महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-155, verse-10

समुद्रस्येव संक्षोभो मेरोरिव विसर्पणम् ।
तथैतल्लाघवं मन्ये तव कर्म जनार्दन ॥१०॥

10. samudrasyeva saṁkṣobho meroriva visarpaṇam ,
tathaitallāghavaṁ manye tava karma janārdana.

10. samundrasya iva saṃkṣobhaḥ meroḥ iva visarpaṇam
tathā etat lāghavam manye tava karma janārdana

10. janārdana! samundrasya iva saṃkṣobhaḥ,
meroḥ iva visarpaṇam,
tathā etat tava karma lāghavam (iti) manye.

10. O Janārdana, I consider this action (karma) of yours, performed with such ease, to be like the agitation of the ocean or the shifting of Mount Meru.

Words meanings summery:

• समुन्द्रस्य (samundrasya) - of the ocean, belonging to the sea

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• संक्षोभः (saṁkṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

• मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• विसर्पणम् (visarpaṇam) - moving, creeping, spreading, shaking

• तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in that manner)

• एतत् (etat) - this, that

• लाघवम् (lāghavam) - ease, effortlessness (lightness, ease, agility, insignificance)

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I regard (I think, I believe, I consider)

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual action (karma))

• जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (Krishna) (O Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna))

Words meanings and morphology

समुन्द्रस्य (samundrasya) - of the ocean, belonging to the sea

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samundra

samundra - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

संक्षोभः (saṁkṣobhaḥ) - agitation, disturbance, commotion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃkṣobha

saṁkṣobha - agitation, disturbance, commotion, great excitement

Derived from sam- + kṣubh (to shake, agitate)

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣubh (class 1)

मेरोः (meroḥ) - of Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Mount Meru (mythical golden mountain, center of the universe)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

विसर्पणम् (visarpaṇam) - moving, creeping, spreading, shaking

(noun)

neuter, singular of visarpaṇa

visarpaṇa - creeping, moving, shaking, sliding, spreading

Derived from vi- + sṛp (to creep, move)

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Used here in nominative case as the subject of the implied comparison.

तथा (tathā) - similarly, in the same way (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this, that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Refers to the 'karma' (action).

लाघवम् (lāghavam) - ease, effortlessness (lightness, ease, agility, insignificance)

(noun)

neuter, singular of lāghava

lāghava - lightness, agility, swiftness, ease, insignificance

Derived from laghu (light) + -a (suffix)

Note: Used here as an attribute of the action, or the ease of the action.

मन्ये (manye) - I consider, I regard (I think, I believe, I consider)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Atmanepada form.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

कर्म (karma) - action, deed (karma) (action, deed, work, ritual action (karma))

(noun)

neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate (karma)

Derived from kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of manye.

जनार्दन (janārdana) - O Janārdana (Krishna) (O Janārdana (an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - one who agitates or punishes people, an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna

From janā (people) + ardana (agitating, punishing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+ardana)

• jana – person, people, man
  noun (masculine)
• ardana – agitating, tormenting, destroying, punishing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root ṛd
  Root: ṛd (class 6)