महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-119, verse-16

हर्षादेतान्क्रीडमानान्गृह्य काकनिलीयने ।
शिरःसु च निगृह्यैनान्योधयामास पाण्डवः ॥१६॥

16. harṣādetānkrīḍamānāngṛhya kākanilīyane ,
śiraḥsu ca nigṛhyainānyodhayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ.

16. harṣāt etān krīḍamānān gṛhya kākanilīyane
śiraḥsu ca nigṛhya enān yodhayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

16. The Pāṇḍava (Bhīma), delightedly seizing these boys as they played a game of 'crow's nest' (hide-and-seek), then held them by their heads and made them fight each other.

Words meanings summery:

• हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, out of delight, with joy

• एतान् (etān) - these

• क्रीडमानान् (krīḍamānān) - playing, sporting

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken, having caught

• काकनिलीयने (kākanilīyane) - in the game of 'crow's nest' (hide-and-seek)

• शिरःसु (śiraḥsu) - on the heads

• च (ca) - and

• निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having held down, having suppressed

• एनान् (enān) - these

• योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - he made them fight, he caused to fight

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (son of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

हर्षात् (harṣāt) - from joy, out of delight, with joy

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, happiness, exultation

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

एतान् (etān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

क्रीडमानान् (krīḍamānān) - playing, sporting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of krīḍamāna

krīḍamāna - playing, sporting, amusing oneself

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Derived from the root krīḍ (to play) with the -māna suffix.

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken, having caught

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root grah (to seize) with the -ya suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

काकनिलीयने (kākanilīyane) - in the game of 'crow's nest' (hide-and-seek)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kākanilīyana

kākanilīyana - a game of 'crow's nest' (a form of hide-and-seek)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāka+nilīyana)

• kāka – crow
  noun (masculine)
• nilīyana – hiding, lurking, concealing
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  From ni-lī (to hide, lurk)
  Prefix: ni
  Root: lī (class 4)

शिरःसु (śiraḥsu) - on the heads

(noun)

Locative, neuter, plural of śiras

śiras - head, top, peak

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

निगृह्य (nigṛhya) - having seized, having held down, having suppressed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root grah (to seize) with the prefix ni- and the -ya suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

एनान् (enān) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of etas

etas - this, these

योधयामास (yodhayāmāsa) - he made them fight, he caused to fight

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of yudh

Causative verb (Perfect tense)

Derived from the root yudh (to fight) in the causative form, Perfect tense.

Root: yudh (class 4)

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍava brothers (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, belonging to Pāṇḍu

Derived from Pāṇḍu with the patronymic suffix -a.