महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-9, verse-11

श्वेतपर्वतरूपेभ्यो गृहेभ्यस्तास्त्वपाक्रमन् ।
गुहाभ्य इव शैलानां पृषत्यो हतयूथपाः ॥११॥

11. śvetaparvatarūpebhyo gṛhebhyastāstvapākraman ,
guhābhya iva śailānāṁ pṛṣatyo hatayūthapāḥ.

11. śveta-parvata-rūpebhyas gṛhebhyas tāḥ tu apākraman
guhābhyaḥ iva śailānām pṛṣatyaḥ hata-yūthapāḥ

11. tāḥ tu hata-yūthapāḥ pṛṣatyaḥ śailānām guhābhyaḥ iva śveta-parvata-rūpebhyas gṛhebhyas apākraman.

11. They, whose herd leaders (husbands) had been slain, fled from their houses, which resembled white mountains, just as female deer (does) flee from the caves of mountains when their herd leaders are killed.

Words meanings summery:

• श्वेत-पर्वत-रूपेभ्यस् (śveta-parvata-rūpebhyas) - from (houses) resembling white mountains (from houses resembling white mountains)

• गृहेभ्यस् (gṛhebhyas) - from their houses (from the houses, from the dwellings)

• ताः (tāḥ) - they (the women) (they, those (feminine plural))

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (emphasizing the action) (but, indeed, on the other hand)

• अपाक्रमन् (apākraman) - fled (they went away, fled, retreated)

• गुहाभ्यः (guhābhyaḥ) - from the caves

• इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as if, as)

• शैलानाम् (śailānām) - of mountains

• पृषत्यः (pṛṣatyaḥ) - female deer (does) (female deer, does)

• हत-यूथपाः (hata-yūthapāḥ) - whose herd leaders (males) were slain (whose herd leader/chief of the herd is slain)

Words meanings and morphology

श्वेत-पर्वत-रूपेभ्यस् (śveta-parvata-rūpebhyas) - from (houses) resembling white mountains (from houses resembling white mountains)

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, plural of śveta-parvata-rūpa

śveta-parvata-rūpa - resembling white mountains, having the form of white mountains

Compound of śveta (white) + parvata (mountain) + rūpa (form, resemblance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śveta+parvata+rūpa)

• śveta – white, pure
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: śvit (class 1)
• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, beauty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: rūp (class 10)

Note: Agrees with gṛhebhyas

गृहेभ्यस् (gṛhebhyas) - from their houses (from the houses, from the dwellings)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Root: grah (class 9)

ताः (tāḥ) - they (the women) (they, those (feminine plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to the nāryaḥ from the previous verse.

तु (tu) - but, indeed (emphasizing the action) (but, indeed, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Particle of emphasis or contrast

अपाक्रमन् (apākraman) - fled (they went away, fled, retreated)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of kram

Imperfect active, 3rd person plural

Root kram (cl. 1), with prefixes apa-ā, imperfect tense, active voice

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: kram (class 1)

गुहाभ्यः (guhābhyaḥ) - from the caves

(noun)

Ablative, feminine, plural of guhā

guhā - cave, cavern

Root: guh (class 1)

इव (iva) - just as, like (like, as if, as)

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison

शैलानाम् (śailānām) - of mountains

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śaila

śaila - mountain, rock

Derived from śilā (rock)

Note: Possessive case, "caves of mountains"

पृषत्यः (pṛṣatyaḥ) - female deer (does) (female deer, does)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of pṛṣatī

pṛṣatī - female deer, doe

Feminine of pṛṣat (spotted deer)

Note: Subject of comparison

हत-यूथपाः (hata-yūthapāḥ) - whose herd leaders (males) were slain (whose herd leader/chief of the herd is slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of hata-yūthapa

hata-yūthapa - whose herd leader is slain

Compound of hata (slain) + yūthapa (herd leader)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hata+yūthapa)

• hata – slain, killed, destroyed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han (to strike, kill), ppp.
  Root: han (class 2)
• yūthapa – herd leader, chief of a herd (male)
  noun (masculine)
  Compound of yūtha (herd) + pa (protector, chief)