महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-109, verse-14

अगस्त्यः सत्रमासीनश्चचार मृगयामृषिः ।
आरण्यान्सर्वदैवत्यान्मृगान्प्रोक्ष्य महावने ॥१४॥

14. agastyaḥ satramāsīnaścacāra mṛgayāmṛṣiḥ ,
āraṇyānsarvadaivatyānmṛgānprokṣya mahāvane.

14. agastyaḥ satram āsīnaḥ cacāra mṛgayām ṛṣiḥ
āraṇyān sarvadaivatyān mṛgān prokṣya mahāvane

14. The sage Agastya, while conducting a sacrificial session (sattra), went hunting. He consecrated (prokṣya) the forest-dwelling animals, dedicating them to all deities, within the great forest.

14. אַגַסְטְיַה החוזה, בעת שישב בטקס וודי ממושך (סַטְּרַה), יצא לצוד ביער הגדול, אחרי שקידש בהזאת מים את חיות הבר, שכולן שייכות לכל האלים.

Words meanings summery:

• अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (a famous sage)

• सत्रम् (satram) - sacrifice, sacrificial session, asylum

• आसीनः (āsīnaḥ) - seated, engaged in

• चचार (cacāra) - undertook, performed, wandered

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the chase

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

• आरण्यान् (āraṇyān) - forest-dwelling, wild

• सर्वदैवत्यान् (sarvadaivatyān) - pertaining to all deities, consecrated to all gods

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

• प्रोक्ष्य (prokṣya) - having sprinkled, having consecrated (by sprinkling water)

• महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

Words meanings and morphology

अगस्त्यः (agastyaḥ) - Agastya (a famous sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya, a celebrated Vedic sage

सत्रम् (satram) - sacrifice, sacrificial session, asylum

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sattra

sattra - a large, protracted sacrifice; an asylum, a dwelling

आसीनः (āsīnaḥ) - seated, engaged in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āsīna

āsīna - seated, present, engaged in

Present Participle

present participle (ātmanepada) of root ās (to sit)

Root: ās (class 2)

चचार (cacāra) - undertook, performed, wandered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the chase

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, chase, pursuit of game

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, inspired poet, seer, venerable person

आरण्यान् (āraṇyān) - forest-dwelling, wild

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āraṇya

āraṇya - relating to the forest, wild, savage, forest-grown

सर्वदैवत्यान् (sarvadaivatyān) - pertaining to all deities, consecrated to all gods

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarvadaivatya

sarvadaivatya - relating to all gods, belonging to all deities

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+daivatya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• daivatya – relating to a deity, divine, sacred
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from devatā (deity)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, gazelle

प्रोक्ष्य (prokṣya) - having sprinkled, having consecrated (by sprinkling water)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Prefix: pra

Root: ukṣ (class 1)

महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest, large grove

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

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