महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-165, verse-103

आकर्णपलितः श्यामो वयसाशीतिपञ्चकः ।
रणे पर्यचरद्द्रोणो वृद्धः षोडशवर्षवत् ॥१०३॥

103. ākarṇapalitaḥ śyāmo vayasāśītipañcakaḥ ,
raṇe paryacaraddroṇo vṛddhaḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣavat.

103. ākarnapalitaḥ śyāmaḥ vayasā aśītipañcakaḥ
raṇe paryacarat droṇaḥ vṛddhaḥ ṣoḍaśavarṣavat

103. ākarnapalitaḥ śyāmaḥ vayasā aśītipañcakaḥ
vṛddhaḥ droṇaḥ raṇe ṣoḍaśavarṣavat paryacarat

103. Drona, gray-haired up to his ears, dark-complexioned, and eighty-five years of age, moved about in battle like a sixteen-year-old.

Words meanings summery:

• आकर्नपलितः (ākarnapalitaḥ) - gray-haired up to the ears

• श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark-complexioned, dark

• वयसा (vayasā) - by age

• अशीतिपञ्चकः (aśītipañcakaḥ) - eighty-five

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

• पर्यचरत् (paryacarat) - moved about, fought, behaved

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

• वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old, aged

• षोडशवर्षवत् (ṣoḍaśavarṣavat) - like a sixteen-year-old

Words meanings and morphology

आकर्नपलितः (ākarnapalitaḥ) - gray-haired up to the ears

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākarnapalita

ākarnapalita - gray-haired up to the ears

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ākarṇa+palita)

• ākarṇa – up to the ear
  indeclinable
• palita – gray-haired, aged
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'pal' (to be gray, to become gray)
  Root: pal (class 1)

श्यामः (śyāmaḥ) - dark-complexioned, dark

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śyāma

śyāma - dark-complexioned, dark, black

वयसा (vayasā) - by age

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vayas

vayas - age, youth, strength

अशीतिपञ्चकः (aśītipañcakaḥ) - eighty-five

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśītipañcaka

aśītipañcaka - eighty-five

Compound type : dvigu (aśīti+pañcaka)

• aśīti – eighty
  numeral (feminine)
• pañcaka – a group of five, five
  noun (masculine/neuter)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, on the battlefield

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

पर्यचरत् (paryacarat) - moved about, fought, behaved

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryacar

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: car (class 1)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - Drona

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Drona (a proper name, a measure of capacity)

वृद्धः (vṛddhaḥ) - old, aged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, wise

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vṛdh' (to grow, to increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

षोडशवर्षवत् (ṣoḍaśavarṣavat) - like a sixteen-year-old

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṣoḍaśavarṣavat

ṣoḍaśavarṣavat - like a sixteen-year-old, having sixteen years

Formed by adding the possessive/similative suffix 'vat' to 'ṣoḍaśavarṣa' (sixteen years)