महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-1, verse-10

निधनं वासुदेवस्य समुद्रस्येव शोषणम् ।
वीरा न श्रद्दधुस्तस्य विनाशं शार्ङ्गधन्वनः ॥१०॥

10. nidhanaṁ vāsudevasya samudrasyeva śoṣaṇam ,
vīrā na śraddadhustasya vināśaṁ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ.

10. nidhanam vāsudevasya samudrasya iva śoṣaṇam
vīrāḥ na śraddadhuḥ tasya vināśam śārṅgadhanvanaḥ

10. vīrāḥ vāsudevasya nidhanam śārṅgadhanvanaḥ tasya
vināśam samudrasya śoṣaṇam iva na śraddadhuḥ

10. The heroes (Pāṇḍavas) did not believe in the demise of Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa), the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, considering his destruction to be as impossible as the drying up of the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise (death, demise, destruction, end)

• वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Kṛṣṇa (of Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

• समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as (like, as if)

• शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up (drying up, draining, causing to wither)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - the heroes (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (heroes, brave men)

• न (na) - not

• श्रद्दधुः (śraddadhuḥ) - they believed (they believed, they had faith)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Vasudeva/Kṛṣṇa) (his, of him, of that)

• विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction, demise (destruction, ruin, disappearance, demise)

• शार्ङ्गधन्वनः (śārṅgadhanvanaḥ) - of Kṛṣṇa, the wielder of the Śārṅga bow (of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow (Kṛṣṇa))

Words meanings and morphology

निधनम् (nidhanam) - demise (death, demise, destruction, end)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, destruction, end, loss, decay

From ni-√dhā (to place down, to cease to exist).

Prefix: ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Object of implied śraddadhuḥ for the first part.

वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Kṛṣṇa (of Vasudeva (Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva (an epithet for Kṛṣṇa)

From vasudeva (father's name) + aṇ suffix.

Note: Possessive, qualifying nidhanam.

समुद्रस्य (samudrasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samudra

samudra - ocean, sea

From sam-u-dra (to flow together).

Prefix: sam

Root: dru (class 1)

Note: Qualifies śoṣaṇam.

इव (iva) - like, as (like, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: Particle expressing comparison.

शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up (drying up, draining, causing to wither)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śoṣaṇa

śoṣaṇa - drying, parching, withering, consuming

Causative action noun

From causal root śuṣ (to dry) + suffix ana.

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Complement of comparison with samudrasya.

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - the heroes (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (heroes, brave men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Note: Subject of na śraddadhuḥ.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

Note: Negates the verb śraddadhuḥ.

श्रद्दधुः (śraddadhuḥ) - they believed (they believed, they had faith)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of śrad-dhā

Perfect tense

3rd person plural, perfect active. Compound verb from śrad (a particle for faith) + root dhā (to place, to hold).

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to Vasudeva/Kṛṣṇa) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers back to vāsudevasya.

विनाशम् (vināśam) - destruction, demise (destruction, ruin, disappearance, demise)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vināśa

vināśa - destruction, ruin, loss, disappearance, demise

From vi-√naś (to perish, to be destroyed).

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Object of śraddadhuḥ.

शार्ङ्गधन्वनः (śārṅgadhanvanaḥ) - of Kṛṣṇa, the wielder of the Śārṅga bow (of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow (Kṛṣṇa))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śārṅgadhanvan

śārṅgadhanvan - one who has the Śārṅga bow (an epithet for Kṛṣṇa)

Bahuvrīhi compound: śārṅga (name of Kṛṣṇa's bow) + dhanvan (bow, archer).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śārṅga+dhanus)

• śārṅga – name of Kṛṣṇa's bow; made of horn
  noun (neuter)
• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies vāsudevasya and tasya.