महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-21

स कदाचिद्वनचरो मृगं विव्याध पत्रिणा ।
विद्ध्वा चान्वसरत्तूर्णं तं मृगं गहने वने ॥२१॥

21. sa kadācidvanacaro mṛgaṁ vivyādha patriṇā ,
viddhvā cānvasarattūrṇaṁ taṁ mṛgaṁ gahane vane.

21. saḥ kadācit vanacaraḥ mṛgam vivyādha patriṇā |
viddhvā ca anvasarat tūrṇam tam mṛgam gahane vane

21. Once, that forest-dweller shot a deer with an arrow. Having wounded it, he quickly followed that deer into the dense forest.

21. פעם אחת, כשטייל ביער, פגע בצבי בחץ. אחרי שפגע בו רדף אחריו מהר ביער עבות.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the king) (he, that (masculine))

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (once, at some time, sometimes)

• वनचरः (vanacaraḥ) - forest-dweller (referring to the king) (forest-dweller, roaming in the forest)

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

• विव्याध (vivyādha) - shot (with an arrow) (pierced, struck, wounded)

• पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - with an arrow (with a winged thing, with an arrow)

• विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having wounded it (having pierced/wounded)

• च (ca) - and

• अन्वसरत् (anvasarat) - followed (followed, pursued)

• तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

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

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

• गहने (gahane) - dense (modifying forest) (in the dense, in the thicket, deep)

• वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, wood)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the king) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once (once, at some time, sometimes)

(indeclinable)

वनचरः (vanacaraḥ) - forest-dweller (referring to the king) (forest-dweller, roaming in the forest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanacara

vanacara - a forest-dweller, roaming in the forest

agent noun

from vana + car (to move)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+cara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, wandering, going
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root car
  Root: car (class 1)

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, antelope, wild animal

विव्याध (vivyādha) - shot (with an arrow) (pierced, struck, wounded)

(verb)

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

Root: vyadh (class 4)

पत्रिणा (patriṇā) - with an arrow (with a winged thing, with an arrow)

(noun)

masculine, singular of patrin

patrin - winged, feathered, an arrow, a bird

विद्ध्वा (viddhvā) - having wounded it (having pierced/wounded)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vyadh

Root: vyadh (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्वसरत् (anvasarat) - followed (followed, pursued)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of anu-sṛ

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛ (class 1)

तूर्णम् (tūrṇam) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (referring to the deer) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, antelope, wild animal

गहने (gahane) - dense (modifying forest) (in the dense, in the thicket, deep)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - dense, deep, impervious, thicket, jungle

Note: Adjective agreeing with 'vane' (neuter locative singular).

वने (vane) - in the forest (in the forest, wood)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

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