महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-22

शाखाश्च तस्य संश्रित्य वसति स्म सुखं पुरः ।
लोमशो नाम मार्जारः पक्षिसत्त्वावसादकः ॥२२॥

22. śākhāśca tasya saṁśritya vasati sma sukhaṁ puraḥ ,
lomaśo nāma mārjāraḥ pakṣisattvāvasādakaḥ.

22. śākhāḥ ca tasya saṃśritya vasati sma sukhaṁ
puraḥ lomaśaḥ nāma mārjāraḥ pakṣisattvāvāsādakaḥ

22. ca lomaśaḥ nāma mārjāraḥ pakṣisattvāvāsādakaḥ
tasya śākhāḥ saṃśritya puras sukhaṁ vasati sma

22. And, having taken refuge in its branches, a cat named Lomaśa, a tormentor of birds and other creatures, used to dwell comfortably there, in front.

Words meanings summery:

• शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

• च (ca) - and, also

• तस्य (tasya) - of it (referring to the same entity as in the previous verse, likely the tree's branches) (of him, of her, of it, its)

• संश्रित्य (saṁśritya) - having taken refuge in (having taken refuge in, having resorted to, having depended on)

• 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)

• सुखं (sukhaṁ) - comfortably (happily, comfortably, easily)

• पुरः (puraḥ) - in front (in front, before, eastward)

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (proper name for the cat) (Lomaśa (proper name), hairy, furry)

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

• मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - cat

• पक्षिसत्त्वावासादकः (pakṣisattvāvāsādakaḥ) - tormentor of birds and other creatures (oppressor/destroyer of birds and creatures/beings)

Words meanings and morphology

शाखाः (śākhāḥ) - branches

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of śākhā

śākhā - branch, limb, division

Note: Object of `saṃśritya`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of it (referring to the same entity as in the previous verse, likely the tree's branches) (of him, of her, of it, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

संश्रित्य (saṁśritya) - having taken refuge in (having taken refuge in, having resorted to, having depended on)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root śri (to resort to, to serve) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

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)

सुखं (sukhaṁ) - comfortably (happily, comfortably, easily)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

पुरः (puraḥ) - in front (in front, before, eastward)

(indeclinable)

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (proper name for the cat) (Lomaśa (proper name), hairy, furry)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - hairy, furry, Lomaśa (a proper name)

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

(indeclinable)

मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - cat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - cat

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Subject of `vasati sma`.

पक्षिसत्त्वावासादकः (pakṣisattvāvāsādakaḥ) - tormentor of birds and other creatures (oppressor/destroyer of birds and creatures/beings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣisattvāvāsādaka

pakṣisattvāvāsādaka - oppressor of birds and creatures

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pakṣi+sattva+avasādaka)

• pakṣi – bird, winged creature
  noun (masculine)
• sattva – being, creature, essence, reality, goodness
  noun (neuter)
• avasādaka – destroyer, oppressor, disheartener
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun from ava-sad (to sink down, to oppress)
  Prefix: ava
  Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `mārjāraḥ`.