महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-141, verse-21

पक्षिणो वातवेगेन हता लीनास्तदाभवन् ।
मृगाः सिंहा वराहाश्च स्थलान्याश्रित्य तस्थिरे ॥२१॥

21. pakṣiṇo vātavegena hatā līnāstadābhavan ,
mṛgāḥ siṁhā varāhāśca sthalānyāśritya tasthire.

21. pakṣiṇaḥ vātavegena hatāḥ līnāḥ tadā abhavan
mṛgāḥ siṃhāḥ varāhāḥ ca sthalāni āśritya tasthire

21. tada vātavegena hatāḥ pakṣiṇaḥ līnāḥ abhavan ca
mṛgāḥ siṃhāḥ varāhāḥ sthalāni āśritya tasthire

21. The birds, struck by the force of the wind, then hid themselves. Deer, lions, and boars stood, having resorted to the higher grounds.

Words meanings summery:

• पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

• वातवेगेन (vātavegena) - by the force of the wind, by the speed of the wind

• हताः (hatāḥ) - struck, killed, injured

• लीनाः (līnāḥ) - hidden, merged, clung to

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

• सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

• वराहाः (varāhāḥ) - boars, wild pigs

• च (ca) - and

• स्थलानि (sthalāni) - high grounds, dry lands

• आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, depending on

• तस्थिरे (tasthire) - they stood, they remained

Words meanings and morphology

पक्षिणः (pakṣiṇaḥ) - birds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged creature

वातवेगेन (vātavegena) - by the force of the wind, by the speed of the wind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vātavega

vātavega - force of the wind, speed of the wind

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāta+vega)

• vāta – wind, air
  noun (masculine)
• vega – speed, velocity, force, impetuosity
  noun (masculine)

हताः (hatāḥ) - struck, killed, injured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - struck, killed, injured, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root han 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

लीनाः (līnāḥ) - hidden, merged, clung to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of līna

līna - hidden, merged, clung to, disappeared, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root lī 'to cling, melt, disappear'

Root: lī (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

root 'bhū' (1st class, Parasmaipada)

Root: bhū (class 1)

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer, wild animals

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, gazelle; any wild animal

सिंहाः (siṁhāḥ) - lions

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of siṃha

siṁha - lion

वराहाः (varāhāḥ) - boars, wild pigs

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of varāha

varāha - boar, wild pig

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स्थलानि (sthalāni) - high grounds, dry lands

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sthala

sthala - dry ground, high ground, firm land; a place, spot, site

आश्रित्य (āśritya) - having resorted to, having taken refuge in, depending on

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

derived from root śri 'to resort to, cling to' with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śri (class 1)

तस्थिरे (tasthire) - they stood, they remained

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of sthā

root 'sthā' (1st class, Atmanepada)

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form