महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-5

तद्वनं तापसा नित्यं शेषाश्च वनचारिणः ।
दूरात्परिहरन्ति स्म पुरुषादभयात्किल ॥५॥

5. tadvanaṁ tāpasā nityaṁ śeṣāśca vanacāriṇaḥ ,
dūrātpariharanti sma puruṣādabhayātkila.

5. tat vanam tāpasāḥ nityam śeṣāḥ ca vanacāriṇaḥ
dūrāt pariharanti sma puruṣāt abhayāt kila

5. Ascetics and other forest dwellers always avoided that forest from a distance, truly, out of fear of a certain man.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• शेषाः (śeṣāḥ) - others, remaining ones

• च (ca) - and

• वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest dwellers

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

• परिहरन्ति (pariharanti) - they avoid, they shun

• स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)

• पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - from a particular man (from a man, from a person)

• अभयात् (abhayāt) - from fear, due to fear

• किल (kila) - indeed, truly, they say

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Adjectival use, modifying vanam.

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

तापसाः (tāpasāḥ) - ascetics, hermits

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - ascetic, hermit

Derived from tapas (austerity)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use.

शेषाः (śeṣāḥ) - others, remaining ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, rest, other

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वनचारिणः (vanacāriṇaḥ) - forest dwellers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vanacārin

vanacārin - forest-dweller, ranger

Compound of vana (forest) and cārin (moving, dwelling)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vana+cārin)

• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)
• cārin – moving, walking, dwelling
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective from root car
  Root car + ṇini suffix
  Root: car (class 1)

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage of ablative.

परिहरन्ति (pariharanti) - they avoid, they shun

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of parihṛ

Prefix: pari

Root: hṛ (class 1)

स्म (sma) - (turns present tense into past tense)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with present verb 'pariharanti' to denote past habitual action.

पुरुषात् (puruṣāt) - from a particular man (from a man, from a person)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, human being, person, male

Note: Refers to a specific man.

अभयात् (abhayāt) - from fear, due to fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of abhaya

abhaya - fear, danger, fearlessness, safety

Note: Ablative of cause, "due to fear".

किल (kila) - indeed, truly, they say

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle expressing affirmation or reported speech.