महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-40, verse-14

छिद्यमानं यथानन्तं वनं परशुना विभो ।
बभूवापहतं तच्चाप्यवकीर्णमचेतनम् ॥१४॥

14. chidyamānaṁ yathānantaṁ vanaṁ paraśunā vibho ,
babhūvāpahataṁ taccāpyavakīrṇamacetanam.

14. chidyamānam yathā anantam vanam paraśunā vibho
babhūva apahatam tat ca api avakīrṇam acetanam

14. vibho yathā anantam vanam paraśunā chidyamānam
tat ca api apahatam avakīrṇam acetanam babhūva

14. Just as an immense forest (vana) is cut down by an axe, O mighty lord, so too that kingdom became devastated, scattered, and lifeless.

Words meanings summery:

• छिद्यमानम् (chidyamānam) - (the forest) being cut down (being cut, being divided)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in which way

• अनन्तम् (anantam) - immense (forest) (endless, infinite, boundless)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

• परशुना (paraśunā) - by an axe, with an axe

• विभो (vibho) - O mighty lord (vocative, addressing the narrator, possibly Vyasa or Sūta) (O lord, O all-pervading, O mighty one)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became, came to be, was

• अपहतम् (apahatam) - devastated (destroyed, struck down, killed)

• तत् (tat) - that kingdom (referring to rāṣṭram from previous verse) (that)

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• अवकीर्णम् (avakīrṇam) - scattered (kingdom) (scattered, strewn, disarranged)

• अचेतनम् (acetanam) - lifeless (kingdom) (unconscious, lifeless, inanimate)

Words meanings and morphology

छिद्यमानम् (chidyamānam) - (the forest) being cut down (being cut, being divided)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of chidyamāna

chidyamāna - being cut, being divided, being broken

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root 'chid' (to cut, cleave) with the suffix '-yamāna'.

Root: chid (class 7)

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, in which way

(indeclinable)

अनन्तम् (anantam) - immense (forest) (endless, infinite, boundless)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ananta

ananta - endless, infinite, boundless, Vishnu (as Ananta-śeṣa)

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (an+anta)

• an – not, un-
  indeclinable
• anta – end, limit, boundary
  noun (masculine)

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood, grove

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

परशुना (paraśunā) - by an axe, with an axe

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of paraśu

paraśu - axe, hatchet, battle-axe

विभो (vibho) - O mighty lord (vocative, addressing the narrator, possibly Vyasa or Sūta) (O lord, O all-pervading, O mighty one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vibhu

vibhu - lord, master, sovereign, all-pervading, mighty

बभूव (babhūva) - became, came to be, was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

अपहतम् (apahatam) - devastated (destroyed, struck down, killed)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of apahata

apahata - struck, beaten, destroyed, killed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'apa'.

Prefix: apa

Root: han (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that kingdom (referring to rāṣṭram from previous verse) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

अवकीर्णम् (avakīrṇam) - scattered (kingdom) (scattered, strewn, disarranged)

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of avakīrṇa

avakīrṇa - scattered, strewn, dispersed, disarranged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kīr' (to scatter) with prefix 'ava'.

Prefix: ava

Root: kīr (class 6)

अचेतनम् (acetanam) - lifeless (kingdom) (unconscious, lifeless, inanimate)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of acetana

acetana - unconscious, inanimate, lifeless, senseless

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (a+cetana)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• cetana – conscious, sentient, having spirit
  adjective (masculine)