महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-71, verse-27

ततो गावो निवृत्तास्ता अगोपाः स्वं निवेशनम् ।
ता दृष्ट्वा रहिता गास्तु कचेनाभ्यागता वनात् ।
उवाच वचनं काले देवयान्यथ भारत ॥२७॥

27. tato gāvo nivṛttāstā agopāḥ svaṁ niveśanam ,
tā dṛṣṭvā rahitā gāstu kacenābhyāgatā vanāt ,
uvāca vacanaṁ kāle devayānyatha bhārata.

27. tataḥ gāvaḥ nivṛttāḥ tāḥ agopāḥ svam
niveśanam tāḥ dṛṣṭvā rahitāḥ gāḥ
tu kacena abhyāgatāḥ vanāt uvāca
vacanam kāle devayānī atha bhārata

27. Then those cows, without a cowherd, returned to their own stable. Seeing those cows that had returned from the forest without Kach, Devayani then spoke words at the appropriate time, O Bharata.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

• निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - returned, come back

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• अगोपाः (agopāḥ) - without a cowherd, cowherdess-less

• स्वम् (svam) - one's own

• निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - abode, stable, home

• ताः (tāḥ) - them, those

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• रहिताः (rahitāḥ) - devoid of, abandoned, left behind

• गाः (gāḥ) - cows

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कचेन (kacena) - by Kach

• अभ्यागताः (abhyāgatāḥ) - returned, come near

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

• उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech

• काले (kāle) - at the time, at the proper time

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

गावः (gāvaḥ) - cows

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

निवृत्ताः (nivṛttāḥ) - returned, come back

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nivṛtta

nivṛtta - returned, come back, ceased

Past Passive Participle

from ni-vṛt (to turn back, return)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

अगोपाः (agopāḥ) - without a cowherd, cowherdess-less

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of agopa

agopa - without a cowherd

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: a + gopa

Compound type : Nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+gopa)

• a – not, without
  indeclinable
• gopa – cowherd, protector of cows
  noun (masculine)

स्वम् (svam) - one's own

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, property

निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - abode, stable, home

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - abode, house, stable, settlement

from ni-viś (to enter, settle)

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

ताः (tāḥ) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रहिताः (rahitāḥ) - devoid of, abandoned, left behind

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of rahita

rahita - abandoned, left, devoid of

Past Passive Participle

from rah (to abandon, leave)

Root: rah (class 1)

गाः (gāḥ) - cows

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of go

go - cow, ox, earth, ray of light

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कचेन (kacena) - by Kach

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kaca

kaca - Kach (proper noun), hair

अभ्यागताः (abhyāgatāḥ) - returned, come near

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - come back, returned, approached

Past Passive Participle

from abhi-ā-gam (to come near, return)

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally to describe 'gāḥ' (cows) which are in the accusative case.

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood

उवाच (uvāca) - she spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

काले (kāle) - at the time, at the proper time

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, proper time, death

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayani

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Devayani (proper noun, daughter of Shukra)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, O Bharata