महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-36, verse-60

महानप्येकजो वृक्षो बलवान्सुप्रतिष्ठितः ।
प्रसह्य एव वातेन शाखास्कन्धं विमर्दितुम् ॥६०॥

60. mahānapyekajo vṛkṣo balavānsupratiṣṭhitaḥ ,
prasahya eva vātena śākhāskandhaṁ vimarditum.

60. mahān api ekajaḥ vṛkṣaḥ balavān supratiṣṭhitaḥ
| prasahya eva vātena śākhāskandhaṃ vimarditum

60. Even a single great tree, though strong and well-established, can indeed have its branches and trunk violently crushed by the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

• अपि (api) - even, also

• एकजः (ekajaḥ) - born alone, solitary, single

• वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

• बलवान् (balavān) - strong, powerful

• सुप्रतिष्ठितः (supratiṣṭhitaḥ) - well-established, firmly rooted

• प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly, violently, with force

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

• शाखास्कन्धं (śākhāskandhaṁ) - branch and trunk

• विमर्दितुम् (vimarditum) - to crush, to shatter, to destroy

Words meanings and morphology

महान् (mahān) - great, large, mighty

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

एकजः (ekajaḥ) - born alone, solitary, single

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ekaja

ekaja - born alone, solitary, single

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (eka+ja)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  suffix for 'born from'
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

वृक्षः (vṛkṣaḥ) - tree

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛkṣa

vṛkṣa - tree

बलवान् (balavān) - strong, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balavat

balavat - strong, powerful, possessing strength

Possessive adjective formed with suffix -vat from 'bala' (strength)

सुप्रतिष्ठितः (supratiṣṭhitaḥ) - well-established, firmly rooted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of supratiṣṭhita

supratiṣṭhita - well-established, firmly rooted, firmly fixed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sthā (to stand) with prefixes su and prati

Prefixes: su+prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रसह्य (prasahya) - forcibly, violently, with force

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root sah (to bear, overcome) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: sah (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

वातेन (vātena) - by the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vāta

vāta - wind, air, breeze

Root: vā (class 2)

शाखास्कन्धं (śākhāskandhaṁ) - branch and trunk

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śākhāskandha

śākhāskandha - branches and trunk

Compound type : dvandva (śākhā+skandha)

• śākhā – branch, bough, division
  noun (feminine)
• skandha – trunk (of a tree), shoulder, section
  noun (masculine)

विमर्दितुम् (vimarditum) - to crush, to shatter, to destroy

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of vimarditum

Infinitive

Derived from root mṛd (to rub, crush) with prefix vi

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛd (class 1)