महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-48, verse-17

उपप्लुतं यथा सोमं संशुष्कमिव सागरम् ।
पूर्णचन्द्राभवदनं काकपक्षवृताक्षकम् ॥१७॥

17. upaplutaṁ yathā somaṁ saṁśuṣkamiva sāgaram ,
pūrṇacandrābhavadanaṁ kākapakṣavṛtākṣakam.

17. upaplutam yathā somam saṃśuṣkam iva sāgaram
pūrṇacandrābhavadanam kākapakṣavṛtākṣakam

17. somam yathā upaplutam sāgaram iva saṃśuṣkam
pūrṇacandrābhavadanam kākapakṣavṛtākṣakam

17. (He was like) the moon that is eclipsed, and like the ocean that is dried up, (he lay there with) a face like the full moon, his eyes covered by raven-black locks of hair.

Words meanings summery:

• उपप्लुतम् (upaplutam) - Referring to the moon being eclipsed. (eclipsed, overwhelmed, afflicted, submerged)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

• सोमम् (somam) - Refers to the moon. (moon, Soma (the plant, its juice, or its deity))

• संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - Referring to the ocean drying up. (dried up, withered, desiccated)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

• पूर्णचन्द्राभवदनम् (pūrṇacandrābhavadanam) - Describing the hero's face. (having a face like the full moon)

• काकपक्षवृताक्षकम् (kākapakṣavṛtākṣakam) - Describing the hero's appearance after falling. (having eyes covered by raven-black locks of hair)

Words meanings and morphology

उपप्लुतम् (upaplutam) - Referring to the moon being eclipsed. (eclipsed, overwhelmed, afflicted, submerged)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upapluta

upapluta - overflowed, submerged, attacked, eclipsed, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

From root plu (to float, to go) with prefix upa.

Prefix: upa

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with somam.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

सोमम् (somam) - Refers to the moon. (moon, Soma (the plant, its juice, or its deity))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - moon, Soma plant/juice, deity of moon/Soma

संशुष्कम् (saṁśuṣkam) - Referring to the ocean drying up. (dried up, withered, desiccated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśuṣka

saṁśuṣka - dried up, withered, entirely dry

Past Passive Participle

From root śuṣ (to dry) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with sāgaram.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

सागरम् (sāgaram) - ocean, sea

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea (lit. 'with poison', referring to the ocean of milk churning, or 'with islands')

Root: gar

पूर्णचन्द्राभवदनम् (pūrṇacandrābhavadanam) - Describing the hero's face. (having a face like the full moon)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrṇacandrābhavadana

pūrṇacandrābhavadana - having a face like the full moon

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pūrṇa+candra+ābha+vadana)

• pūrṇa – full, complete
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root pṛ (to fill).
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• ābha – luster, resemblance, similar to
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the hero (implied).

काकपक्षवृताक्षकम् (kākapakṣavṛtākṣakam) - Describing the hero's appearance after falling. (having eyes covered by raven-black locks of hair)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kākapakṣavṛtākṣaka

kākapakṣavṛtākṣaka - having eyes covered by hair like crow's feathers

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kāka+pakṣa+vṛta+akṣaka)

• kāka – crow, raven
  noun (masculine)
• pakṣa – wing, feather, side, part, party
  noun (masculine)
• vṛta – covered, surrounded, chosen
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛ (to cover).
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• akṣaka – eye, small dice
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies the hero (implied).