महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-61, verse-5

गतोत्सवं पुरमिव हृतनागमिव ह्रदम् ।
स्त्रीवर्षवरभूयिष्ठं वृद्धामात्यैरधिष्ठितम् ॥५॥

5. gatotsavaṁ puramiva hṛtanāgamiva hradam ,
strīvarṣavarabhūyiṣṭhaṁ vṛddhāmātyairadhiṣṭhitam.

5. gata-utsavam puram iva hṛta-nāgam iva hradam
strī-varṣa-vara-bhūyiṣṭham vṛddha-āmātyaiḥ adhiṣṭhitam

5. A city deprived of festivities, like a lake from which its elephant has been removed; it was filled mostly with women, eunuchs, and old men, and governed by aged ministers.

Words meanings summery:

• गत-उत्सवम् (gata-utsavam) - devoid of festivity

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• हृत-नागम् (hṛta-nāgam) - whose elephant has been taken away

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• ह्रद्áम् (hradám) - lake, deep pool

• स्त्री-वर्ष-वर-भूयिष्ठम् (strī-varṣa-vara-bhūyiṣṭham) - predominantly consisting of women, eunuchs, and old men

• वृद्ध-आमात्यैः (vṛddha-āmātyaiḥ) - by old ministers

• अधिष्ठितम् (adhiṣṭhitam) - occupied, governed, presided over

Words meanings and morphology

गत-उत्सवम् (gata-utsavam) - devoid of festivity

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gata-utsava

gata-utsava - without celebration, deprived of festivals

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+utsava)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• utsava – festival, celebration, festivity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'puram' and 'hradám'.

पुरम् (puram) - city, town

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, fortress, town

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

हृत-नागम् (hṛta-nāgam) - whose elephant has been taken away

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hṛta-nāga

hṛta-nāga - one from whom an elephant has been taken

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hṛta+nāga)

• hṛta – taken, carried away, removed
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: hṛ (class 1)
• nāga – elephant, snake, mountain
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'hradám'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

ह्रद्áम् (hradám) - lake, deep pool

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hrada

hrada - lake, pool, deep water

स्त्री-वर्ष-वर-भूयिष्ठम् (strī-varṣa-vara-bhūyiṣṭham) - predominantly consisting of women, eunuchs, and old men

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of strī-varṣa-vara-bhūyiṣṭha

strī-varṣa-vara-bhūyiṣṭha - filled mostly with women, eunuchs, and old men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+varṣa+vara+bhūyiṣṭha)

• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)
• varṣa – eunuch (in compounds like varṣavara), rain, year
  noun (masculine)
• vara – old man, impotent man, best, boon, choice
  noun (masculine)
• bhūyiṣṭha – most abundant, predominant, chief
  adjective
  Superlative of 'bahu' (many).

वृद्ध-आमात्यैः (vṛddha-āmātyaiḥ) - by old ministers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vṛddha-āmātya

vṛddha-āmātya - old minister

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vṛddha+āmātya)

• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• āmātya – minister, counselor
  noun (masculine)

अधिष्ठितम् (adhiṣṭhitam) - occupied, governed, presided over

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adhiṣṭhita

adhiṣṭhita - presided over, governed, occupied, stationed

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: adhi

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'puram' and 'hradám'.