महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-16

व्यालैर्वापि महारण्ये भक्षिताः शूरमानिनः ।
अथ वा विषमं प्राप्य विनष्टाः शाश्वतीः समाः ॥१६॥

16. vyālairvāpi mahāraṇye bhakṣitāḥ śūramāninaḥ ,
atha vā viṣamaṁ prāpya vinaṣṭāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ.

16. vyālaiḥ vā api mahāraṇye bhakṣitāḥ śūramāninaḥ
atha vā viṣamam prāpya vinaṣṭāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

16. Or perhaps, considering themselves brave, they were devoured by wild animals in the great forest. Or else, having encountered great difficulty, they have perished forever.

Words meanings summery:

• व्यालैः (vyālaiḥ) - by wild animals, by dangerous creatures

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

• महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in the great forest

• भक्षिताः (bhakṣitāḥ) - eaten, devoured

• शूरमानिनः (śūramāninaḥ) - those who consider themselves brave, falsely brave

• अथ (atha) - or else (or, then)

• वा (vā) - or

• विषमम् (viṣamam) - great difficulty (difficulty, danger, uneven ground)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having encountered

• विनष्टाः (vinaṣṭāḥ) - perished, destroyed

• शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, lasting

• समाः (samāḥ) - forever (years)

Words meanings and morphology

व्यालैः (vyālaiḥ) - by wild animals, by dangerous creatures

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vyāla

vyāla - wild animal, dangerous animal, serpent, tiger

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, indeed

(indeclinable)

महारण्ये (mahāraṇye) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāraṇya

mahāraṇya - great forest, dense jungle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+araṇya)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

भक्षिताः (bhakṣitāḥ) - eaten, devoured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakṣita

bhakṣita - eaten, devoured

Past Passive Participle

from √bhakṣ (to eat, to devour), desiderative stem of √bhaj

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: modifies the implied 'they' (the spies)

शूरमानिनः (śūramāninaḥ) - those who consider themselves brave, falsely brave

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śūramānin

śūramānin - considering oneself a hero, self-proclaimed brave

from śūra (hero) + mānin (considering oneself)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śūra+mānin)

• śūra – hero, brave, valorous
  noun (masculine)
• mānin – thinking, supposing, considering oneself
  adjective
  from √man (to think, to believe)
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: modifies the implied 'they' (the spies)

अथ (atha) - or else (or, then)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

विषमम् (viṣamam) - great difficulty (difficulty, danger, uneven ground)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, difficult, dangerous, calamity

Note: object of 'prāpya'

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having encountered

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from pra-√āp (to obtain, to reach)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

विनष्टाः (vinaṣṭāḥ) - perished, destroyed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vinaṣṭa

vinaṣṭa - perished, destroyed, lost

Past Passive Participle

from vi-√naś (to perish, to be lost)

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: modifies the implied 'they' (the spies)

शाश्वतीः (śāśvatīḥ) - eternal, lasting

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śāśvata

śāśvata - eternal, perpetual, constant, permanent

from śaśvat (always)

Note: modifies 'samāḥ'

समाः (samāḥ) - forever (years)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season