महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-133, verse-8

आरण्यकान्प्रव्रजितान्ब्राह्मणान्परिपालयन् ।
अपि तेभ्यो मृगान्हत्वा निनाय च महावने ॥८॥

8. āraṇyakānpravrajitānbrāhmaṇānparipālayan ,
api tebhyo mṛgānhatvā nināya ca mahāvane.

8. āraṇyakān pravrajitān brāhmaṇān paripālayan
api tebhyaḥ mṛgān hatvā nināya ca mahāvane

8. āraṇyakān pravrajitān brāhmaṇān paripālayan
api tebhyaḥ mṛgān hatvā ca mahāvane nināya

8. Protecting the forest-dwelling Brahmins who had embraced renunciation (pravrajita), he even hunted deer for them and provided them in the great forest.

Words meanings summery:

• आरण्यकान् (āraṇyakān) - forest-dwellers, hermits, belonging to the forest

• प्रव्रजितान् (pravrajitān) - renunciates, ascetics, those who have gone forth

• ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

• परिपालयन् (paripālayan) - protecting, guarding, maintaining

• अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

• तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - for the Brahmins (to them, for them)

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer (deer, wild animals)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• निनाय (nināya) - he brought, he led, he conveyed

• च (ca) - and

• महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

Words meanings and morphology

आरण्यकान् (āraṇyakān) - forest-dwellers, hermits, belonging to the forest

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āraṇyaka

āraṇyaka - forest-dweller, hermit, wild (animal), relating to the forest

Derived from 'araṇya' (forest) + 'ṭhak' suffix.

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇān'.

प्रव्रजितान् (pravrajitān) - renunciates, ascetics, those who have gone forth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pravrajita

pravrajita - renunciate, ascetic, one who has gone forth (from household life)

Past Passive Participle

From 'pra' (prefix) + root 'vraj' (to go, move) + 'kta' (past passive participle suffix).

Prefix: pra

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'brāhmaṇān'.

ब्राह्मणान् (brāhmaṇān) - Brahmins, members of the priestly class

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, priest, related to Brahman, sacred text

From 'brahman' + 'aṇ' suffix.

Note: Object of 'paripālayan'.

परिपालयन् (paripālayan) - protecting, guarding, maintaining

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paripālayat

paripālayat - protecting, guarding

Present Active Participle

From 'pari' (prefix) + root 'pāl' (to protect) in the causative 'pālay' + 'śatṛ' (present active participle suffix).

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)

अपि (api) - also, even, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the action.

तेभ्यः (tebhyaḥ) - for the Brahmins (to them, for them)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'brāhmaṇān'.

मृगान् (mṛgān) - deer (deer, wild animals)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, antelope

Root: mṛg (class 6)

Note: Object of 'hatvā'.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'han' (to strike, kill) + 'ktvā' (absolutive suffix).

Root: han (class 2)

निनाय (nināya) - he brought, he led, he conveyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of nī

Perfect Tense (Liṭ)

Reduplicated perfect form of root 'nī'.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'he'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest, large forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Indicates location.