महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-44, verse-15

सह सात्यकिना शौरिरर्जुनस्य निवेशनम् ।
विवेश पुरुषव्याघ्रो व्याघ्रो गिरिगुहामिव ॥१५॥

15. saha sātyakinā śaurirarjunasya niveśanam ,
viveśa puruṣavyāghro vyāghro giriguhāmiva.

15. saha sātyakinā śauriḥ arjunasya niveśanam
viveśa puruṣavyāghraḥ vyāghraḥ giriguhām iva

15. saha sātyakinā śauriḥ puruṣavyāghraḥ arjunasya
niveśanam viveśa vyāghraḥ giriguhām iva

15. Just as a tiger enters a mountain cave, so did Śauri (Krishna), the foremost among men, enter Arjuna's dwelling with Satyaki.

Words meanings summery:

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• सात्यकिना (sātyakinā) - by Satyaki, with Satyaki

• शौरिः (śauriḥ) - Śauri (Krishna)

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

• निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling, abode, home

• विवेश (viveśa) - entered

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - Epithet for Śauri (Krishna). (foremost among men, tiger among men, best of men)

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger

• गिरिगुहाम् (giriguhām) - to a mountain cave, into a mountain cave

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

Preposition requiring instrumental case.

सात्यकिना (sātyakinā) - by Satyaki, with Satyaki

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sātyaki

sātyaki - Satyaki, a Yadava warrior and Krishna's charioteer

Note: Governed by `saha`.

शौरिः (śauriḥ) - Śauri (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śauri

śauri - descendant of Śūra; an epithet of Krishna or Vasudeva

A patronymic from Śūra.

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - of Arjuna

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍavas

निवेशनम् (niveśanam) - dwelling, abode, home

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - dwelling, abode, house, entrance

From ni + root viś (to enter).

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Object of `viveśa`.

विवेश (viveśa) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of viś

Perfect

3rd person singular, active

Root: viś (class 6)

पुरुषव्याघ्रः (puruṣavyāghraḥ) - Epithet for Śauri (Krishna). (foremost among men, tiger among men, best of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, foremost of men, best of men

A compound where vyāghra (tiger) is used metaphorically for 'best' or 'chief'. Mayūravyaṃsakādi compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, male, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pṛ (class 3)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)
  Prefixes: vi+ā
  Root: ghra

Note: Appositive to Śauri.

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - a tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

From vi + ā + root ghra (to smell, seize), word meaning "that which seizes [prey] violently".

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: ghra

Note: Subject of the simile.

गिरिगुहाम् (giriguhām) - to a mountain cave, into a mountain cave

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of giriguhā

giriguhā - mountain cave, cavern

Compound of giri (mountain) and guhā (cave).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (giri+guhā)

• giri – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
  From root gṛ (to swallow), meaning "that which covers/obstructs".
  Root: gṛ
• guhā – cave, cavern
  noun (feminine)
  From root guh (to hide).
  Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied verb in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle used for comparison.