महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-23

तत्र चागत्य चण्डालो वैरन्त्यकृतकेतनः ।
अयोजयत्तमुन्माथं नित्यमस्तं गते रवौ ॥२३॥

23. tatra cāgatya caṇḍālo vairantyakṛtaketanaḥ ,
ayojayattamunmāthaṁ nityamastaṁ gate ravau.

23. tatra ca āgatya caṇḍālaḥ vairantyakṛtaketanaḥ
ayojayat tam unmāthaṁ nityam astaṁ gate ravau

23. ca vairantyakṛtaketanaḥ caṇḍālaḥ tatra āgatya
nityam ravau astaṁ gate tam unmāthaṁ ayojayat

23. And, coming there, a Caṇḍāla, who had made his abode in Vairantya, would regularly set up that trap when the sun had set.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there (at the same location as previous verses) (there, in that place, then)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• आगत्य (āgatya) - coming there (having come, approaching)

• चण्डालः (caṇḍālaḥ) - a Caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest caste) (a Caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest, untouchable caste))

• वैरन्त्यकृतकेतनः (vairantyakṛtaketanaḥ) - one who had made his abode in Vairantya (one who has made Vairantya his abode/sign)

• अयोजयत् (ayojayat) - he set up (a trap) (he fastened, he set, he employed, he caused to join)

• तम् (tam) - that (referring to the trap `unmāthaṁ`) (him, her, it, that (accusative singular))

• उन्माथं (unmāthaṁ) - a trap (a snare, a trap, a noose)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly, always (always, constantly, perpetually)

• अस्तं (astaṁ) - setting (of the sun) (setting, disappearance, home, western mountain)

• गते (gate) - having gone (referring to the sun) (having gone, departed)

• रवौ (ravau) - when the sun (locative absolute) (in the sun, on the sun)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there (at the same location as previous verses) (there, in that place, then)

(indeclinable)

adverb from tad

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

आगत्य (āgatya) - coming there (having come, approaching)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root gam (to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) form.

चण्डालः (caṇḍālaḥ) - a Caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest caste) (a Caṇḍāla (a person of the lowest, untouchable caste))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of caṇḍāla

caṇḍāla - an outcaste, a person of the lowest mixed caste (traditionally born from a Śūdra father and a Brāhmaṇa mother)

Note: Subject of `ayojayat`.

वैरन्त्यकृतकेतनः (vairantyakṛtaketanaḥ) - one who had made his abode in Vairantya (one who has made Vairantya his abode/sign)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vairantyakṛtaketana

vairantyakṛtaketana - one who has made Vairantya his abode/sign

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vairantya+kṛta+ketana)

• vairantya – name of a place or region
  proper noun (neuter)
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ (to do, to make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ketana – house, dwelling, sign, banner
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with `caṇḍālaḥ`.

अयोजयत् (ayojayat) - he set up (a trap) (he fastened, he set, he employed, he caused to join)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect causative (laṅ) of yuj

imperfect causative

causative form of root yuj, third person singular active imperfect

Root: yuj (class 7)

तम् (tam) - that (referring to the trap `unmāthaṁ`) (him, her, it, that (accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with `unmāthaṁ`.

उन्माथं (unmāthaṁ) - a trap (a snare, a trap, a noose)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of unmātha

unmātha - a snare, a trap, a noose, a killing weapon

Root: math (class 1)

Note: Object of `ayojayat`.

नित्यम् (nityam) - regularly, always (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

अस्तं (astaṁ) - setting (of the sun) (setting, disappearance, home, western mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting, disappearance, home, western mountain

Note: Used adverbially with `gate` to mean 'at sunset'.

गते (gate) - having gone (referring to the sun) (having gone, departed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction 'astaṁ gate ravau' meaning 'when the sun having set'.

रवौ (ravau) - when the sun (locative absolute) (in the sun, on the sun)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of ravi

ravi - sun, sun-god

Note: Part of locative absolute 'astaṁ gate ravau'.