महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-125, verse-17

नूनं मित्रमुखः शत्रुः कश्चिदार्यवदाचरन् ।
वञ्चयित्वा गतस्त्वां वै तेनासि हरिणः कृशः ॥१७॥

17. nūnaṁ mitramukhaḥ śatruḥ kaścidāryavadācaran ,
vañcayitvā gatastvāṁ vai tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ.

17. nūnam mitramukhaḥ śatruḥ kaścit āryavat ācaran
vañcayitvā gataḥ tvām vai tena asi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ

17. hariṇaḥ nūnam kaścit mitramukhaḥ āryavat ācaran
śatruḥ tvām vañcayitvā gataḥ vai tena tvam kṛśaḥ asi

17. O deer, certainly some enemy, appearing friendly and behaving like a noble person, has indeed deceived you and gone away. That is why you are emaciated.

Words meanings summery:

• नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

• मित्रमुखः (mitramukhaḥ) - having the face of a friend, friend-faced

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain (person)

• आर्यवत् (āryavat) - like a noble person, like an Arya

• आचरन् (ācaran) - behaving, acting

• वञ्चयित्वा (vañcayitvā) - having deceived

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• तेन (tena) - by that, for that reason

• असि (asi) - you are

• हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - O deer

• कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, lean

Words meanings and morphology

नूनम् (nūnam) - certainly, surely, indeed

(indeclinable)

मित्रमुखः (mitramukhaḥ) - having the face of a friend, friend-faced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mitramukha

mitramukha - having a friendly face, friend-faced

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mitra+mukha)

• mitra – friend
  noun (neuter)
• mukha – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy

कश्चित् (kaścit) - someone, anyone, a certain (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone

Indeclinable form of kim-cid

Note: This is a pronominal adjective, but in this context acts as a pronoun 'someone'.

आर्यवत् (āryavat) - like a noble person, like an Arya

(indeclinable)

Derived from ārya with suffix -vat

आचरन् (ācaran) - behaving, acting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ācarat

ācarat - behaving, acting

Present Active Participle

From root √car (to move, act) with upasarga ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

वञ्चयित्वा (vañcayitvā) - having deceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root √vañc (to deceive), causative stem vañcay-

Root: vañc (class 10)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached

Past Passive Participle

From root √gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here actively, 'he has gone'.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, for that reason

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Used adverbially as 'for that reason'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

हरिणः (hariṇaḥ) - O deer

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of hariṇa

hariṇa - deer, antelope

कृशः (kṛśaḥ) - thin, emaciated, lean

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛśa

kṛśa - thin, emaciated, lean