महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-31, verse-18

गृध्रपत्राधिवासांसि शयनानि नराधिपाः ।
ह्रीमन्तः कालसंपक्वाः सुदुःखान्यधिशेरते ॥१८॥

18. gṛdhrapatrādhivāsāṁsi śayanāni narādhipāḥ ,
hrīmantaḥ kālasaṁpakvāḥ suduḥkhānyadhiśerate.

18. gṛdhrapatra adhivāsāṃsi śayanāni narādhipāḥ
hrīmantaḥ kālasaṃpakvāḥ suduḥkhāni adhiśerate

18. narādhipāḥ kālasaṃpakvāḥ hrīmantaḥ gṛdhrapatra
adhivāsāṃsi śayanāni suduḥkhāni adhiśerate

18. Kings, their time having fully ripened and filled with remorse, lie down upon beds in places inhabited by vultures, experiencing immense suffering.

Words meanings summery:

• गृध्रपत्र (gṛdhrapatra) - vulture's feather

• अधिवासांसि (adhivāsāṁsi) - places inhabited by vultures (dwellings, residences, places of abode)

• शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds, resting places

• नराधिपाः (narādhipāḥ) - kings, rulers

• ह्रीमन्तः (hrīmantaḥ) - ashamed, modest, remorseful

• कालसंपक्वाः (kālasaṁpakvāḥ) - their time having fully ripened (for their fate) (ripened by time, whose time has come)

• सुदुखानि (sudukhāni) - great miseries, immense suffering

• अधिशेरते (adhiśerate) - they lie upon, they inhabit, they experience

Words meanings and morphology

गृध्रपत्र (gṛdhrapatra) - vulture's feather

(noun)

neuter, singular of gṛdhrapatra

gṛdhrapatra - vulture's feather

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gṛdhra+patra)

• gṛdhra – vulture
  noun (masculine)
• patra – feather, leaf, wing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Part of a larger compound: gṛdhrapatrādhi vāsāṃsi

अधिवासांसि (adhivāsāṁsi) - places inhabited by vultures (dwellings, residences, places of abode)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of adhivāsa

adhivāsa - dwelling, inhabiting, residence

Prefix: adhi

Root: vas (class 1)

शयनानि (śayanāni) - beds, resting places

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of śayana

śayana - bed, couch, sleeping, lying down

Root: śī (class 2)

नराधिपाः (narādhipāḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of narādhipa

narādhipa - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)

ह्रीमन्तः (hrīmantaḥ) - ashamed, modest, remorseful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hrīmat

hrīmat - having shame or modesty, ashamed, modest

Note: Modifies 'narādhipāḥ'

कालसंपक्वाः (kālasaṁpakvāḥ) - their time having fully ripened (for their fate) (ripened by time, whose time has come)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālasaṃpakva

kālasaṁpakva - ripened by time, matured by time, whose time has come

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'kāla' and 'saṃpakva' (PPP of sam-pac)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+saṃpakva)

• kāla – time
  noun (masculine)
• saṃpakva – ripened, matured, cooked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pac (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'narādhipāḥ'

सुदुखानि (sudukhāni) - great miseries, immense suffering

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sudukha

sudukha - great pain, intense suffering, very miserable

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+duḥkha)

• su – good, well, excellent, intense
  indeclinable
• duḥkha – suffering, misery, pain
  noun (neuter)

Note: Direct object of 'adhiśerate'

अधिशेरते (adhiśerate) - they lie upon, they inhabit, they experience

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of adhi-śī

Prefix: adhi

Root: śī (class 2)