥ jīrṇaḥ gajapatiḥ yathā

2. That intelligent king, with his vital breath (prāṇa) moving slowly, proceeded on foot as if with great difficulty, like an aged lord of elephants.

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दप्राणगतिः (mandaprāṇagatiḥ) - with slow movement of vital breath

• धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent, wise

• कृच्छ्रात् (kṛcchrāt) - from difficulty, with difficulty

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• समुद्धरन् (samuddharan) - uplifting, extracting, pulling out (himself)

• पदातिः (padātiḥ) - on foot, pedestrian

• सः (saḥ) - that (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

• महीपालः (mahīpālaḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (king, protector of the earth)

• जीर्णः (jīrṇaḥ) - old, aged, worn out

• गजपतिः (gajapatiḥ) - elephant king, lord of elephants

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दप्राणगतिः (mandaprāṇagatiḥ) - with slow movement of vital breath

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandaprāṇagati

mandaprāṇagati - slow vital breath movement

Compound type : bahuvrihi (manda+prāṇa+gati)

• manda – slow, dull, sluggish
  adjective
• prāṇa – vital breath, life force, air
  noun (masculine)
• gati – movement, going, course
  noun (feminine)

Note: Describes Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

धीमान् (dhīmān) - intelligent, wise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

Possessive suffix -mat

from dhī (intellect) + -mat (possessing)

Note: Describes Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

कृच्छ्रात् (kṛcchrāt) - from difficulty, with difficulty

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra

kṛcchra - difficulty, distress, pain

Note: Acts adverbially with 'samuddharan'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

समुद्धरन् (samuddharan) - uplifting, extracting, pulling out (himself)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samuddharat

samuddharat - lifting up, extracting, rescuing

Present Active Participle

from sam-ud-hṛ (to lift up, extract)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Describes Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

पदातिः (padātiḥ) - on foot, pedestrian

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padāti

padāti - foot-soldier, pedestrian, on foot

Note: Describes Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

सः (saḥ) - that (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

महीपालः (mahīpālaḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (king, protector of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpāla

mahīpāla - king, protector of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

जीर्णः (jīrṇaḥ) - old, aged, worn out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīrṇa

jīrṇa - old, aged, worn out, digested

Past Passive Participle

from root jṛ (to decay, grow old)

Root: jṛ (class 9)

Note: Describes 'gajapatiḥ'.

गजपतिः (gajapatiḥ) - elephant king, lord of elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gajapati

gajapati - chief of elephants, elephant king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaja+pati)

• gaja – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used in a simile for Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.