महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-109, verse-18

मृग उवाच ।
नाहं घ्नन्तं मृगान्राजन्विगर्हे आत्मकारणात् ।
मैथुनं तु प्रतीक्ष्यं मे स्यात्त्वयेहानृशंसतः ॥१८॥

18. mṛga uvāca ,
nāhaṁ ghnantaṁ mṛgānrājanvigarhe ātmakāraṇāt ,
maithunaṁ tu pratīkṣyaṁ me syāttvayehānṛśaṁsataḥ.

18. mṛga uvāca na aham ghnantam mṛgān rājan vigarhe ātma-kāraṇāt
maithunam tu pratīkṣyam me syāt tvayā iha anṛśaṃsataḥ

18. The deer said: "O King, I do not condemn one who kills deer for his own sake. However, out of compassion (anṛśaṃsa), you should wait for my mating to be over here."

Words meanings summery:

• मृग (mṛga) - deer, gazelle, animal

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• घ्नन्तम् (ghnantam) - killing, slayer, one who kills

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, gazelles

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• विगर्हे (vigarhe) - I blame, I censure, I deprecate

• आत्म-कारणात् (ātma-kāraṇāt) - for one's own sake, on account of oneself

• मैथुनम् (maithunam) - mating, coitus, sexual union

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• प्रतीक्ष्यम् (pratīkṣyam) - to be awaited, to be expected

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• अनृशंसतः (anṛśaṁsataḥ) - from compassion, out of compassion

Words meanings and morphology

मृग (mṛga) - deer, gazelle, animal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, gazelle, animal

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

perfect tense

root 'vac' (2nd class), perfect active 3rd singular

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

घ्नन्तम् (ghnantam) - killing, slayer, one who kills

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghnat

han - to strike, to kill

present active participle

root 'han' (2nd class) forming present active participle 'ghnat'

Root: han (class 2)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer, gazelles

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, gazelle, animal

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

विगर्हे (vigarhe) - I blame, I censure, I deprecate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of garh

present tense

root 'garh' (1st class) with prefix 'vi-', present active 1st singular

Prefix: vi

Root: garh (class 1)

आत्म-कारणात् (ātma-kāraṇāt) - for one's own sake, on account of oneself

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ātma-kāraṇa

ātma-kāraṇa - one's own reason, self-interest

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+kāraṇa)

• ātman – self, soul, individual (ātman)
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, instrument, sake
  noun (neuter)
  derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix 'ana'
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

मैथुनम् (maithunam) - mating, coitus, sexual union

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of maithuna

maithuna - mating, coitus, sexual union

derived from 'mithuna' (pair)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

प्रतीक्ष्यम् (pratīkṣyam) - to be awaited, to be expected

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pratīkṣya

īkṣ - to see, to look at

gerundive (kṛtya) or future passive participle

root 'īkṣ' (1st class) with prefix 'prati-' forming gerundive 'pratīkṣya'

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

optative mood

root 'as' (2nd class), optative active 3rd singular

Root: as (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yūṣmad

yūṣmad - you

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

अनृशंसतः (anṛśaṁsataḥ) - from compassion, out of compassion

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of anṛśaṃsa

anṛśaṁsa - compassion, kindness, not cruel

derived from 'nṛśaṃsa' (cruel) with 'a' (negation)

Note: Used here adverbially, 'out of compassion'