महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-37

गतं हि सहसा भूमिं नकुलो मां समाप्नुयात् ।
उलूकश्चेह तिष्ठन्तं मार्जारः पाशसंक्षयात् ॥३७॥

37. gataṁ hi sahasā bhūmiṁ nakulo māṁ samāpnuyāt ,
ulūkaśceha tiṣṭhantaṁ mārjāraḥ pāśasaṁkṣayāt.

37. gatam hi sahasā bhūmim nakulaḥ mām samāpnuyāt
ulūkaḥ ca iha tiṣṭantam mārjāraḥ pāśa-saṃkṣayāt

37. hi yadi gatam bhūmim sahasā nakulaḥ
mām samāpnuyāt ca yadi iha
tiṣṭantam (mām) ulūkaḥ (samāpnuyāt)
mārjāraḥ (samāpnuyāt) pāśa-saṃkṣayāt

37. Indeed, if I were to swiftly descend to the ground, a mongoose might seize me. And if I remain here, an owl might seize me; or a cat, after the snare is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• गतम् (gatam) - having gone (impersonal/adverbial for the action of going) (gone, having gone, reached)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

• सहसा (sahasā) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly, suddenly, by force)

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - to the ground (ground, earth, land)

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - a mongoose (mongoose)

• माम् (mām) - me

• समाप्नुयात् (samāpnuyāt) - might seize (might obtain, might reach, might seize, may attack)

• उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - an owl (owl)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

• तिष्टन्तम् (tiṣṭantam) - remaining (here) (standing, remaining, staying, existing)

• मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat (cat)

• पाश-संक्षयात् (pāśa-saṁkṣayāt) - after the snare is destroyed (from/due to the destruction of the snare)

Words meanings and morphology

गतम् (gatam) - having gone (impersonal/adverbial for the action of going) (gone, having gone, reached)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam-1 with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially to describe the action of going.

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

सहसा (sahasā) - swiftly (quickly, swiftly, suddenly, by force)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial instrumental of sahasa (force)

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - to the ground (ground, earth, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - a mongoose (mongoose)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

समाप्नुयात् (samāpnuyāt) - might seize (might obtain, might reach, might seize, may attack)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of samāp

Root āp (class 5) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: āp (class 5)

उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - an owl (owl)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ulūka

ulūka - owl

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

तिष्टन्तम् (tiṣṭantam) - remaining (here) (standing, remaining, staying, existing)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tiṣṭat

tiṣṭat - standing, staying, existing

Present Active Participle

From root sthā (1P), present stem tiṣṭha

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with implied 'mām' (me).

मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - a cat (cat)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - cat

पाश-संक्षयात् (pāśa-saṁkṣayāt) - after the snare is destroyed (from/due to the destruction of the snare)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pāśa-saṃkṣaya

pāśa-saṁkṣaya - destruction of the snare, end of the trap

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāśa+saṃkṣaya)

• pāśa – snare, trap, bond, cord
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkṣaya – destruction, ruin, end, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root kṣi with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: kṣi (class 5)