महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-50, verse-17

अभीतरूपाः संहृष्टास्तेऽन्योन्यवशवर्तिनः ।
बबन्धुस्तत्र मत्स्यांश्च तथान्याञ्जलचारिणः ॥१७॥

17. abhītarūpāḥ saṁhṛṣṭāste'nyonyavaśavartinaḥ ,
babandhustatra matsyāṁśca tathānyāñjalacāriṇaḥ.

17. abhītarūpāḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ te anyonyavaśavartinaḥ
babandhuḥ tatra matsyān ca tathā anyān jalacāriṇaḥ

17. te abhītarūpāḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ anyonyavaśavartinaḥ
tatra matsyān ca tathā anyān jalacāriṇaḥ babandhuḥ

17. Fearless and joyful, and cooperating with one another, they then caught fish and other aquatic creatures in the net.

Words meanings summery:

• अभीतरूपाः (abhītarūpāḥ) - fearless-looking (describing the fishermen) (fearless in appearance, having a fearless form)

• संहृष्टाः (saṁhṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful (describing the fishermen) (delighted, joyful, very glad)

• ते (te) - they (the fishermen) (they, those)

• अन्योन्यवशवर्तिनः (anyonyavaśavartinaḥ) - cooperating with one another (acting under mutual control, interdependent, cooperative)

• बबन्धुः (babandhuḥ) - they caught (fish) (they bound, they tied, they caught)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the net) (there, then, in that place)

• मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - fish

• च (ca) - and

• तथा (tathā) - also, in the same way (thus, so, similarly, also)

• अन्यान् (anyān) - other (aquatic creatures) (other, different)

• जलचारिणः (jalacāriṇaḥ) - aquatic creatures (water-dwellers, aquatic beings)

Words meanings and morphology

अभीतरूपाः (abhītarūpāḥ) - fearless-looking (describing the fishermen) (fearless in appearance, having a fearless form)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of abhītarūpa

abhītarūpa - having a fearless form, fearless-looking

Compound: a-bhīta (fearless, from √bhī 'to fear' with 'a' negative) + rūpa (form, appearance). Bahuvrīhi compound.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (abhīta+rūpa)

• abhīta – fearless
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of √bhī (to fear) with negative prefix 'a-'
  Prefix: a
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• rūpa – form, appearance, shape
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to the fishermen.

संहृष्टाः (saṁhṛṣṭāḥ) - joyful (describing the fishermen) (delighted, joyful, very glad)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - delighted, joyful, thrilled

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √hṛṣ (to be glad, rejoice) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Refers to the fishermen.

ते (te) - they (the fishermen) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the fishermen.

अन्योन्यवशवर्तिनः (anyonyavaśavartinaḥ) - cooperating with one another (acting under mutual control, interdependent, cooperative)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anyonyavaśavartin

anyonyavaśavartin - acting under mutual control, dependent on one another, cooperative

Agent Noun/Adjective

Compound: anyonya (mutual) + vaśa (control, sway) + vartin (acting, being in).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (anyonya+vaśa+vartin)

• anyonya – mutual, reciprocal, each other
  pronoun
• vaśa – will, control, power, authority
  noun (masculine)
• vartin – being, existing, acting, dwelling
  adjective
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  From √vṛt (to be, exist, act) with suffix -in
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Refers to the fishermen.

बबन्धुः (babandhuḥ) - they caught (fish) (they bound, they tied, they caught)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of bandh

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person plural

Root reduplication, perfect suffix, parasmaipada ending.

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Refers to the action of the fishermen.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the net) (there, then, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Locative adverb derived from tad (that).

मत्स्यान् (matsyān) - fish

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of matsya

matsya - fish

Note: Object of babandhuḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

तथा (tathā) - also, in the same way (thus, so, similarly, also)

(indeclinable)

अन्यान् (anyān) - other (aquatic creatures) (other, different)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

Indefinite pronoun.

Note: Object of babandhuḥ.

जलचारिणः (jalacāriṇaḥ) - aquatic creatures (water-dwellers, aquatic beings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jalacārin

jalacārin - water-dweller, aquatic, moving in water

Agent Noun/Adjective

Compound: jala (water) + cārin (moving, going). cārin is from √car (to move) with suffix -in.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+cārin)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, going, dwelling, behaving
  adjective
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  From √car (to move) with suffix -in
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of babandhuḥ.