महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-8, verse-12

शोषणं सागरस्येव मेरोरिव विसर्पणम् ।
पतनं भास्करस्येव न मृष्ये द्रोणपातनम् ॥१२॥

12. śoṣaṇaṁ sāgarasyeva meroriva visarpaṇam ,
patanaṁ bhāskarasyeva na mṛṣye droṇapātanam.

12. śoṣaṇam sāgarasya iva meruḥ iva visarpaṇam
patanam bhāskarasya iva na mṛṣye droṇapātanam

12. sāgarasya śoṣaṇam iva meruḥ visarpaṇam iva
bhāskarasya patanam iva droṇapātanam na mṛṣye

12. I cannot tolerate the slaying of Droṇa, for it is like the drying up of the ocean, the crumbling of Mount Meru, or the falling of the sun.

Words meanings summery:

• शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up, causing to dry, desiccation

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• विसर्पणम् (visarpaṇam) - crumbling, dissolution, spreading

• पतनम् (patanam) - falling, descent, fall

• भास्करस्य (bhāskarasya) - of the sun

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• न (na) - not, no

• मृष्ये (mṛṣye) - I tolerate, I endure

• द्रोणपातनम् (droṇapātanam) - the slaying of Droṇa, the fall of Droṇa

Words meanings and morphology

शोषणम् (śoṣaṇam) - drying up, causing to dry, desiccation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śoṣaṇa

śoṣaṇa - drying, causing to dry, desiccation

verbal noun

formed from root śuṣ with suffix -ana (lyuṭ)

Root: śuṣ (class 4)

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

मेरुः (meruḥ) - Mount Meru

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meru

meru - Meru (a mythical mountain, center of the universe)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

विसर्पणम् (visarpaṇam) - crumbling, dissolution, spreading

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of visarpaṇa

visarpaṇa - creeping, spreading, dissolution, crumbling

verbal noun

formed from root sṛp with prefix vi and suffix -ana (lyuṭ)

Prefix: vi

Root: sṛp (class 1)

पतनम् (patanam) - falling, descent, fall

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, descent, flight, fall

verbal noun

formed from root pat with suffix -ana (lyuṭ)

Root: pat (class 1)

भास्करस्य (bhāskarasya) - of the sun

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhāskara

bhāskara - sun, sun-god, light-maker

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मृष्ये (mṛṣye) - I tolerate, I endure

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (Laṭ) of mṛṣ

present stem mṛṣya- (1st class), ātmanepada ending

Root: mṛṣ (class 1)

द्रोणपातनम् (droṇapātanam) - the slaying of Droṇa, the fall of Droṇa

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of droṇapātana

droṇapātana - the slaying of Droṇa, the fall of Droṇa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (droṇa+pātana)

• droṇa – Droṇa (name of a teacher)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pātana – causing to fall, striking down, slaying, fall
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  from causative of root pat, with suffix -ana (lyuṭ)
  Root: pat (class 1)