महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-166, verse-7

अमुञ्चन्तं तु पन्थानं तमृषिं नृपसत्तमः ।
जघान कशया मोहात्तदा राक्षसवन्मुनिम् ॥७॥

7. amuñcantaṁ tu panthānaṁ tamṛṣiṁ nṛpasattamaḥ ,
jaghāna kaśayā mohāttadā rākṣasavanmunim.

7. amuñcantam tu panthānam tam ṛṣim nṛpasattamaḥ
jaghāna kaśayā mohāt tadā rākṣasavat munim

7. Then, the best of kings, out of delusion, struck that sage who would not leave the path, hitting him like a demon with a whip.

Words meanings summery:

• अमुञ्चन्तम् (amuñcantam) - (the sage) who was not abandoning (the path) (not releasing, not abandoning)

• तु (tu) - but, however

• पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path, the road

• तम् (tam) - that (sage) (that, him)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage, seer

• नृपसत्तमः (nṛpasattamaḥ) - best among kings, foremost king

• जघान (jaghāna) - struck, hit, killed

• कशया (kaśayā) - with a whip, with a lash

• मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, due to ignorance/infatuation

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• राक्षसवत् (rākṣasavat) - like a demon

• मुनिम् (munim) - sage, ascetic

Words meanings and morphology

अमुञ्चन्तम् (amuñcantam) - (the sage) who was not abandoning (the path) (not releasing, not abandoning)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muñcat

muc - to release, to abandon, to let go

Present Active Participle

root muc (to release) + present participle suffix -at with negation 'a'

Prefix: a

Root: muc (class 6)

तु (tu) - but, however

(indeclinable)

पन्थानम् (panthānam) - the path, the road

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pathin

pathin - path, road, way

तम् (tam) - that (sage) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage, seer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

नृपसत्तमः (nṛpasattamaḥ) - best among kings, foremost king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpasattama

nṛpasattama - best of kings, excellent king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+sattama)

• nṛpa – king, protector of men
  noun (masculine)
  nṛ (man) + pa (protector, from root pā)
• sattama – best, most excellent, pre-eminent
  adjective
  superlative suffix -tama

जघान (jaghāna) - struck, hit, killed

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

root han (reduplicated to jaghan in perfect stem)

Root: han (class 2)

कशया (kaśayā) - with a whip, with a lash

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kaśā

kaśā - whip, lash, reins

मोहात् (mohāt) - from delusion, due to ignorance/infatuation

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, bewilderment, ignorance

from root muh (to be bewildered)

Root: muh (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

राक्षसवत् (rākṣasavat) - like a demon

(indeclinable)

derived with the suffix -vat meaning 'like' or 'having'

मुनिम् (munim) - sage, ascetic

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer