महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-112, verse-48

भोजने चोपहर्तव्ये तन्मांसं न स्म दृश्यते ।
मृगराजेन चाज्ञप्तं मृग्यतां चोर इत्युत ॥४८॥

48. bhojane copahartavye tanmāṁsaṁ na sma dṛśyate ,
mṛgarājena cājñaptaṁ mṛgyatāṁ cora ityuta.

48. bhojane ca upahartavye tat māṃsam na sma dṛśyate
mṛgarājena ca ājñaptam mṛgyatām coraḥ iti uta

48. ca bhojane upahartavye tat māṃsam na sma dṛśyate
ca mṛgarājena ājñaptam uta iti coraḥ mṛgyatām

48. And when the meat was to be presented as food, that meat was not found. So, it was commanded by the king of beasts, 'Let the thief be searched for!'

Words meanings summery:

• भोजने (bhojane) - regarding the food (meal) (in/at food, regarding food)

• च (ca) - and

• उपहर्तव्ये (upahartavye) - to be presented (as food) (to be brought, to be offered, to be presented)

• तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that)

• मांसम् (māṁsam) - the meat (that was to be served) (meat, flesh)

• न (na) - not

• स्म (sma) - (used with present tense verb to indicate past tense) ((particle indicating past action or emphasis))

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - was seen (in passive past tense due to 'sma') / was found (is seen, appears)

• मृगराजेन (mṛgarājena) - by the king of beasts (the lion) (by the king of beasts, by the lion)

• च (ca) - and

• आज्ञप्तम् (ājñaptam) - it was commanded (commanded, ordered)

• मृग्यताम् (mṛgyatām) - let him (the thief) be searched for (let it be searched, let him be searched for)

• चोरः (coraḥ) - the thief (thief, robber)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech) (thus, so (introducing direct speech))

• उत (uta) - indeed (emphasizing the command) (and, moreover, indeed)

Words meanings and morphology

भोजने (bhojane) - regarding the food (meal) (in/at food, regarding food)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhojana

bhojana - eating, food, meal

from √bhuj + lyuṭ suffix

Root: bhuj (class 7)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उपहर्तव्ये (upahartavye) - to be presented (as food) (to be brought, to be offered, to be presented)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of upahartavya

upahartavya - to be brought, to be offered, to be presented

Gerundive

from upa- √hṛ + tavya suffix

Prefix: upa

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with bhojane, indicating 'when the food was to be presented'

तत् (tat) - that (specific) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to māṃsam

मांसम् (māṁsam) - the meat (that was to be served) (meat, flesh)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - (used with present tense verb to indicate past tense) ((particle indicating past action or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - was seen (in passive past tense due to 'sma') / was found (is seen, appears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Used with 'sma' to denote past tense: 'was not seen/found'.

मृगराजेन (mṛgarājena) - by the king of beasts (the lion) (by the king of beasts, by the lion)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mṛgarāja

mṛgarāja - king of beasts, lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+rājan)

• mṛga – animal, beast, deer
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

आज्ञप्तम् (ājñaptam) - it was commanded (commanded, ordered)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ājñapta

ājñapta - commanded, ordered, informed

Past Passive Participle

from ā- √jñā + kta suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Implied 'it was commanded'

मृग्यताम् (mṛgyatām) - let him (the thief) be searched for (let it be searched, let him be searched for)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of mṛj

Root: mṛj (class 1)

Note: Derived from √mṛj (to search). Passive imperative.

चोरः (coraḥ) - the thief (thief, robber)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cora

cora - thief, robber

from √cur + aṇ suffix

Root: cur (class 10)

इति (iti) - (marks the end of direct speech) (thus, so (introducing direct speech))

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - indeed (emphasizing the command) (and, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)