महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-65, verse-7

नागानीकेन महता ग्रसन्निव महीमिमाम् ।
दुःशासनो महाराज सव्यसाचिनमावृणोत् ॥७॥

7. nāgānīkena mahatā grasanniva mahīmimām ,
duḥśāsano mahārāja savyasācinamāvṛṇot.

7. nāgānīkena mahatā grasan iva mahīm imām
duḥśāsanaḥ mahārāja savyasācinam āvṛṇot

7. mahārāja duḥśāsanaḥ mahatā nāgānīkena
imām mahīm grasan iva savyasācinam āvṛṇot

7. O great king, Duḥśāsana, with a mighty elephant army, as if devouring this earth, surrounded Savyasācin (Arjuna).

Words meanings summery:

• नागानीकेन (nāgānīkena) - by an army of elephants

• महता (mahatā) - by great, by mighty

• ग्रसन् (grasan) - swallowing, devouring

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• महीम् (mahīm) - earth

• इमाम् (imām) - this

• दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duḥśāsana

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Referring to Arjuna, who could shoot arrows with both hands. (Savyasācin (Arjuna))

• आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - covered, surrounded

Words meanings and morphology

नागानीकेन (nāgānīkena) - by an army of elephants

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāgānīka

nāgānīka - army of elephants

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nāga+anīka)

• nāga – elephant, serpent (nāga), mountain
  noun (masculine)
• anīka – army, host, troop
  noun (neuter)

महता (mahatā) - by great, by mighty

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, considerable

Note: Agrees with 'nāgānīkena'.

ग्रसन् (grasan) - swallowing, devouring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grasant

grasant - swallowing, devouring, seizing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gras' (1st class) in the active voice.

Root: gras (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'duḥśāsanaḥ'.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

महीम् (mahīm) - earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - earth, ground, land

इमाम् (imām) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'mahīm'.

दुःशासनः (duḥśāsanaḥ) - Duḥśāsana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duḥśāsana

duḥśāsana - Duḥśāsana (proper name), difficult to control/govern

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dus+śāsana)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult
  indeclinable
• śāsana – rule, governing, punishing, instruction
  noun (neuter)
  From root śās (to rule, instruct).
  Root: śās (class 2)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārājan

mahārājan - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Referring to Arjuna, who could shoot arrows with both hands. (Savyasācin (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - ambidextrous, capable of shooting with the left hand (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-hand
  adjective
• sācin – shooter, thrower (from sāc, to throw)
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'sāc' with agent suffix '-in'.
  Root: sāc

आवृणोत् (āvṛṇot) - covered, surrounded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of āvṛṇot

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect active of root vṛ with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)