महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-87, verse-5

सर्व एव च राजेन्द्र तावका दीनचेतसः ।
सर्पवत्समवेष्टन्त सिंहभीता गजा इव ॥५॥

5. sarva eva ca rājendra tāvakā dīnacetasaḥ ,
sarpavatsamaveṣṭanta siṁhabhītā gajā iva.

5. sarve eva ca rājendra tāvakāḥ dīnacetasaḥ
sarpavat samaveṣṭanta siṃhabhītāḥ gajāḥ iva

5. rājendra ca tāvakāḥ sarve eva dīnacetasaḥ
siṃhabhītāḥ gajāḥ iva sarpavat samaveṣṭanta

5. O King (rājendra), all your low-spirited men coiled up like snakes, just as elephants coil up when terrified by a lion.

Words meanings summery:

• सर्वे (sarve) - all [of your men] (all, whole, every)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O King (vocative address) (O king, lord of kings)

• तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your [men/soldiers] (your, yours, your people)

• दीनचेतसः (dīnacetasaḥ) - low-spirited, dejected (low-spirited, dejected, miserable-minded)

• सर्पवत् (sarpavat) - like snakes (like a snake, serpent-like)

• समवेष्टन्त (samaveṣṭanta) - they coiled up (they coiled, they surrounded)

• सिंहभीताः (siṁhabhītāḥ) - terrified by a lion (frightened by a lion)

• गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

Words meanings and morphology

सर्वे (sarve) - all [of your men] (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: functions adjectivally here

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: an emphatic particle

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O King (vocative address) (O king, lord of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - lord of kings, chief of kings, emperor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler, prince
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra (the deity)
  noun (masculine)

तावकाः (tāvakāḥ) - your [men/soldiers] (your, yours, your people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvaka

tāvaka - your, belonging to you, your people

derived from tvad (you)

Note: refers to 'your men'

दीनचेतसः (dīnacetasaḥ) - low-spirited, dejected (low-spirited, dejected, miserable-minded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dīnacetas

dīnacetas - low-spirited, dejected, miserable in mind

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dīna+cetas)

• dīna – poor, wretched, miserable, dejected
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: dī (class 4)
• cetas – mind, intellect, heart, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

Note: qualifies 'tāvakāḥ'

सर्पवत् (sarpavat) - like snakes (like a snake, serpent-like)

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, resembling)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarpa+vat)

• sarpa – snake, serpent
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sṛp (class 1)
• vat – like, similar to, resembling
  suffix
  secondary suffix

Note: adverbial use

समवेष्टन्त (samaveṣṭanta) - they coiled up (they coiled, they surrounded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of samaveṣṭ

Imperfect

3rd person plural middle voice imperfect of root veṣṭ with prefixes sam- and ava-

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: veṣṭ (class 1)

सिंहभीताः (siṁhabhītāḥ) - terrified by a lion (frightened by a lion)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siṃhabhīta

siṁhabhīta - frightened by a lion

Compound type : pañcamī-tatpuruṣa (siṃha+bhīta)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• bhīta – frightened, terrified
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhī (to fear)
  Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: qualifies 'gajāḥ'

गजाः (gajāḥ) - elephants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: particle of comparison