महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-27, verse-15

कुञ्जरस्येव संग्रामेऽपरिगृह्याङ्कुशग्रहम् ।
ब्राह्मणैर्विप्रहीणस्य क्षत्रस्य क्षीयते बलम् ॥१५॥

15. kuñjarasyeva saṁgrāme'parigṛhyāṅkuśagraham ,
brāhmaṇairviprahīṇasya kṣatrasya kṣīyate balam.

15. kuñjarasya iva saṃgrāme aparigṛhya aṅkuśagraham
brāhmaṇaiḥ viprahīṇasya kṣatrasya kṣīyate balam

15. Just like an elephant in battle that has no mahout (goad-holder) to control it, the strength of a Kshatriya who is deprived of Brahmins wastes away.

Words meanings summery:

• कुञ्जरस्य (kuñjarasya) - of an elephant

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• अपरिगृह्य (aparigṛhya) - without being controlled (by) (not having seized, without holding, without being controlled)

• अङ्कुशग्रहम् (aṅkuśagraham) - a mahout (goad-holder) (the goad-holder, the mahout)

• ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by Brahmins

• विप्रहीणस्य (viprahīṇasya) - of one who is deprived of (of one deprived of, of one bereft of)

• क्षत्रस्य (kṣatrasya) - of a Kshatriya (of the Kshatriya, of the warrior class, of the ruler)

• क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - wastes away, dwindles (wastes away, dwindles, is destroyed, decays)

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

Words meanings and morphology

कुञ्जरस्य (kuñjarasya) - of an elephant

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kuñjara

kuñjara - elephant

From kuñja (bower, valley) + ra (going, dwelling), one who dwells in groves.

Note: Possessive, part of the simile.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

Note: Forms the comparison with kuñjarasya.

संग्रामे (saṁgrāme) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃgrāma

saṁgrāma - battle, war, combat

From root gram with prefix sam and suffix a.

Prefix: sam

Root: gram (class 1)

Note: Denotes location of the action.

अपरिगृह्य (aparigṛhya) - without being controlled (by) (not having seized, without holding, without being controlled)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund) with negative a.

From root grah (9th class) with prefix pari and negative a + lyap suffix.

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Modifies the action of the elephant.

अङ्कुशग्रहम् (aṅkuśagraham) - a mahout (goad-holder) (the goad-holder, the mahout)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aṅkuśagraha

aṅkuśagraha - goad-holder, mahout

Compound: aṅkuśa (elephant-goad) + graha (holder).

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṅkuśa+graha)

• aṅkuśa – elephant-goad, hook
  noun (masculine)
• graha – holder, seizer, planet, taking
  noun (masculine)
  From root grah (to seize, hold).
  Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Object of the implied verb within aparigṛhya.

ब्राह्मणैः (brāhmaṇaiḥ) - by Brahmins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, relating to Brahman

Derived from brahman with aṇ suffix.

Note: Denotes the agent of deprivation (viprahīṇasya).

विप्रहीणस्य (viprahīṇasya) - of one who is deprived of (of one deprived of, of one bereft of)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viprahīṇa

viprahīṇa - deprived of, bereft of, abandoned

Past Passive Participle

From root hā (to abandon) with prefixes vi and pra + kta suffix.

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies kṣatrasya.

क्षत्रस्य (kṣatrasya) - of a Kshatriya (of the Kshatriya, of the warrior class, of the ruler)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of kṣatra

kṣatra - warrior class, Kshatriya, rule, dominion

From root kṣi (to rule).

Root: kṣi (class 2)

Note: Possessive, connected to balam.

क्षीयते (kṣīyate) - wastes away, dwindles (wastes away, dwindles, is destroyed, decays)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of kṣī

Present tense, 3rd person singular, middle/passive voice.

From root kṣi (1st class), ātmanepada.

Root: kṣi (class 1)

Note: Main verb.

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

Note: Subject of kṣīyate.