महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-55, verse-7

तं क्रमेण जरा तात प्रतिपेदे महामुनिम् ।
न चान्वबुध्यत तदा स मुनिर्गुरुवत्सलः ॥७॥

7. taṁ krameṇa jarā tāta pratipede mahāmunim ,
na cānvabudhyata tadā sa munirguruvatsalaḥ.

7. tam krameṇa jarā tāta pratipede mahāmunim na
ca anvabudhyata tadā saḥ muniḥ guruvatsalaḥ

7. tāta jarā krameṇa tam mahāmunim pratipede ca
tadā saḥ guruvatsalaḥ muniḥ na anvabudhyata

7. Dear son, gradually old age befell that great sage (muni). Yet, at that time, that sage, so devoted to his (guru), did not perceive it.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in course of time

• जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

• तात (tāta) - dear son, father (term of endearment)

• प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - reached, approached, befell

• महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the great sage Utṭaṅka (the great sage)

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्वबुध्यत (anvabudhyata) - he did not perceive, he did not notice

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• सः (saḥ) - he

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage Utṭaṅka (sage, ascetic)

• गुरुवत्सलः (guruvatsalaḥ) - devoted to the (guru)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्रमेण (krameṇa) - gradually, in course of time

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of krama

krama - step, course, order, sequence

from √kram 'to step'

Root: kram (class 1)

जरा (jarā) - old age, decrepitude

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decrepitude, decay

from √jṛ 'to grow old'

Root: jṛ (class 1)

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

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father, dear one, son (used as a vocative of endearment)

प्रतिपेदे (pratipede) - reached, approached, befell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of pratipad

from prati-√pad, middle voice, perfect tense, 3rd singular

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

महामुनिम् (mahāmunim) - the great sage Utṭaṅka (the great sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāmuni

mahāmuni - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+muni)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective (masculine)
• muni – sage, ascetic, contemplative
  noun (masculine)
  from √man 'to think'
  Root: man (class 4)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्वबुध्यत (anvabudhyata) - he did not perceive, he did not notice

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of anubudh

from anu-√budh, middle voice, imperfect tense, 3rd singular

Prefix: anu

Root: budh (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage Utṭaṅka (sage, ascetic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, contemplative, silent one

from √man 'to think'

Root: man (class 4)

गुरुवत्सलः (guruvatsalaḥ) - devoted to the (guru)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guruvatsala

guruvatsala - devoted to one's teacher, fond of one's (guru)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+vatsala)

• guru – teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, venerable
  noun (masculine)
• vatsala – affectionate, fond, loving
  adjective (masculine)