महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-21

तस्य मूलं समाश्रित्य कृत्वा शतमुखं बिलम् ।
वसति स्म महाप्राज्ञः पलितो नाम मूषकः ॥२१॥

21. tasya mūlaṁ samāśritya kṛtvā śatamukhaṁ bilam ,
vasati sma mahāprājñaḥ palito nāma mūṣakaḥ.

21. tasya mūlaṁ samāśritya kṛtvā śatamukhaṁ bilam
vasati sma mahāprājñaḥ palitaḥ nāma mūṣakaḥ

21. palitaḥ nāma mahāprājñaḥ mūṣakaḥ tasya mūlaṁ
samāśritya śatamukhaṁ bilam kṛtvā vasati sma

21. At the base of it, having made a burrow with a hundred openings, a very intelligent mouse named Palita used to dwell.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - of it (referring to the base/root) (of him, of her, of it, its)

• मूलं (mūlaṁ) - root, base (root, base, origin, foundation)

• समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having taken refuge in, having resorted to (having taken refuge in, having resorted to, having depended on)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having done, having made)

• शतमुखं (śatamukhaṁ) - having a hundred openings (hundred-mouthed, having a hundred openings/faces)

• बिलम् (bilam) - burrow (hole, cave, burrow, cavity)

• वसति (vasati) - dwells (dwells, lives, resides)

• स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense (an indeclinable particle used to denote past time when joined to the present tense verb)

• महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - very intelligent (very wise, greatly intelligent)

• पलितः (palitaḥ) - Palita (as a proper name for the mouse) (Palita (proper name), grey-haired, old)

• नाम (nāma) - by name, named (name, by name, indeed, verily)

• मूषकः (mūṣakaḥ) - mouse (mouse, rat)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - of it (referring to the base/root) (of him, of her, of it, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मूलं (mūlaṁ) - root, base (root, base, origin, foundation)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mūla

mūla - root, base, origin, foundation, beginning

Note: Can also be nominative, but accusative fits 'having resorted to the root'.

समाश्रित्य (samāśritya) - having taken refuge in, having resorted to (having taken refuge in, having resorted to, having depended on)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root śri (to resort to, to serve) with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having made (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

शतमुखं (śatamukhaṁ) - having a hundred openings (hundred-mouthed, having a hundred openings/faces)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śatamukha

śatamukha - hundred-mouthed, having a hundred openings, having a hundred faces

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+mukha)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• mukha – mouth, face, opening, entrance
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `bilam`.

बिलम् (bilam) - burrow (hole, cave, burrow, cavity)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bila

bila - hole, cave, burrow, cavity, den

Note: Object of `kṛtvā`.

वसति (vasati) - dwells (dwells, lives, resides)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of vas

present indicative

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used with `sma` to indicate past habitual action.

स्म (sma) - particle indicating past tense (an indeclinable particle used to denote past time when joined to the present tense verb)

(indeclinable)

महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - very intelligent (very wise, greatly intelligent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, greatly intelligent, very learned

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  from pra-jñā (to know thoroughly)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with `mūṣakaḥ`.

पलितः (palitaḥ) - Palita (as a proper name for the mouse) (Palita (proper name), grey-haired, old)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of palita

palita - grey-haired, old, Palita (a proper name)

नाम (nāma) - by name, named (name, by name, indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

मूषकः (mūṣakaḥ) - mouse (mouse, rat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mūṣaka

mūṣaka - mouse, rat, thief

Root: mūṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of `vasati sma`.