महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-26

वध्यमाना रणे राजन्पाण्डवाः सृञ्जयास्तथा ।
त्रातारं नाध्यगच्छन्त पङ्कमग्ना इव द्विपाः ॥२६॥

26. vadhyamānā raṇe rājanpāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāstathā ,
trātāraṁ nādhyagacchanta paṅkamagnā iva dvipāḥ.

26. vadhyamānāḥ raṇe rājan pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayāḥ tathā
trātāraṃ na adhyagacchanta paṅkam magnāḥ iva dvipāḥ

26. rājan raṇe vadhyamānāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ tathā sṛñjayāḥ
paṅkam magnāḥ dvipāḥ iva trātāraṃ na adhyagacchanta

26. O King (rājan), the Pāṇḍavas and the Sṛñjayas, while being slaughtered in battle, could not find a protector, just like elephants (dvipāḥ) that have become mired in mud.

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slaughtered (being slain, being killed)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (the Pandavas)

• सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - the Sṛñjayas (an allied tribe) (the Srinjayas (a tribe allied with the Pandavas))

• तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, similarly)

• त्रातारं (trātāraṁ) - a protector (a protector, a savior)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अध्यगच्छन्त (adhyagacchanta) - they could find (they found, they obtained, they reached)

• पङ्कम् (paṅkam) - mud (mud, mire, swamp)

• मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - mired, sunk (sunk, plunged, immersed)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (elephants (literally 'twice-drinkers'))

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यमानाः (vadhyamānāḥ) - being slaughtered (being slain, being killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being killed, being slain, being struck

present passive participle

formed from the passive stem of √vadh (to strike, kill)

Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: modifies pāṇḍavāḥ and sṛñjayāḥ

रणे (raṇe) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat, conflict

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, monarch

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, the Pandavas

patronymic (aṇ suffix) from Pandu

सृञ्जयाः (sṛñjayāḥ) - the Sṛñjayas (an allied tribe) (the Srinjayas (a tribe allied with the Pandavas))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sṛñjaya

sṛñjaya - Srinjaya (proper name of a people/tribe)

तथा (tathā) - and (and, thus, similarly)

(indeclinable)

त्रातारं (trātāraṁ) - a protector (a protector, a savior)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of trātṛ

trātṛ - protector, saviour, deliverer

agent noun

formed from √trā (to protect) + -tṛ

Root: trā (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अध्यगच्छन्त (adhyagacchanta) - they could find (they found, they obtained, they reached)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of gam

imperfect 3rd plural

imperfect 3rd plural, Atmanepada, from √gam with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: gam (class 1)

पङ्कम् (paṅkam) - mud (mud, mire, swamp)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paṅka

paṅka - mud, mire, swamp, dirt

Note: object of 'magnāḥ' (sunk into)

मग्नाः (magnāḥ) - mired, sunk (sunk, plunged, immersed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of magna

magna - sunk, plunged, immersed, deep

past passive participle

formed from √masj (to sink, plunge)

Root: masj (class 6)

Note: modifies dvipāḥ

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (elephants (literally 'twice-drinkers'))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipa

dvipa - elephant (literally 'two-drinker', referring to drawing water with trunk and then mouth)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+pa)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• pa – drinking, guarding
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from √pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)