महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-42, verse-17

स वने विजने तात ददर्श मिथुनं नृणाम् ।
चक्रवत्परिवर्तन्तं गृहीत्वा पाणिना करम् ॥१७॥

17. sa vane vijane tāta dadarśa mithunaṁ nṛṇām ,
cakravatparivartantaṁ gṛhītvā pāṇinā karam.

17. sa vane vijane tāta dadarśa mithunam nṛṇām
cakravat parivartantam gṛhītvā pāṇinā karam

17. saḥ tāta vijane vane nṛṇām mithunam cakravat
pāṇinā karam gṛhītvā parivartantam dadarśa

17. In that solitary forest, O dear one, he saw a pair of men revolving like a wheel, holding each other's hands.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that (one)

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

• विजने (vijane) - solitary, deserted, isolated

• तात (tāta) - A term of address, indicating endearment or respect from speaker to listener. (O dear one, O father, O son)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw

• मिथुनम् (mithunam) - a pair, a couple

• नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

• चक्रवत् (cakravat) - like a wheel, in a circular manner

• परिवर्तन्तम् (parivartantam) - moving around, revolving, turning

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having held

• पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

• करम् (karam) - hand

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the woods

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

विजने (vijane) - solitary, deserted, isolated

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of vijana

vijana - solitary, deserted, without people, unfrequented

Compound: vi (without) + jana (people)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+jana)

• vi – without, apart, dis-
  indeclinable
• jana – person, people, human being
  noun (masculine)

तात (tāta) - A term of address, indicating endearment or respect from speaker to listener. (O dear one, O father, O son)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, son, dear one (term of endearment)

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of dadarśa

Perfect Active

Reduplicated perfect form of √dṛś

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

मिथुनम् (mithunam) - a pair, a couple

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mithuna

mithuna - a pair, a couple, a male and female pair

नृणाम् (nṛṇām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ

nṛ - man, person, human being

चक्रवत् (cakravat) - like a wheel, in a circular manner

(indeclinable)

परिवर्तन्तम् (parivartantam) - moving around, revolving, turning

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parivartant

parivartant - revolving, turning, moving around

Present Active Participle

From √vṛt (to turn, exist) with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having held

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: √grah (class 9)

पाणिना (pāṇinā) - with the hand

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

करम् (karam) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax, elephant's trunk

Note: Used with 'pāṇinā gṛhītvā' to imply holding each other's hands.