महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-224, verse-14

मन्दपाल उवाच ।
नाहमेवं चरे लोके यथा त्वमभिमन्यसे ।
अपत्यहेतोर्विचरे तच्च कृच्छ्रगतं मम ॥१४॥

14. mandapāla uvāca ,
nāhamevaṁ care loke yathā tvamabhimanyase ,
apatyahetorvicare tacca kṛcchragataṁ mama.

14. mandapāla uvāca | na aham evam care loke yathā tvam
abhimanyase | apatyahetoḥ vicare tat ca kṛcchragatam mama

14. Mandapāla said: "I do not behave in this world as you suppose. I wander for the sake of my offspring (apatya), and they are now in a difficult situation for me."

Words meanings summery:

• मन्दपाल (mandapāla) - Mandapāla (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• अहम् (aham) - I

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• चरे (care) - I behave (as a statement of fact) (I would behave, I would wander)

• लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• अभिमन्यसे (abhimanyase) - you suppose, you think, you imagine

• अपत्यहेतोः (apatyahetoḥ) - for the sake of offspring, because of children

• विचरे (vicare) - I wander (as a statement of fact for a reason) (I would wander, I would roam)

• तत् (tat) - that (offspring) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and

• कृच्छ्रगतम् (kṛcchragatam) - fallen into difficulty, distressed, in trouble

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

मन्दपाल (mandapāla) - Mandapāla (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mandapāla

mandapāla - Mandapāla (name of a sage in the Mahābhārata, later reborn as a bird)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

चरे (care) - I behave (as a statement of fact) (I would behave, I would wander)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Used here with 'na' to express 'I do not behave' or 'I would not behave'.

लोके (loke) - in the world, among people

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, universe

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अभिमन्यसे (abhimanyase) - you suppose, you think, you imagine

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of abhiman

Prefix: abhi

Root: man (class 4)

अपत्यहेतोः (apatyahetoḥ) - for the sake of offspring, because of children

(indeclinable)

Compound ending in -hetu, used adverbially in the ablative to denote cause.

Compound type : tatpurusha (apatya+hetu)

• apatya – offspring (apatya), child, progeny
  noun (neuter)
• hetu – reason, cause, motive, sake
  noun (masculine)

विचरे (vicare) - I wander (as a statement of fact for a reason) (I would wander, I would roam)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vicar

Prefix: vi

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Used here to express 'I wander' or 'I would wander' for a purpose.

तत् (tat) - that (offspring) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कृच्छ्रगतम् (kṛcchragatam) - fallen into difficulty, distressed, in trouble

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛcchragata

kṛcchragata - fallen into difficulty, distressed, in trouble, gone to difficulty

Past Passive Participle

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛcchra+gata)

• kṛcchra – difficulty, trouble, distress
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, reached, obtained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I