महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-1, verse-25

विपन्नसस्येव मही वाक्चैवासंस्कृता यथा ।
आसुरीव यथा सेना निगृहीते पुरा बलौ ॥२५॥

25. vipannasasyeva mahī vākcaivāsaṁskṛtā yathā ,
āsurīva yathā senā nigṛhīte purā balau.

25. vipannasasyā iva mahī vāk ca eva asaṃskṛtā
yathā āsurī iva yathā senā nigṛhīte purā balau

25. mahī vipannasasyā iva,
ca eva asaṃskṛtā vāk yathā,
purā balau nigṛhīte āsurī senā yathā iva.

25. And like an earth whose crops have failed, or like unrefined speech, or like an army of asuras when Bala was captured in ancient times.

Words meanings summery:

• विपन्नसस्या (vipannasasyā) - whose crops have failed (having failed crops, whose crops are ruined)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• मही (mahī) - earth (earth, ground, land)

• वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, word, voice)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एव (eva) - even (emphasizing) (indeed, only, just, even)

• असंस्कृता (asaṁskṛtā) - unrefined (speech) (unrefined, unpolished, uncultivated, without saṃskāras)

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

• आसुरी (āsurī) - of asuras (belonging to asuras, demonic)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

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

• सेना (senā) - army (army, host)

• निगृहीते (nigṛhīte) - when Bala was captured (when captured, when held)

• पुरा (purā) - in ancient times (formerly, in ancient times, before)

• बलौ (balau) - when Bala was captured (in Bala, on Bala)

Words meanings and morphology

विपन्नसस्या (vipannasasyā) - whose crops have failed (having failed crops, whose crops are ruined)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vipannasasyā

vipannasasyā - having ruined crops, whose harvest is lost

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vipanna+sasya)

• vipanna – ruined, perished, failed, unfortunate
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'pad' (to go, fall) with prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: pad (class 4)
• sasya – corn, grain, crop, fruit
  noun (neuter)

Note: Feminine form matching 'mahī'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

मही (mahī) - earth (earth, ground, land)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

वाक् (vāk) - speech (speech, word, voice)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice, language

Note: Nominative singular of vāc.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - even (emphasizing) (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

असंस्कृता (asaṁskṛtā) - unrefined (speech) (unrefined, unpolished, uncultivated, without saṃskāras)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of asaṃskṛta

asaṁskṛta - unrefined, unpolished, unprocessed, uncultivated, not purified by saṃskāras

Negative compound of saṃskṛta

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃskṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• saṃskṛta – refined, polished, cultivated, consecrated, perfected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) with prefix 'sam' and 'kta' suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Feminine form agreeing with 'vāk'.

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

(indeclinable)

आसुरी (āsurī) - of asuras (belonging to asuras, demonic)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āsurī

āsurī - demonic, relating to asuras

Feminine form of āsura

Note: Feminine form agreeing with 'senā'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

सेना (senā) - army (army, host)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of senā

senā - army, host, weapon

निगृहीते (nigṛhīte) - when Bala was captured (when captured, when held)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of nigṛhīta

nigṛhīta - captured, restrained, seized, held in check

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize) with prefix 'ni' and 'kta' suffix

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Locative absolute construction, referring to Bala.

पुरा (purā) - in ancient times (formerly, in ancient times, before)

(indeclinable)

बलौ (balau) - when Bala was captured (in Bala, on Bala)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, an asura king (Bala)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'nigṛhīte'.