महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-55, verse-6

मृते पितरि ते वीरा वनादेत्य स्वमन्दिरम् ।
नचिरादिव विद्वांसो वेदे धनुषि चाभवन् ॥६॥

6. mṛte pitari te vīrā vanādetya svamandiram ,
nacirādiva vidvāṁso vede dhanuṣi cābhavan.

6. mṛte pitari te vīrā vanāt etya sva-mandiram
nacirāt iva vidvāṃsaḥ vede dhanuṣi ca abhavan

6. After their father died, those heroes, returning from the forest to their own palace, quickly became learned in the Vedas and in archery.

Words meanings summery:

• मृते (mṛte) - when (their) father was dead (having died, dead, deceased)

• पितरि (pitari) - when (their) father (was dead) (in the father, for the father)

• ते (te) - those (heroes) (those, they)

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - (those) heroes (heroes, brave ones)

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• एत्य (etya) - having come (back) (having come, having gone)

• स्व-मन्दिरम् (sva-mandiram) - to their own palace (to one's own house/palace)

• नचिरात् (nacirāt) - not long after (not long, not after a long time)

• इव (iva) - (as if) quickly / soon (like, as if, as)

• विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - (they became) learned (men) (learned ones, scholars)

• वेदे (vede) - in the Vedas (sacred knowledge) (in the Veda, in knowledge)

• धनुषि (dhanuṣi) - in archery (in the bow, in archery)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became (they became, they were)

Words meanings and morphology

मृते (mṛte) - when (their) father was dead (having died, dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

past participle

root mṛ + kta suffix

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'pitari'.

पितरि (pitari) - when (their) father (was dead) (in the father, for the father)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Locative absolute construction with 'mṛte'.

ते (te) - those (heroes) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it, they

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - (those) heroes (heroes, brave ones)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, strong man

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

एत्य (etya) - having come (back) (having come, having gone)

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

root i + ktvā (replaced by ya after prefix). Here implying return.

Root: i (class 2)

स्व-मन्दिरम् (sva-mandiram) - to their own palace (to one's own house/palace)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva-mandira

sva-mandira - one's own house, own palace

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+mandira)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun (neuter)
• mandira – house, dwelling, palace, temple
  noun (neuter)

नचिरात् (nacirāt) - not long after (not long, not after a long time)

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'nacira' used adverbially

Compound type : negation tatpurusha (na+cira)

• na – not, no
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time)
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially.

इव (iva) - (as if) quickly / soon (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used to soften or emphasize a statement, here implying 'very quickly'.

विद्वांसः (vidvāṁsaḥ) - (they became) learned (men) (learned ones, scholars)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vidvas

vidvas - learned, knowing, wise, scholar

present participle

root vid + śatṛ suffix

Root: vid (class 2)

वेदे (vede) - in the Vedas (sacred knowledge) (in the Veda, in knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, wisdom

root vid + ghañ

Root: vid (class 2)

धनुषि (dhanuṣi) - in archery (in the bow, in archery)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow, archery

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became (they became, they were)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)