महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-222, verse-5

जरितोवाच ।
अहं वै श्येनमायान्तमद्राक्षं बिलमन्तिकात् ।
संचरन्तं समादाय जहाराखुं बिलाद्बली ॥५॥

5. jaritovāca ,
ahaṁ vai śyenamāyāntamadrākṣaṁ bilamantikāt ,
saṁcarantaṁ samādāya jahārākhuṁ bilādbalī.

5. jaritā uvāca | aham vai śyenam āyāntam adrākṣam bilam
antikāt | saṃcarantam samādāya jahāra ākhum bilāt balī

5. Jaritā said, "Indeed, I saw the hawk approaching near the burrow. The powerful (hawk), as it moved, seized the mouse, which was moving about, and carried it away from the burrow."

Words meanings summery:

• जरिता (jaritā) - The mother bird (Jaritā (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - she said, she spoke

• अहम् (aham) - Jaritā, the speaker (I)

• वै (vai) - An emphatic particle (indeed, truly, certainly)

• श्येनम् (śyenam) - the hawk, the eagle

• आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - coming, approaching, arriving

• अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I perceived

• बिलम् (bilam) - The nest-hole (hole, burrow, cave, nest)

• अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - Near the hole (from near, from proximity)

• संचरन्तम् (saṁcarantam) - The mouse moving about (moving about, roaming)

• समादाय (samādāya) - The hawk having grabbed the mouse (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

• जहार (jahāra) - The hawk carried the mouse away (he carried away, he seized, he took away)

• आखुम् (ākhum) - the mouse, the rat

• बिलात् (bilāt) - From the nest-hole (from the hole, from the burrow)

• बली (balī) - The powerful hawk (powerful, strong, mighty)

Words meanings and morphology

जरिता (jaritā) - The mother bird (Jaritā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jaritā

jaritā - Name of a female bird (mother of the Śārṅgakas)

Note: Subject of `uvāca`.

उवाच (uvāca) - she said, she spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Irregular perfect of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - Jaritā, the speaker (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of `adrākṣam`.

वै (vai) - An emphatic particle (indeed, truly, certainly)

(indeclinable)

श्येनम् (śyenam) - the hawk, the eagle

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śyena

śyena - hawk, eagle, falcon

Note: Object of `adrākṣam`.

आयान्तम् (āyāntam) - coming, approaching, arriving

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āyānt

āyānt - coming, approaching, arriving

Present Active Participle

From ā-√yā

Prefix: ā

Root: yā (class 2)

अद्राक्षम् (adrākṣam) - I saw, I perceived

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of dṛś

Aorist active

Injunctive aorist of √dṛś, with augment 'a'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

बिलम् (bilam) - The nest-hole (hole, burrow, cave, nest)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bila

bila - hole, cave, burrow, nest

Note: Used here as object of a preposition like 'near' or 'towards'.

अन्तिकात् (antikāt) - Near the hole (from near, from proximity)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of antika

antika - near, proximate

Note: Indicates 'from a nearby place'.

संचरन्तम् (saṁcarantam) - The mouse moving about (moving about, roaming)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃcarant

saṁcarant - moving about, roaming, circulating

Present Active Participle

From sam-√car

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

समादाय (samādāya) - The hawk having grabbed the mouse (having seized, having taken, having grasped)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From sam-ā-√dā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dā (class 1)

जहार (jahāra) - The hawk carried the mouse away (he carried away, he seized, he took away)

(verb)

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

Perfect active

From √hṛ (reduplicated perfect)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the clause.

आखुम् (ākhum) - the mouse, the rat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ākhu

ākhu - mouse, rat

Note: Object of `jahāra`.

बिलात् (bilāt) - From the nest-hole (from the hole, from the burrow)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bila

bila - hole, cave, burrow, nest

Note: Source from which the mouse was carried.

बली (balī) - The powerful hawk (powerful, strong, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of balin

balin - powerful, strong, mighty, vigorous

From bala (strength) + -in suffix

Note: Subject of `jahāra`.