महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-264, verse-13

ततः स हरिणो गत्वा पदान्यष्टौ न्यवर्तत ।
साधु हिंसय मां सत्य हतो यास्यामि सद्गतिम् ॥१३॥

13. tataḥ sa hariṇo gatvā padānyaṣṭau nyavartata ,
sādhu hiṁsaya māṁ satya hato yāsyāmi sadgatim.

13. tataḥ saḥ hariṇaḥ gatvā padāni aṣṭau nyavartata
sādhu hiṃsaya mām satya hataḥ yāsyāmi sadgatim

13. tataḥ saḥ hariṇaḥ aṣṭau padāni gatvā nyavartata
satya mām sādhu hiṃsaya hataḥ sadgatim yāsyāmi

13. Then that deer, having gone eight steps, turned back. (He said,) "Please kill me, O truthful one! Once killed, I will attain a good destination."

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thereafter, from that)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the deer) (he, that)

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - the deer (deer, antelope)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (a certain distance) (having gone)

• पदानि (padāni) - steps (steps, feet, words, places)

• अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight (steps) (eight)

• न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - he (the deer) turned back (he turned back, returned)

• साधु (sādhu) - Please (an appeal) (good, proper, righteous; well, properly; an exclamation "good!" or "well done!", "please")

• हिंसय (hiṁsaya) - kill (me) (kill, injure)

• माम् (mām) - me

• सत्य (satya) - O truthful one (addressing the hunter) (O truth, O truthful one)

• हतः (hataḥ) - having been killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

• यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will attain (a good destination) (I will go, I will attain)

• सद्गतिम् (sadgatim) - a good destination (good destination, good state, salvation)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (referring to the sequence of events) (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -tas suffix (ablative sense)

सः (saḥ) - he (the deer) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - the deer (deer, antelope)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope, tawny, yellowish

From hṛ (to seize)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (a certain distance) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root gam + -tvā suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

पदानि (padāni) - steps (steps, feet, words, places)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pada

pada - foot, step, word, place, position

From root pad (to go)

Root: pad (class 4)

अष्टौ (aṣṭau) - eight (steps) (eight)

(numeral)

न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - he (the deer) turned back (he turned back, returned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of nivṛt

Imperfect (Laṅ)

From ni + root vṛt (to turn, exist)

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: The 'n' of 'ni' combines with 'avartata'.

साधु (sādhu) - Please (an appeal) (good, proper, righteous; well, properly; an exclamation "good!" or "well done!", "please")

(indeclinable)

From root sādh (to accomplish)

Root: sādh (class 5)

हिंसय (hiṁsaya) - kill (me) (kill, injure)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of hiṃs

Imperative

Causative stem from root hiṃs.

Root: hiṃs (class 7)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

सत्य (satya) - O truthful one (addressing the hunter) (O truth, O truthful one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of satya

satya - truth, true, real

From sat (being, existence)

Root: as (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - having been killed (killed, struck, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, past

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies the implied subject 'I'.

यास्यामि (yāsyāmi) - I will attain (a good destination) (I will go, I will attain)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of yā

Future (Lṛṭ)

From root yā

Root: yā (class 2)

सद्गतिम् (sadgatim) - a good destination (good destination, good state, salvation)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sadgati

sadgati - good state, good destination, salvation, good course

Compound of sat (good) and gati (going, path, destination)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sat+gati)

• sat – good, existing, true, virtuous
  adjective
  Present Participle
  From root as (to be)
  Root: as (class 2)
• gati – going, movement, path, destination, state
  noun (feminine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)