महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-63, verse-23

केचिदग्निमथोत्पाद्य समिध्य च वनेचराः ।
भक्षयन्ति स्म मांसानि प्रकुट्य विधिवत्तदा ॥२३॥

23. kecidagnimathotpādya samidhya ca vanecarāḥ ,
bhakṣayanti sma māṁsāni prakuṭya vidhivattadā.

23. kecit agnim atha utpādya samidhya ca vanečarāḥ
bhakṣayanti sma māṃsāni prakuṭya vidhivat tadā

23. Then, some of the forest-dwellers, having produced fire and kindled it, and having properly cut up the meat, were eating it at that time.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some (of them) (some, certain ones)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, so)

• उत्पाद्य (utpādya) - having produced (having produced, having generated)

• समिध्य (samidhya) - having kindled (having kindled, having ignited)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वनेčअराः (vanečarāḥ) - forest-dwellers (forest-dwellers, forest-rangers)

• भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they were eating (they eat, they devour)

• स्म (sma) - (indicates past continuous tense) (particle denoting past action with present verb)

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats (meats, flesh, animal substance)

• प्रकुट्य (prakuṭya) - having cut up (having cut up, having chopped, having divided)

• विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly (according to rule, properly, ritually, systematically)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some (of them) (some, certain ones)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, a certain (one), someone

Note: Refers to some of the 'vanečarāḥ'.

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, flame, god of fire

Note: Object of 'utpādya' and 'samidhya'.

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, so)

(indeclinable)

उत्पाद्य (utpādya) - having produced (having produced, having generated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from √pad (to go/fall) with prefix ut- and causative suffix -i (pādya)

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Connects the action of producing fire to the main verb.

समिध्य (samidhya) - having kindled (having kindled, having ignited)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from √indh (to kindle) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: indh (class 7)

Note: Connects the action of kindling fire to the main verb.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

वनेčअराः (vanečarāḥ) - forest-dwellers (forest-dwellers, forest-rangers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanečara

vanečara - forest-dweller, ranger, moving in the forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+čara)

• vana – forest, wood, wilderness
  noun (neuter)
• čara – moving, going, dwelling (suffix indicating motion or dwelling)
  adjective/noun
  Derived from √čar
  Root: čar (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'bhakṣayanti sma'.

भक्षयन्ति (bhakṣayanti) - they were eating (they eat, they devour)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Used with 'sma' for past continuous.

स्म (sma) - (indicates past continuous tense) (particle denoting past action with present verb)

(indeclinable)

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - meats (meats, flesh, animal substance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh, muscle

Note: Object of 'bhakṣayanti sma'.

प्रकुट्य (prakuṭya) - having cut up (having cut up, having chopped, having divided)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from √kuṭ (to cut, divide) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: kuṭ (class 1)

Note: Action prior to eating.

विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly (according to rule, properly, ritually, systematically)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'prakuṭya'.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)