महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-22

पदातिर्बद्धनिस्त्रिंशस्ततायुधकलापवान् ।
न चाससाद गहने मृगं नष्टं पिता तव ॥२२॥

22. padātirbaddhanistriṁśastatāyudhakalāpavān ,
na cāsasāda gahane mṛgaṁ naṣṭaṁ pitā tava.

22. padātiḥ baddhanistriṁśaḥ tatāyudhakalāpavān
| na ca āsasāda gahane mṛgam naṣṭam pitā tava

22. But your father, though on foot, with his sword tied and equipped with a quiver full of arrows, did not find the lost deer in that dense forest.

22. הוא הלך ברגל, חרב קשורה אליו וצרור כלי נשק ערוך. אך אביך לא מצא ביער העבות את הצבי שנעלם.

Words meanings summery:

• पदातिः (padātiḥ) - on foot (foot-soldier, pedestrian, on foot)

• बद्धनिस्त्रिंशः (baddhanistriṁśaḥ) - with his sword tied (having a sword fastened/tied)

• ततायुधकलापवान् (tatāyudhakalāpavān) - equipped with a quiver full of arrows (having a quiver with arrows fitted/drawn)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - but (in this context, linking the two clauses) (and)

• आससाद (āsasāda) - found (approached, reached, obtained, found)

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

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

• नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost (lost, disappeared, ruined)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• तव (tava) - your (your (genitive))

Words meanings and morphology

पदातिः (padātiḥ) - on foot (foot-soldier, pedestrian, on foot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padāti

padāti - a pedestrian, foot-soldier, on foot

बद्धनिस्त्रिंशः (baddhanistriṁśaḥ) - with his sword tied (having a sword fastened/tied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddhanistriṁśa

baddhanistriṁśa - having a sword fastened

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (baddha+nistriṁśa)

• baddha – tied, bound, fastened
  adjective
  past participle
  from root bandh
  Root: bandh (class 9)
• nistriṁśa – sword, scimitar
  noun (masculine)

Note: Compound describing 'pitā'

ततायुधकलापवान् (tatāyudhakalāpavān) - equipped with a quiver full of arrows (having a quiver with arrows fitted/drawn)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tatāyudhakalāpavat

tatāyudhakalāpavat - having a quiver with arrows, having arms arranged

possessive suffix -vat

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tata+āyudha+kalāpa)

• tata – stretched, drawn, fitted (as in an arrow in a bow)
  adjective
  past participle
  from root tan
  Root: tan (class 8)
• āyudha – weapon, arms
  noun (neuter)
• kalāpa – quiver, collection, bundle
  noun (masculine)

Note: Possessive adjective describing 'pitā'

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - but (in this context, linking the two clauses) (and)

(indeclinable)

आससाद (āsasāda) - found (approached, reached, obtained, found)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ā-sad

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

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

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - dense, deep, impervious, thicket, jungle

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

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

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, antelope, wild animal

नष्टम् (naṣṭam) - lost (lost, disappeared, ruined)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of naṣṭa

naṣṭa - lost, destroyed, disappeared, ruined

past participle

from root naś

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Past passive participle, agreeing with 'mṛgam'

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तव (tava) - your (your (genitive))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

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