महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-14, verse-42

क्रीडन्ति सर्पैर्नकुला मृगैर्व्याघ्राश्च मित्रवत् ।
प्रभावाद्दीप्ततपसः संनिकर्षगुणान्विताः ॥४२॥

42. krīḍanti sarpairnakulā mṛgairvyāghrāśca mitravat ,
prabhāvāddīptatapasaḥ saṁnikarṣaguṇānvitāḥ.

42. krīḍanti sarpaiḥ nakulāḥ mṛgaiḥ vyāghrāḥ ca mitravat
prabhāvāt dīptatapasah saṃnikarṣaguṇānvitāḥ

42. nakulāḥ sarpaiḥ vyāghrāḥ ca mṛgaiḥ mitravat
dīptatapasah prabhāvāt saṃnikarṣaguṇānvitāḥ krīḍanti

42. Mongooses play with snakes and tigers with deer, behaving like friends, imbued with the quality of closeness due to the influence of intense asceticism (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• क्रीडन्ति (krīḍanti) - they play, they sport

• सर्पैः (sarpaiḥ) - with snakes

• नकुलाः (nakulāḥ) - mongooses

• मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - with deer, with animals

• व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

• च (ca) - and

• मित्रवत् (mitravat) - like friends, in a friendly manner

• प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - due to the power, from the influence, by virtue of

• दीप्ततपसह् (dīptatapasah) - of the blazing asceticism (tapas)

• संनिकर्षगुणान्विताः (saṁnikarṣaguṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with the quality of closeness, possessing the virtue of proximity

Words meanings and morphology

क्रीडन्ति (krīḍanti) - they play, they sport

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of krīḍ

present

present 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

सर्पैः (sarpaiḥ) - with snakes

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sarpa

sarpa - snake, serpent

Note: companion in play

नकुलाः (nakulāḥ) - mongooses

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nakula

nakula - mongoose

Note: subject of 'krīḍanti'

मृगैः (mṛgaiḥ) - with deer, with animals

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

Note: companion in play

व्याघ्राः (vyāghrāḥ) - tigers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

Note: subject of 'krīḍanti'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मित्रवत् (mitravat) - like friends, in a friendly manner

(indeclinable)

suffix -vat (like, similar to)

प्रभावात् (prabhāvāt) - due to the power, from the influence, by virtue of

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, influence, might, glory

derived from pra + bhū (to be, to exist)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: cause for their friendly behavior

दीप्ततपसह् (dīptatapasah) - of the blazing asceticism (tapas)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of dīptatapas

dīptatapas - blazing asceticism, intense penance

Compound type : tatpurusha (dīpta+tapas)

• dīpta – blazing, shining, ignited
  adjective
  past passive participle
  derived from root 'dīp' (to shine, to blaze)
  Root: dīp (class 4)
• tapas – asceticism (tapas), austerity, penance
  noun (neuter)

Note: modifies 'prabhāvāt'

संनिकर्षगुणान्विताः (saṁnikarṣaguṇānvitāḥ) - endowed with the quality of closeness, possessing the virtue of proximity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃnikarṣaguṇānvita

saṁnikarṣaguṇānvita - endowed with the quality of closeness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃnikarṣa+guṇa+anvita)

• saṃnikarṣa – proximity, closeness, contact
  noun (masculine)
  derived from sam + ni + kṛṣ (to draw near)
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: kṛṣ (class 1)
• guṇa – quality, attribute, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• anvita – accompanied, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective
  past passive participle
  derived from anu + i (to go)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: refers to nakulāḥ and vyāghrāḥ