महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-51, verse-8

भयं परिहरन्मन्द आत्मानं परिपालयन् ।
वर्षासु क्लिन्नकटवत्तिष्ठन्नेवावसीदति ॥८॥

8. bhayaṁ pariharanmanda ātmānaṁ paripālayan ,
varṣāsu klinnakaṭavattiṣṭhannevāvasīdati.

8. bhayam pariharann mandaḥ ātmānam paripālayan
varṣāsu klinnakaṭavat tiṣṭhan eva avasīdati

8. A dull-witted person, abandoning fear and protecting their self (ātman), still perishes like a soaked reed in the rainy season.

Words meanings summery:

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

• परिहरन्न् (pariharann) - abandoning, avoiding, rejecting

• मन्दः (mandaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish person (dull, slow, foolish, weak)

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul (ātman)

• परिपालयन् (paripālayan) - protecting, preserving

• वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy seasons

• क्लिन्नकटवत् (klinnakaṭavat) - like a soaked reed/mat

• तिष्ठन् (tiṣṭhan) - remaining (firm), enduring (standing, remaining, abiding)

• एव (eva) - still, even so (indeed, certainly, only, even)

• अवसीदति (avasīdati) - perishes, sinks down, is depressed

Words meanings and morphology

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, danger

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Object of pariharann.

परिहरन्न् (pariharann) - abandoning, avoiding, rejecting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parihṛ

parihṛ - to abandon, avoid, reject

Present Active Participle

prefix pari + root hṛ, present active participle, nominative singular masculine

Prefix: pari

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mandaḥ.

मन्दः (mandaḥ) - dull-witted, foolish person (dull, slow, foolish, weak)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of manda

manda - dull, slow, foolish, weak

Note: Subject of avasīdati.

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - self, soul (ātman)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)

Note: Object of paripālayan.

परिपालयन् (paripālayan) - protecting, preserving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripālaya

paripālaya - to protect, preserve

Present Active Participle (Causative)

prefix pari + root pāli (causative of pā)

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with mandaḥ.

वर्षासु (varṣāsu) - in the rainy seasons

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of varṣā

varṣā - rainy season, rain

Note: Denotes time.

क्लिन्नकटवत् (klinnakaṭavat) - like a soaked reed/mat

(indeclinable)

compound of klinna and kaṭa, with vat suffix for similarity

Compound type : tatpurusha (klinna+kaṭa+vat)

• klinna – wet, soaked
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  root klid + kta
  Root: klid (class 4)
• kaṭa – mat, reed
  noun (masculine)
• vat – like, as, similar to
  suffix
  indeclinable suffix expressing similarity

Note: Used as an adverbial comparison.

तिष्ठन् (tiṣṭhan) - remaining (firm), enduring (standing, remaining, abiding)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthā

sthā - to stand, remain, abide

Present Active Participle

root sthā, present active participle, nominative singular masculine

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with mandaḥ.

एव (eva) - still, even so (indeed, certainly, only, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

अवसीदति (avasīdati) - perishes, sinks down, is depressed

(verb)

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

Present Active

prefix ava + root sad, present 3rd singular active

Prefix: ava

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.