महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-60, verse-22

निमज्जतस्तानथ कर्णसागरे विपन्ननावो वणिजो यथार्णवे ।
उद्दध्रिरे नौभिरिवार्णवाद्रथैः सुकल्पितैर्द्रौपदिजाः स्वमातुलान् ॥२२॥

22. nimajjatastānatha karṇasāgare; vipannanāvo vaṇijo yathārṇave ,
uddadhrire naubhirivārṇavādrathaiḥ; sukalpitairdraupadijāḥ svamātulān.

22. nimajjataḥ tān atha karṇasāgare
vipannanāvāḥ vaṇijaḥ yathā arṇave
uddadhrire naubhiḥ iva arṇavāt rathaiḥ
sukalpitaiḥ draupadijāḥ svamātulān

22. atha draupadijāḥ sukalpitaiḥ rathaiḥ
naubhiḥ iva arṇavāt vipannanāvāḥ
vaṇijaḥ yathā arṇave tān svamātulān
karṇasāgare nimajjataḥ uddadhrire

22. Then, Draupadī's sons, using their well-equipped chariots like boats, rescued their maternal uncles, who were sinking in the ocean of Karṇa's assault, just as merchants whose ships have capsized in the ocean are rescued from the sea.

Words meanings summery:

• निमज्जतः (nimajjataḥ) - sinking, drowning, plunging

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• कर्णसागरे (karṇasāgare) - in the formidable opposition or attack from Karṇa (in the ocean of Karṇa)

• विपन्ननावाः (vipannanāvāḥ) - those whose boats are distressed/capsized

• वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as

• अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

• उद्दध्रिरे (uddadhrire) - they lifted up, they rescued

• नौभिः (naubhiḥ) - by boats

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

• रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots

• सुकल्पितैः (sukalpitaiḥ) - well-equipped, well-arranged, skillfully made

• द्रौपदिजाः (draupadijāḥ) - the Upapāṇḍavas (Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Śrutakarma, Śatānīka, Śrutasena) (sons of Draupadī)

• स्वमातुलान् (svamātulān) - their own maternal uncles (the Pandavas) (their own maternal uncles)

Words meanings and morphology

निमज्जतः (nimajjataḥ) - sinking, drowning, plunging

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nimajjat

nimajjat - sinking, submerging, plunging

Present Active Participle

From root `majj` (to sink) with prefix `ni`.

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Agrees with tān (the uncles).

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas (the uncles).

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

कर्णसागरे (karṇasāgare) - in the formidable opposition or attack from Karṇa (in the ocean of Karṇa)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of karṇasāgara

karṇasāgara - Karṇa-ocean (metaphor for Karṇa's overwhelming power or a difficult situation created by Karṇa)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (karṇa+sāgara)

• karṇa – Karṇa (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sāgara – ocean, sea
  noun (masculine)

विपन्ननावाः (vipannanāvāḥ) - those whose boats are distressed/capsized

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipannanāva

vipannanāva - having a distressed or capsized boat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vipanna+nāva)

• vipanna – distressed, ruined, perished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From `pad` (to go, fall) with `vi`.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: pad (class 4)
• nāva – boat, ship
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with vaṇijaḥ.

वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - merchants

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vaṇij

vaṇij - merchant, trader

यथा (yathā) - just as, as

(indeclinable)

अर्णवे (arṇave) - in the ocean, in the sea

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

उद्दध्रिरे (uddadhrire) - they lifted up, they rescued

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, perfect (lit) of uddhṛ

perfect tense, 3rd person plural (ātmanepada)

Reduplicated perfect. Root `dhṛ` with prefix `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

नौभिः (naubhiḥ) - by boats

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of nau

nau - boat, ship

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

अर्णवात् (arṇavāt) - from the ocean, from the sea

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of arṇava

arṇava - ocean, sea

रथैः (rathaiḥ) - by chariots

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

सुकल्पितैः (sukalpitaiḥ) - well-equipped, well-arranged, skillfully made

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sukalpita

sukalpita - well-prepared, well-equipped, skillfully made, well-arranged

Past Passive Participle

From root `kḷp` (to be suitable, arrange) with prefix `su`.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+kalpita)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'good' or 'well'.
• kalpita – arranged, prepared, imagined
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `kḷp`.
  Root: kḷp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with rathaiḥ.

द्रौपदिजाः (draupadijāḥ) - the Upapāṇḍavas (Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Śrutakarma, Śatānīka, Śrutasena) (sons of Draupadī)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of draupadija

draupadija - born of Draupadī, son of Draupadī

From `Draupadī` + `ja` (born).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (draupadī+ja)

• draupadī – Draupadī (proper noun)
  proper noun (feminine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective/noun
  Suffix meaning 'born from'
  Derived from root `jan` (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of uddadhrire.

स्वमातुलान् (svamātulān) - their own maternal uncles (the Pandavas) (their own maternal uncles)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of svamātula

svamātula - one's own maternal uncle

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sva+mātula)

• sva – one's own
  pronoun/adjective
• mātula – maternal uncle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of uddadhrire.