महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-113, verse-5

लोमश उवाच ।
रक्षांसि तानीति निवार्य पुत्रं विभाण्डकस्तां मृगयां बभूव ।
नासादयामास यदा त्र्यहेण तदा स पर्याववृतेऽऽश्रमाय ॥५॥

5. lomaśa uvāca ,
rakṣāṁsi tānīti nivārya putraṁ; vibhāṇḍakastāṁ mṛgayāṁ babhūva ,
nāsādayāmāsa yadā tryaheṇa; tadā sa paryāvavṛte''śramāya.

5. lomaśaḥ uvāca rakṣāṃsi tāni iti
nivārya putram vibhāṇḍakaḥ tām mṛgayām
babhūva na āsādayāmāsa yadā
tryaheṇa tadā saḥ paryāvavṛte āśramāya

5. Lomasha said: Vibhāṇḍaka, preventing his son from going and thinking "those are rākṣasas," went on that hunt himself. When he could not find anything for three days, he then returned to his hermitage (āśrama).

Words meanings summery:

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - The sage Lomasha, who is narrating (Lomasha (a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - demons, rākṣasas

• तानि (tāni) - those

• इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

• निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having stopped

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• विभाण्डकः (vibhāṇḍakaḥ) - Vibhāṇḍaka (a sage)

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the hunting expedition (that, her (feminine))

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, chase

• बभूव (babhūva) - he went (for hunting) (he was, he became, he went)

• न (na) - not, no

• आसादयामास (āsādayāmāsa) - he found (game) (he found, he reached, he obtained)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• त्र्यहेण (tryaheṇa) - in three days, by three days

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• सः (saḥ) - referring to Vibhāṇḍaka (he, that)

• पर्याववृते (paryāvavṛte) - he returned

• आश्रमाय (āśramāya) - to the hermitage, for the hermitage (āśrama)

Words meanings and morphology

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - The sage Lomasha, who is narrating (Lomasha (a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - a sage; a character in Hindu mythology

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense 3rd person singular

root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

रक्षांसि (rakṣāṁsi) - demons, rākṣasas

(noun)

neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, a rākṣasa, a fiend

तानि (tāni) - those

(pronoun)

neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

इति (iti) - thus, so, indicating direct speech or thought

(indeclinable)

निवार्य (nivārya) - having prevented, having stopped

(indeclinable participle)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

विभाण्डकः (vibhāṇḍakaḥ) - Vibhāṇḍaka (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhāṇḍaka

vibhāṇḍaka - name of a sage, father of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga

ताम् (tām) - referring to the hunting expedition (that, her (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, chase

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, the chase, pursuit of game

बभूव (babhūva) - he went (for hunting) (he was, he became, he went)

(verb)

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

perfect tense 3rd person singular

root bhū, perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

आसादयामास (āsādayāmāsa) - he found (game) (he found, he reached, he obtained)

(verb)

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

perfect tense 3rd person singular

causative form of ā-sad, perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

त्र्यहेण (tryaheṇa) - in three days, by three days

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tryaha

tryaha - a period of three days

Compound type : dvigu (tri+ahan)

• tri – three
  numeral
• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - referring to Vibhāṇḍaka (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

पर्याववृते (paryāvavṛte) - he returned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of paryāvavṛte

perfect tense 3rd person singular

root vṛt with prefixes pari- and ā-, perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Prefixes: pari+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

आश्रमाय (āśramāya) - to the hermitage, for the hermitage (āśrama)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastic retreat, a stage of life