महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-3, verse-3

अपाराणामिव द्वीपमगाधे गाधमिच्छताम् ।
स्रोतसा यामुनेनेव शरौघेण परिप्लुतम् ॥३॥

3. apārāṇāmiva dvīpamagādhe gādhamicchatām ,
srotasā yāmuneneva śaraugheṇa pariplutam.

3. apārāṇām iva dvīpam agādhe gādham icchhatām
srotasā yāmunena iva śaraugheṇa pariplutam

3. agādhe apārāṇām gādham icchhatām iva dvīpam
yāmunena srotasā iva śaraugheṇa pariplutam

3. He was like an island for those desiring firm ground in an unfathomable, boundless ocean, overwhelmed by a flood of arrows, just as one is submerged by the current of the Yamuna.

Words meanings summery:

• अपाराणाम् (apārāṇām) - of those who are boundless (referring to the ocean's expanse or those lost in it) (of the boundless, of those without a shore)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• द्वीपम् (dvīpam) - an island (an island, a continent)

• अगाधे (agādhe) - in the unfathomable (ocean) (in the unfathomable, in the deep)

• गाधम् (gādham) - firm ground (a ford, firm ground, a shallow place)

• इच्छ्हताम् (icchhatām) - of those desiring (of those desiring, wishing)

• स्रोतसा (srotasā) - by the current (by the current, by the stream, by the flow)

• यामुनेन (yāmunena) - by that of the Yamuna (river) (by that of the Yamuna, by the Yamuna's)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - by a flood of arrows (by a flood of arrows, by a multitude of arrows)

• परिप्लुतम् (pariplutam) - overwhelmed (overwhelmed, submerged, inundated, surrounded)

Words meanings and morphology

अपाराणाम् (apārāṇām) - of those who are boundless (referring to the ocean's expanse or those lost in it) (of the boundless, of those without a shore)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of apāra

apāra - boundless, endless, shoreless, infinite

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+pāra)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• pāra – shore, bank, limit, end
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)

Note: Implied masculine, referring to 'those in the ocean'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

द्वीपम् (dvīpam) - an island (an island, a continent)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvīpa

dvīpa - an island, a continent, a region

अगाधे (agādhe) - in the unfathomable (ocean) (in the unfathomable, in the deep)

(adjective)

Locative, singular of agādha

agādha - unfathomable, very deep, profound, boundless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+gādha)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• gādha – a ford, a shallow place, firm ground; fathomable
  noun (neuter)
  Root: gādh

Note: Implied neuter, modifying an unstated noun like 'sāgare' (in the ocean).

गाधम् (gādham) - firm ground (a ford, firm ground, a shallow place)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gādha

gādha - a ford, a shallow place, firm ground; fathomable

Root: gādh

इच्छ्हताम् (icchhatām) - of those desiring (of those desiring, wishing)

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of icchat

icchat - desiring, wishing, wanting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Implied masculine, referring to 'those' in the ocean seeking solid ground.

स्रोतसा (srotasā) - by the current (by the current, by the stream, by the flow)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of srotas

srotas - a stream, current, flood, torrent

Root: sru (class 1)

यामुनेन (yāmunena) - by that of the Yamuna (river) (by that of the Yamuna, by the Yamuna's)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yāmuna

yāmuna - relating to the Yamuna river, coming from Yamuna

Note: Agrees with 'srotasā'.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

शरौघेण (śaraugheṇa) - by a flood of arrows (by a flood of arrows, by a multitude of arrows)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śaraugha

śaraugha - a flood or multitude of arrows

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+ogha)

• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: śṛ (class 1)
• ogha – flood, torrent, multitude, mass
  noun (masculine)
  Root: uh (class 1)

परिप्लुतम् (pariplutam) - overwhelmed (overwhelmed, submerged, inundated, surrounded)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paripluta

paripluta - overwhelmed, submerged, inundated, surrounded, floated around

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'plu' (to float, swim) with prefix 'pari' (around, completely).

Prefix: pari

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Refers to the great archer (Bhishma) from the previous verse.