महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-125, verse-15

स तस्य बाणैर्बहुभिः समभ्यस्तो वनेचरः ।
प्रक्रीडन्निव राजेन्द्र पुनरभ्येति चान्तिकम् ॥१५॥

15. sa tasya bāṇairbahubhiḥ samabhyasto vanecaraḥ ,
prakrīḍanniva rājendra punarabhyeti cāntikam.

15. saḥ tasya bāṇaiḥ bahubhiḥ samabhyastaḥ vanecaraḥ
prakrīḍan iva rājendra punaḥ abhyeti ca antikam

15. rājendra saḥ vanecaraḥ tasya bahubhiḥ bāṇaiḥ
samabhyastaḥ prakrīḍan iva punaḥ antikam ca abhyeti

15. That forest-dwelling deer, O king of kings, even though struck many times by his arrows, would again approach him closely as if playfully.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

• बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

• बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

• समभ्यस्तः (samabhyastaḥ) - struck many times (struck, hit; practiced, accustomed)

• वनेचरः (vanecaraḥ) - the deer, as a forest-dweller (forest-dweller, roaming in the forest)

• प्रक्रीडन् (prakrīḍan) - playing, frolicking

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings!, O emperor!

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

• अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes back

• च (ca) - and

• अन्तिकम् (antikam) - near, to the proximity

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्य (tasya) - his, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बाणैः (bāṇaiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bāṇa

bāṇa - arrow

बहुभिः (bahubhiḥ) - by many

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, numerous, abundant

Note: Agrees with bāṇaiḥ

समभ्यस्तः (samabhyastaḥ) - struck many times (struck, hit; practiced, accustomed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samabhyasta

samabhyasta - struck, hit; practiced, accustomed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root as (to throw, to hit) with prefixes sam and abhi

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: as (class 4)

वनेचरः (vanecaraḥ) - the deer, as a forest-dweller (forest-dweller, roaming in the forest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vanecara

vanecara - forest-dweller, roaming in the forest

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+cara)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, roaming, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from verb root
  Derived from root car with -a suffix
  Root: car (class 1)

प्रक्रीडन् (prakrīḍan) - playing, frolicking

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakrīḍant

prakrīḍant - playing, frolicking (participial stem)

Present Active Participle

Derived from root krīḍ with prefix pra and śatṛ suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings!, O emperor!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - chief of kings, emperor

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – Indra (name of a deity), chief, best
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew

(indeclinable)

अभ्येति (abhyeti) - approaches, comes back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root 'i' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: i (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अन्तिकम् (antikam) - near, to the proximity

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antika

antika - near, proximity, vicinity

Note: Used adverbially