महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-137, verse-11

अथ सा शकुनी राजन्नागमत्फलहारिका ।
अपश्यन्निहतं पुत्रं तेन बालेन भूतले ॥११॥

11. atha sā śakunī rājannāgamatphalahārikā ,
apaśyannihataṁ putraṁ tena bālena bhūtale.

11. atha sā śakunī rājan āgamat phalahārikā
apaśyat nihatam putram tena bālena bhūtale

11. atha rājan sā phalahārikā śakunī āgamat
tena bālena bhūtale nihatam putram apaśyat

11. Then, O king, that female bird, who was collecting fruits, arrived. She saw her son, killed by that boy, lying on the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

• शकुनी (śakunī) - female bird

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• आगमत् (āgamat) - she came, she arrived

• फलहारिका (phalahārikā) - fruit-gatherer, fruit-carrier

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw

• निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• तेन (tena) - by the boy (by him, by that)

• बालेन (bālena) - by the boy, by the child

• भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शकुनी (śakunī) - female bird

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śakunī

śakunī - female bird, bird

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

आगमत् (āgamat) - she came, she arrived

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of āgam

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

फलहारिका (phalahārikā) - fruit-gatherer, fruit-carrier

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of phalahārikā

phalahārikā - a female fruit-gatherer or fruit-carrier

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (phala+hārikā)

• phala – fruit, result
  noun (neuter)
• hārikā – female bearer, female gatherer
  noun (feminine)
  Feminine derivative of 'hārin' (bearer, remover).
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - she saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

The root 'dṛś' takes 'paś' as its present stem.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

निहतम् (nihatam) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - killed, struck down, slain

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni' and the 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

तेन (tena) - by the boy (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

बालेन (bālena) - by the boy, by the child

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young one

भूतले (bhūtale) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bhūtala

bhūtala - ground, surface of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhū+tala)

• bhū – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, flat ground, palm, sole
  noun (neuter)