महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-198, verse-67

कामलोभग्रहाकीर्णां पञ्चेन्द्रियजलां नदीम् ।
नावं धृतिमयीं कृत्वा जन्मदुर्गाणि संतर ॥६७॥

67. kāmalobhagrahākīrṇāṁ pañcendriyajalāṁ nadīm ,
nāvaṁ dhṛtimayīṁ kṛtvā janmadurgāṇi saṁtara.

67. kāmalobhagrahasākīrṇām pañcendriyajalām nadīm
nāvam dhṛtimayīm kṛtvā janmadurgāṇi santara

67. Making fortitude (dhṛti) your boat, cross over the difficult passages of rebirth (saṃsāra), which are like a river teeming with the crocodiles of desire and greed, and having the five senses as its waters.

Words meanings summery:

• कामलोभग्रहसाकीर्णाम् (kāmalobhagrahasākīrṇām) - filled with the crocodiles of desire and greed

• पञ्चेन्द्रियजलाम् (pañcendriyajalām) - having the five senses as its water

• नदीम् (nadīm) - river

• नावम् (nāvam) - boat, ship

• धृतिमयीम् (dhṛtimayīm) - made of fortitude, consisting of courage

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

• जन्मदुर्गाणि (janmadurgāṇi) - the difficult passages of birth/rebirth, the fortresses of existence

• सन्तर (santara) - cross over, traverse

Words meanings and morphology

कामलोभग्रहसाकीर्णाम् (kāmalobhagrahasākīrṇām) - filled with the crocodiles of desire and greed

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāmalobhagrahasākīrṇa

kāmalobhagrahasākīrṇa - filled with desire and greed as if they were crocodiles

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāmalobhagraha+ākīrṇa)

• kāmalobhagraha – crocodiles of desire and greed
  noun (masculine)
  Dvanda compound where kāma (desire) and lobha (greed) are like grahas (crocodiles)
• ākīrṇa – strewn, filled, covered, crowded with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kīr (to scatter) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kīr (class 6)

Note: Describes nadīm.

पञ्चेन्द्रियजलाम् (pañcendriyajalām) - having the five senses as its water

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pañcendriyajalā

pañcendriyajalā - having the five senses as water (metaphorically)

Bahuvrihi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pañcendriya+jala)

• pañcendriya – five senses
  noun (neuter)
  Tatpurusha compound of pañca and indriya
• jala – water
  noun (neuter)

Note: Describes nadīm.

नदीम् (nadīm) - river

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nadī

nadī - river, stream

Root: nad

Note: Object of saṃtara (implicitly, via the simile).

नावम् (nāvam) - boat, ship

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nau

nau - boat, ship

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

धृतिमयीम् (dhṛtimayīm) - made of fortitude, consisting of courage

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛtimayī

dhṛtimayī - made of fortitude, consisting of courage, full of steadfastness

From dhṛti + suffix -maya (feminine form)

Note: Describes nāvam.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made, having done

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Describes the action preceding saṃtara.

जन्मदुर्गाणि (janmadurgāṇi) - the difficult passages of birth/rebirth, the fortresses of existence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of janmadurga

janmadurga - difficult passages of rebirth, fortresses of existence/birth

Tatpurusha compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janma+durga)

• janma – birth, existence, rebirth
  noun (neuter)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• durga – fortress, difficult place, difficult passage, distress
  noun (neuter)
  From root gam (to go) with prefix dur (difficult)
  Prefix: dur
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of saṃtara. Often associated with (saṃsāra).

सन्तर (santara) - cross over, traverse

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of sam + tṛ

Imperative Active

Class 1 verb (bhvādi), 2nd person, singular, imperative mood, active voice, with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: tṛ (class 1)