महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-25, verse-5

क्षरन्त इव नागेन्द्राः सर्व आशीविषोपमाः ।
दुःखा भवेयुः संरब्धाः कौरवान्प्रति ते ध्रुवम् ॥५॥

5. kṣaranta iva nāgendrāḥ sarva āśīviṣopamāḥ ,
duḥkhā bhaveyuḥ saṁrabdhāḥ kauravānprati te dhruvam.

5. kṣarantaḥ iva nāgendrāḥ sarve āśīviṣopamāḥ duḥkhāḥ
bhaveyuḥ saṃrabdhāḥ kauravān prati te dhruvam

5. They (the Pāṇḍavas) would surely become miserable and enraged towards the Kauravas, resembling great serpents oozing venom, all of them like venomous snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - oozing, dripping, flowing

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• नागेन्द्राः (nāgendrāḥ) - great serpents, chief of serpents

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• आशीविषोपमाः (āśīviṣopamāḥ) - like venomous snakes, resembling venomous snakes

• दुःखाः (duḥkhāḥ) - miserable, sorrowful, unhappy

• भवेयुः (bhaveyuḥ) - they would be, they might become

• संरब्धाः (saṁrabdhāḥ) - enraged, furious, agitated

• कौरवान् (kauravān) - the Kauravas (descendants of Kuru)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, concerning

• ते (te) - they

• ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly

Words meanings and morphology

क्षरन्तः (kṣarantaḥ) - oozing, dripping, flowing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣarant

kṣarant - oozing, dripping, flowing, discharging

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root kṣar (to flow, ooze) with the present participle suffix -at.

Root: kṣar (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

नागेन्द्राः (nāgendrāḥ) - great serpents, chief of serpents

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāgendra

nāgendra - great serpent, chief of serpents (literally 'lord of snakes')

Compound type : tatpurusha (nāga+indra)

• nāga – serpent, snake
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra (the god)
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

आशीविषोपमाः (āśīviṣopamāḥ) - like venomous snakes, resembling venomous snakes

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āśīviṣopama

āśīviṣopama - resembling a venomous snake

Compound type : tatpurusha (āśīviṣa+upama)

• āśīviṣa – venomous snake (literally, 'one whose venom is in its fangs')
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, comparable to, likeness
  adjective (masculine)

दुःखाः (duḥkhāḥ) - miserable, sorrowful, unhappy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of duḥkha

duḥkha - misery, suffering, sorrow, pain; miserable, unhappy (as adjective)

भवेयुः (bhaveyuḥ) - they would be, they might become

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

संरब्धाः (saṁrabdhāḥ) - enraged, furious, agitated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃrabdha

saṁrabdha - enraged, agitated, provoked, furious

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root rabh (to take, seize) with prefix sam- and the past passive participle suffix -ta.

Prefix: sam

Root: rabh (class 1)

कौरवान् (kauravān) - the Kauravas (descendants of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kaurava

kaurava - a descendant of Kuru, especially the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahābhārata

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, concerning

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

ध्रुवम् (dhruvam) - certainly, surely, fixedly

(indeclinable)