महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-94, verse-2

स ध्यात्वा सुचिरं कालं दुःखरोषसमन्वितः ।
श्वसमानो यथा नागः प्रणुन्नो वै शलाकया ॥२॥

2. sa dhyātvā suciraṁ kālaṁ duḥkharoṣasamanvitaḥ ,
śvasamāno yathā nāgaḥ praṇunno vai śalākayā.

2. saḥ dhyātvā suciram kālam duḥkharoṣasamanvitaḥ
śvasamānaḥ yathā nāgaḥ praṇunnaḥ vai śalākayā

2. saḥ duḥkharoṣasamanvitaḥ suciram kālam dhyātvā
yathā śalākayā praṇunnaḥ nāgaḥ śvasamānaḥ

2. Filled with sorrow and anger, he meditated deeply for a long time, breathing heavily like a serpent provoked by a stick.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - referring to Bhīṣma (he, that)

• ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having thought deeply

• सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

• कालम् (kālam) - time, for a period

• दुःखरोषसमन्वितः (duḥkharoṣasamanvitaḥ) - accompanied by sorrow and anger, filled with sorrow and anger

• श्वसमानः (śvasamānaḥ) - breathing heavily, hissing

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner that

• नागः (nāgaḥ) - serpent (given "hissing" context) (serpent, elephant)

• प्रणुन्नः (praṇunnaḥ) - provoked, impelled, pushed

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• शलाकया (śalākayā) - by a stick, by a rod, by a probe

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - referring to Bhīṣma (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

nominative singular masculine of 'tad'

ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having thought deeply

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root 'dhyā' with suffix 'tvā'

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: Not a verb in itself, but a verbal derivative.

सुचिरम् (suciram) - for a very long time

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sucira

sucira - very long (time)

Compound type : tatpurusha (su+cira)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time)
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Adverbial accusative of duration.

कालम् (kālam) - time, for a period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

Note: Adverbial accusative of duration, modified by suciram.

दुःखरोषसमन्वितः (duḥkharoṣasamanvitaḥ) - accompanied by sorrow and anger, filled with sorrow and anger

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥkharoṣasamanvita

duḥkharoṣasamanvita - filled with sorrow and anger

Compound type : bahuvrihi (duḥkha+roṣa+samanvita)

• duḥkha – sorrow, suffering
  noun (neuter)
• roṣa – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
• samanvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam' + 'anu' + root 'i'
  Prefixes: sam+anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with saḥ.

श्वसमानः (śvasamānaḥ) - breathing heavily, hissing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvasamāna

śvasamāna - breathing, hissing

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

root 'śvas' (2nd class) with present participle suffix 'śānac'

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Agrees with saḥ.

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

नागः (nāgaḥ) - serpent (given "hissing" context) (serpent, elephant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, elephant

प्रणुन्नः (praṇunnaḥ) - provoked, impelled, pushed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praṇunna

praṇunna - provoked, impelled, driven, pushed

Past Passive Participle

From prefix 'pra' + root 'nud' (to push, impel)

Prefix: pra

Root: nud (class 6)

Note: Agrees with nāgaḥ.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

शलाकया (śalākayā) - by a stick, by a rod, by a probe

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of śalākā

śalākā - stick, rod, probe, arrow