महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-37, verse-7

तं स्थाणुभूतं तिष्ठन्तं क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमातुरः ।
पुनः पुनर्मृगं नष्टं पप्रच्छ पितरं तव ॥७॥

7. taṁ sthāṇubhūtaṁ tiṣṭhantaṁ kṣutpipāsāśramāturaḥ ,
punaḥ punarmṛgaṁ naṣṭaṁ papraccha pitaraṁ tava.

7. tam sthāṇubhūtam tiṣṭhantam kṣutpipāsāśramāturaḥ
punaḥ punaḥ mṛgam naṣṭam papraccha pitaram tava

7. Suffering from hunger, thirst, and exhaustion, (he) repeatedly asked your father, who was standing still like a post, about the lost deer.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (referring to the father) (him, that)

• स्थाणुभूतम् (sthāṇubhūtam) - who had become like a post (become like a post/pillar, standing motionless like a post)

• तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing (motionless) (standing, remaining)

• क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमातुरः (kṣutpipāsāśramāturaḥ) - suffering from hunger, thirst, and exhaustion (afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - the deer (deer, animal)

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost (lost, perished, destroyed)

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (asked, inquired)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - (your) father (father)

• तव (tava) - your (father) (your)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (referring to the father) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the father (Śamīka)

स्थाणुभूतम् (sthāṇubhūtam) - who had become like a post (become like a post/pillar, standing motionless like a post)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sthāṇubhūta

sthāṇubhūta - become like a post, fixed like a post, motionless

Compound adjective

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sthāṇu+bhūta)

• sthāṇu – post, pillar, trunk, immovable
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, happened, past, being
  past participle (neuter)
  past participle
  From root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Attribute of 'pitaram'

तिष्ठन्तम् (tiṣṭhantam) - standing (motionless) (standing, remaining)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, remaining, existing

present participle

From root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Attribute of 'pitaram'

क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमातुरः (kṣutpipāsāśramāturaḥ) - suffering from hunger, thirst, and exhaustion (afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣutpipāsāśramātura

kṣutpipāsāśramātura - afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue

Compound adjective

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣut+pipāsā+śrama+ātura)

• kṣut – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst
  noun (feminine)
  Desiderative noun from pā (to drink)
  Root: pā (class 1)
• śrama – fatigue, exertion, labor
  noun (masculine)
  From root śram (to be weary)
  Root: śram (class 4)
• ātura – afflicted, sick, distressed
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence, referring to the questioner (King Parīkṣit)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage, indicating repetition with the next 'punaḥ'

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with the previous 'punaḥ' to mean 'repeatedly'

मृगम् (mṛgam) - the deer (deer, animal)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, wild beast

Note: Object of 'papraccha'

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost (lost, perished, destroyed)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, vanished, destroyed

past participle

From root naś (to be lost, perish)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Attribute of 'mṛgam'

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked (asked, inquired)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pracch

Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Main verb of the sentence

पितरम् (pitaram) - (your) father (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Object of 'papraccha'

तव (tava) - your (father) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive pronoun modifying 'pitaram'