महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-24, verse-4

ततः कदाचिल्लिखितः शङ्खस्याश्रममागमत् ।
यदृच्छयापि शङ्खोऽथ निष्क्रान्तोऽभवदाश्रमात् ॥४॥

4. tataḥ kadācillikhitaḥ śaṅkhasyāśramamāgamat ,
yadṛcchayāpi śaṅkho'tha niṣkrānto'bhavadāśramāt.

4. tataḥ kadācit likhitaḥ śaṅkhasya āśramam āgamat
yadṛcchayā api śaṅkhaḥ atha niṣkrāntaḥ abhavat āśramāt

4. likhitaḥ kadācit tataḥ śaṅkhasya āśramam āgamat atha
śaṅkhaḥ api yadṛcchayā āśramāt niṣkrāntaḥ abhavat

4. Then, one day, Likita arrived at Shankha's hermitage. By chance, however, Shankha had also departed from his hermitage.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, one day (sometimes, once, at some time)

• लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likita (a sage, brother of Shankha) (Likita (a proper name))

• शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya) - of Shankha (Likita's brother) (of Shankha)

• आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage (hermitage, retreat)

• आगमत् (āgamat) - arrived (came, arrived)

• यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance (by chance, accidentally, spontaneously)

• अपि (api) - also, however (also, even, too)

• शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Shankha (the owner of the hermitage) (Shankha)

• अथ (atha) - however (then, now, moreover)

• निष्क्रान्तः (niṣkrāntaḥ) - had departed (gone out, departed, emerged)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - had become (meaning was) (was, became)

• आश्रमात् (āśramāt) - from the hermitage

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base tad, with -tas suffix

कदाचित् (kadācit) - once, one day (sometimes, once, at some time)

(indeclinable)

लिखितः (likhitaḥ) - Likita (a sage, brother of Shankha) (Likita (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of likhita

likhita - written, depicted; proper name 'Likita'

Past Passive Participle of likh- 'to write', used as a proper name

Root: likh (class 6)

शङ्खस्य (śaṅkhasya) - of Shankha (Likita's brother) (of Shankha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch-shell; a proper name 'Shankha'

आश्रमम् (āśramam) - hermitage (hermitage, retreat)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat; a stage of life

From śram- 'to toil, exert' with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

आगमत् (āgamat) - arrived (came, arrived)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Third person singular imperfect active

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance (by chance, accidentally, spontaneously)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā

yadṛcchā - free will, spontaneity, chance, accident

Compound of yat (relative pronoun base) and ṛcchā (desire, wish)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yat+ṛcchā)

• yat – which, who
  pronoun
• ṛcchā – desire, wish
  noun (feminine)
  From root ṛcch- 'to go, to seek'
  Root: ṛcch (class 6)

अपि (api) - also, however (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

शङ्खः (śaṅkhaḥ) - Shankha (the owner of the hermitage) (Shankha)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaṅkha

śaṅkha - conch-shell; a proper name 'Shankha'

अथ (atha) - however (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

निष्क्रान्तः (niṣkrāntaḥ) - had departed (gone out, departed, emerged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niṣkrānta

niṣkrānta - gone out, departed, emerged

Past Passive Participle

From root kram- 'to step' with prefix nis- 'out'

Prefix: nis

Root: kram (class 1)

अभवत् (abhavat) - had become (meaning was) (was, became)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Third person singular imperfect active

Root: bhū (class 1)

आश्रमात् (āśramāt) - from the hermitage

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, retreat; a stage of life

From śram- 'to toil, exert' with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)