महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-63, verse-22

क्षुत्पिपासापरीताश्च श्रान्ताश्च पतिता भुवि ।
केचित्तत्र नरव्याघ्रैरभक्ष्यन्त बुभुक्षितैः ॥२२॥

22. kṣutpipāsāparītāśca śrāntāśca patitā bhuvi ,
kecittatra naravyāghrairabhakṣyanta bubhukṣitaiḥ.

22. kṣutpipāsāparītāḥ ca śrāntāḥ ca patitāḥ bhuvi
kecit tatra naravyāghraiḥ abhakṣyanta bubhukṣitaiḥ

22. Afflicted by hunger and thirst, and weary, having fallen to the ground, some (of the animals) there were devoured by hungry, fierce hunters.

Words meanings summery:

• क्षुत्पिपासापरीताः (kṣutpipāsāparītāḥ) - afflicted by hunger and thirst (afflicted by hunger and thirst, encompassed by hunger and thirst)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• श्रान्ताः (śrāntāḥ) - weary (weary, exhausted, fatigued)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (fallen, dropped)

• भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

• केचित् (kecit) - some (of the animals) (some, certain ones)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• नरव्याघ्रैः (naravyāghraiḥ) - by fierce hunters (by man-tigers, by fierce men)

• अभक्ष्यन्त (abhakṣyanta) - they were devoured (they were eaten, they were devoured)

• बुभुक्षितैः (bubhukṣitaiḥ) - by the hungry ones (by the hungry ones, by those desiring to eat)

Words meanings and morphology

क्षुत्पिपासापरीताः (kṣutpipāsāparītāḥ) - afflicted by hunger and thirst (afflicted by hunger and thirst, encompassed by hunger and thirst)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kṣutpipāsāparīta

kṣutpipāsāparīta - afflicted by hunger and thirst

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣutpipāsā+parīta)

• kṣut – hunger
  noun (feminine)
• pipāsā – thirst, desire to drink
  noun (feminine)
• parīta – afflicted, surrounded, encompassed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from √i (to go) with prefix pari-
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'kecit'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

श्रान्ताः (śrāntāḥ) - weary (weary, exhausted, fatigued)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrānta

śrānta - weary, exhausted, fatigued

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śram

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'kecit'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पतिताः (patitāḥ) - fallen (fallen, dropped)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, descended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √pat

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'kecit'.

भुवि (bhuvi) - on the ground (on the ground, on the earth)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhū

bhū - earth, ground, land

केचित् (kecit) - some (of the animals) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain (one), someone

Note: Refers to the animals mentioned in previous verses.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

नरव्याघ्रैः (naravyāghraiḥ) - by fierce hunters (by man-tigers, by fierce men)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of naravyāghra

naravyāghra - man-tiger, a tiger among men (i.e., a fierce man)

Compound type : karmadharaya (nara+vyāghra)

• nara – man, human, male
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'abhakṣyanta'.

अभक्ष्यन्त (abhakṣyanta) - they were devoured (they were eaten, they were devoured)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, imperfect (laṅ) of bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Verb for 'kecit'.

बुभुक्षितैः (bubhukṣitaiḥ) - by the hungry ones (by the hungry ones, by those desiring to eat)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bubhukṣita

bubhukṣita - hungry, desirous of eating

Desiderative Past Passive Participle

Derived from the desiderative stem of √bhuj (to eat/enjoy)

Root: bhuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'naravyāghraiḥ'.