महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-112, verse-88

मृगो वध्यति शस्त्रेण गते संवत्सरे तु सः ।
हतो मृगस्ततो मीनः सोऽपि जालेन बध्यते ॥८८॥

88. mṛgo vadhyati śastreṇa gate saṁvatsare tu saḥ ,
hato mṛgastato mīnaḥ so'pi jālena badhyate.

88. mṛgaḥ vadhyati śastreṇa gate saṃvatsare tu saḥ
hataḥ mṛgaḥ tataḥ mīnaḥ saḥ api jālena badhyate

88. saṃvatsare gate tu mṛgaḥ śastreṇa vadhyati saḥ hataḥ
mṛgaḥ tataḥ mīnaḥ abhijāyate saḥ api jālena badhyate

88. After a year has passed, that wild animal (mṛga) is killed by a weapon. That killed wild animal (mṛga) then becomes a fish, and that fish too is caught by a net.

Words meanings summery:

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a wild animal (deer) (deer, wild animal)

• वध्यति (vadhyati) - is killed (interpreted as passive due to context and instrumental agent) (strikes, kills)

• शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon (by a weapon, by an instrument)

• गते (gate) - having passed (in locative absolute construction) (gone, passed, departed)

• संवत्सरे (saṁvatsare) - after a year (in locative absolute construction) (in a year)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed, however)

• सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the deer) (he, that)

• हतः (hataḥ) - killed, having been killed (killed, slain)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - the wild animal (deer) (deer, wild animal)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards)

• मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

• सः (saḥ) - he (that fish) (he, that)

• अपि (api) - also, too (also, even)

• जालेन (jālena) - by a net (by a net, by a snare)

• बध्यते (badhyate) - is caught (is bound, is caught, is tied)

Words meanings and morphology

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - a wild animal (deer) (deer, wild animal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

वध्यति (vadhyati) - is killed (interpreted as passive due to context and instrumental agent) (strikes, kills)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √vadh

present active indicative 3rd singular

present stem vadhyā-, P. class 1 (derived from √han)

Root: √han (class 2)

शस्त्रेण (śastreṇa) - by a weapon (by a weapon, by an instrument)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śastra

śastra - weapon, instrument, treatise

गते (gate) - having passed (in locative absolute construction) (gone, passed, departed)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, passed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √gam (to go)

Root: √gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃvatsare'.

संवत्सरे (saṁvatsare) - after a year (in locative absolute construction) (in a year)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃvatsara

saṁvatsara - year

तु (tu) - but, indeed (but, on the other hand, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya.

सः (saḥ) - that (referring to the deer) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हतः (hataḥ) - killed, having been killed (killed, slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, smitten

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √han (to strike, kill)

Root: √han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'mṛgaḥ'.

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - the wild animal (deer) (deer, wild animal)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, game

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya.

मीनः (mīnaḥ) - a fish (fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mīna

mīna - fish

Note: Implied verb 'becomes' or 'is born as'.

सः (saḥ) - he (that fish) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अपि (api) - also, too (also, even)

(indeclinable)

Note: Avyaya.

जालेन (jālena) - by a net (by a net, by a snare)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jāla

jāla - net, snare, web

बध्यते (badhyate) - is caught (is bound, is caught, is tied)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √bandh

present passive indicative 3rd singular

passive stem badhya-, P. class 9 (or passive of class 1)

Root: √bandh (class 9)