महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-136, verse-85

तमत्वरन्तं पलितं पाशानां छेदने तदा ।
संचोदयितुमारेभे मार्जारो मूषकं तदा ॥८५॥

85. tamatvarantaṁ palitaṁ pāśānāṁ chedane tadā ,
saṁcodayitumārebhe mārjāro mūṣakaṁ tadā.

85. tam atvarantam palitam pāśānām chedane tadā
saṃcodayitum ārebhe mārjāraḥ mūṣakam tadā

85. tadā mārjāraḥ tam palitam mūṣakam pāśānām
chedane atvarantam saṃcodayitum ārebhe tadā

85. Then the cat began to urge that grey mouse, Palita, who was not hurrying in cutting the snares.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - that (mouse) (that, him)

• अत्वरन्तम् (atvarantam) - not hurrying, slow

• पलितम् (palitam) - Palita (the name of the mouse) (grey, old; (proper name) Palita)

• पाशानाम् (pāśānām) - of snares, of bonds

• छेदने (chedane) - in cutting, for cutting

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• संचोदयितुम् (saṁcodayitum) - to urge, to incite, to impel

• आरेभे (ārebhe) - began

• मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - cat

• मूषकम् (mūṣakam) - mouse, rat

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - that (mouse) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अत्वरन्तम् (atvarantam) - not hurrying, slow

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of atvarat

atvarat - not hurrying, slow

Present Active Participle

Derived from 'tvar' (to hurry) with negative prefix 'a-' and suffix '-śatṛ'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+tvarat)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• tvarat – hurrying, quick
  adjective
  Present Active Participle
  From root 'tvar' (to hurry), class 1, with -śatṛ suffix
  Root: tvar (class 1)

पलितम् (palitam) - Palita (the name of the mouse) (grey, old; (proper name) Palita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of palita

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

पाशानाम् (pāśānām) - of snares, of bonds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāśa

pāśa - snare, trap, bond, noose

छेदने (chedane) - in cutting, for cutting

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of chedana

chedana - cutting, splitting, severance

From root 'chid' (to cut) with suffix '-ana'

Root: chid (class 7)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

संचोदयितुम् (saṁcodayitum) - to urge, to incite, to impel

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Causative of root 'cud' (to urge) with prefix 'sam-' and suffix '-tumun'

Prefix: sam

Root: cud (class 10)

आरेभे (ārebhe) - began

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of ā-rabh

Perfect, Middle Voice

3rd person, singular, middle voice, perfect tense of root 'rabh' with prefix 'ā-'

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

मार्जारः (mārjāraḥ) - cat

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārjāra

mārjāra - cat

मूषकम् (mūṣakam) - mouse, rat

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mūṣaka

mūṣaka - mouse, rat

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)