महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-274, verse-34

ततः स यज्ञो नृपते वध्यमानः समन्ततः ।
आस्थाय मृगरूपं वै खमेवाभ्यपतत्तदा ॥३४॥

34. tataḥ sa yajño nṛpate vadhyamānaḥ samantataḥ ,
āsthāya mṛgarūpaṁ vai khamevābhyapatattadā.

34. tataḥ saḥ yajñaḥ nṛpate vadhyamānaḥ samantataḥ
| āsthāya mṛgarūpaṃ vai khaṃ eva abhyapatat tadā

34. nṛpate tataḥ saḥ yajñaḥ samantataḥ vadhyamānaḥ
mṛgarūpaṃ vai āsthāya tadā khaṃ eva abhyapatat

34. O king, at that time, that Vedic ritual (yajña), being assaulted from all sides, indeed assumed the form of a deer and fled into the sky.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) itself, personified as a deer (Vedic ritual, offering, sacrifice)

• नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

• वध्यमानः (vadhyamānaḥ) - being assaulted (being struck, being injured, being killed)

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed, having taken, having adopted

• मृगरूपं (mṛgarūpaṁ) - the form of a deer, deer-form

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

• खं (khaṁ) - sky, space, ether

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - fled into (flew towards, rushed into)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

ablative of 'tad' used as an indeclinable

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine nominative singular of 'tad'

यज्ञः (yajñaḥ) - the Vedic ritual (yajña) itself, personified as a deer (Vedic ritual, offering, sacrifice)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, offering, sacrifice, devotion

from √yaj 'to worship'

Root: yaj (class 1)

नृपते (nṛpate) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

वध्यमानः (vadhyamānaḥ) - being assaulted (being struck, being injured, being killed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadhyamāna

vadhyamāna - being struck, being killed, being injured

Present Passive Participle

from √vadh 'to strike, kill' with -yamāna suffix

Root: vadh (class 1)

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

from 'samanta' (all-round) with -tas suffix

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having assumed, having taken, having adopted

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from ā-√sthā 'to stand upon, assume' with -ya suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

मृगरूपं (mṛgarūpaṁ) - the form of a deer, deer-form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛgarūpa

mṛgarūpa - form of a deer, deer-form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+rūpa)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, certainly

(indeclinable)

खं (khaṁ) - sky, space, ether

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kha

kha - sky, space, ether, heaven

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अभ्यपतत् (abhyapatat) - fled into (flew towards, rushed into)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhi-pat

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect active

Prefix: abhi

Root: pat (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' (that) with -dā suffix