महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-4

अथावलोककोऽगच्छद्गृहानेकः परावसुः ।
कृष्णाजिनेन संवीतं ददर्श पितरं वने ॥४॥

4. athāvalokako'gacchadgṛhānekaḥ parāvasuḥ ,
kṛṣṇājinena saṁvītaṁ dadarśa pitaraṁ vane.

4. atha avalokakaḥ agacchat gṛhāt ekaḥ parāvasuḥ
kṛṣṇājinena saṃvītam dadarśa pitaram vane

4. Then Parāvasu, going alone from his home as a seeker, saw his father in the forest, covered with a black antelope skin.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• अवलोककः (avalokakaḥ) - seeker (referring to Parāvasu looking for his father) (observer, viewer, one who sees)

• अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went, proceeded

• गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from home, from the house

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

• परावसुः (parāvasuḥ) - Parāvasu

• कृष्णाजिनेन (kṛṣṇājinena) - by means of a black antelope skin

• संवीतम् (saṁvītam) - covered, clad, enveloped

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

अवलोककः (avalokakaḥ) - seeker (referring to Parāvasu looking for his father) (observer, viewer, one who sees)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avalokaka

avalokaka - observer, viewer, one who sees

Agent noun

Formed with suffix -ka from ava-√lok (to see)

Prefix: ava

Root: lok (class 1)

अगच्छत् (agacchat) - went, proceeded

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect active

Formed with augment 'a' + root 'gam' + tip suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

गृहात् (gṛhāt) - from home, from the house

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home

एकः (ekaḥ) - one, alone, solitary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, alone, solitary

Note: Agrees with Parāvasuḥ.

परावसुः (parāvasuḥ) - Parāvasu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parāvasu

parāvasu - Parāvasu (proper name)

कृष्णाजिनेन (kṛṣṇājinena) - by means of a black antelope skin

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛṣṇājina

kṛṣṇājina - black antelope skin

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+ajina)

• kṛṣṇa – black, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• ajina – skin, hide, particularly of an antelope
  noun (neuter)

संवीतम् (saṁvītam) - covered, clad, enveloped

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvīta

saṁvīta - covered, clad, enveloped

Past Passive Participle

Formed with prefix 'sam' + root 'vī' (to cover) + kta suffix

Prefix: sam

Root: vī (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pitaram'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw, beheld

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect active

Reduplicated perfect form of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Object of 'dadarśa'.

वने (vane) - in the forest, in the wood

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove