महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-100, verse-13

केचिद्गुहाः प्रविविशुर्निर्झरांश्चापरे श्रिताः ।
अपरे मरणोद्विग्ना भयात्प्रानान्समुत्सृजन् ॥१३॥

13. kecidguhāḥ praviviśurnirjharāṁścāpare śritāḥ ,
apare maraṇodvignā bhayātprānānsamutsṛjan.

13. kecit guhāḥ praviviśuḥ nirjharān ca apare śritāḥ
apare maraṇodvignāḥ bhayāt prāṇān samutsṛjan

13. Some entered caves, and others took refuge in mountain streams. Still others, agitated by impending death, gave up their very vital breaths (prāṇa) out of fear.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some, some people

• गुहाः (guhāḥ) - caves

• प्रविविशुः (praviviśuḥ) - they entered

• निर्झरान् (nirjharān) - waterfalls, mountain streams

• च (ca) - and

• अपरे (apare) - others

• श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resorted to, took refuge in, dependent on

• अपरे (apare) - others

• मरणोद्विग्नाः (maraṇodvignāḥ) - distressed by death, agitated by the thought of dying

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

• समुत्सृजन् (samutsṛjan) - abandoning, giving up, casting off

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some, some people

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, certain, anyone

Note: Form of kaścit.

गुहाः (guhāḥ) - caves

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of guhā

guhā - cave, grotto, hiding place

Root: guh (class 1)

Note: Object of praviviśuḥ.

प्रविविशुः (praviviśuḥ) - they entered

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of viś

Perfect tense

Third person plural, reduplicated root viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

निर्झरान् (nirjharān) - waterfalls, mountain streams

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nirjhara

nirjhara - waterfall, mountain stream, cascade

Prefix: nis

Root: jhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of śritāḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects praviviśuḥ and śritāḥ.

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

Note: Subject for śritāḥ.

श्रिताः (śritāḥ) - resorted to, took refuge in, dependent on

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śrita

śrita - resorted to, based on, dependent on, gone to

Past Passive Participle

from root śri (to lean on, resort to)

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Modifies apare. Implies 'they resorted to'.

अपरे (apare) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of apara

apara - other, another, subsequent

Note: Subject for samutsṛjan.

मरणोद्विग्नाः (maraṇodvignāḥ) - distressed by death, agitated by the thought of dying

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maraṇodvigna

maraṇodvigna - agitated/distressed by death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maraṇa+udvigna)

• maraṇa – death, dying
  noun (neuter)
  from root mṛ (to die)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• udvigna – agitated, distressed, anxious, alarmed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root vij (to tremble, be agitated) with prefix ud
  Prefix: ud
  Root: vij (class 6)

Note: Modifies apare.

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear, out of fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Indicates cause.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, vital breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

Note: Object of samutsṛjan.

समुत्सृजन् (samutsṛjan) - abandoning, giving up, casting off

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samutsṛjat

samutsṛjat - abandoning, relinquishing, casting off

Present Active Participle

from root sṛj (to emit, create) with prefixes sam and ut

Prefixes: sam+ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

Note: This nominative singular masculine participle here refers to the plural subject 'apare', which is an acceptable poetic usage or a form that functions adverbially modifying the action of 'apare'.