महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-117, verse-27

कदाचिद्रममाणस्य हस्तिनः सुमुखं तदा ।
ऋषेस्तस्योटजस्थस्य कालोऽगच्छन्निशानिशम् ॥२७॥

27. kadācidramamāṇasya hastinaḥ sumukhaṁ tadā ,
ṛṣestasyoṭajasthasya kālo'gacchanniśāniśam.

27. kadācit ramamāṇasya hastinaḥ sumukham tadā ṛṣeḥ
tasya uṭajasthasya kālaḥ agacchat niśāniśam

27. tadā kadācit ramamāṇasya hastinaḥ sumukham
niśāniśam kālaḥ agacchat ṛṣeḥ tasya uṭajasthasya

27. Then, one day, while the elephant was enjoying himself, time passed pleasantly, night after night, for that sage residing in his hut.

Words meanings summery:

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, one day, once

• रममाणस्य (ramamāṇasya) - of the one enjoying oneself, while he was enjoying

• हस्तिनः (hastinaḥ) - of the elephant

• सुमुखम् (sumukham) - pleasantly, cheerfully

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage

• तस्य (tasya) - referring to the sage (of him, of that (masculine))

• उटजस्थस्य (uṭajasthasya) - residing in a hut, dwelling in a hermitage

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time

• अगच्छत् (agacchat) - it went, it passed

• निशानिशम् (niśāniśam) - night after night, every night

Words meanings and morphology

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, one day, once

(indeclinable)

रममाणस्य (ramamāṇasya) - of the one enjoying oneself, while he was enjoying

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ramamāṇa

ramamāṇa - enjoying, delighting in, sporting

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root ram (class 1, ām/a) with middle voice participle suffix

Root: ram (class 1)

हस्तिनः (hastinaḥ) - of the elephant

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of hastin

hastin - elephant (lit. 'having a hand/trunk')

सुमुखम् (sumukham) - pleasantly, cheerfully

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mukha)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

तस्य (tasya) - referring to the sage (of him, of that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

उटजस्थस्य (uṭajasthasya) - residing in a hut, dwelling in a hermitage

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of uṭajastha

uṭajastha - dwelling in a hut or hermitage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (uṭaja+stha)

• uṭaja – hut, hermitage, a leaf-hut
  noun (masculine)
• stha – standing, staying, residing, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

कालः (kālaḥ) - time

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period, opportunity, death

अगच्छत् (agacchat) - it went, it passed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

निशानिशम् (niśāniśam) - night after night, every night

(indeclinable)

Repetition of the noun niśā forming an Avyayībhāva compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (niśā+niśā)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)