महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-5

जघन्यरात्रे निद्रान्धः सावशेषे तमस्यपि ।
चरन्तं गहनेऽरण्ये मेने स पितरं मृगम् ॥५॥

5. jaghanyarātre nidrāndhaḥ sāvaśeṣe tamasyapi ,
carantaṁ gahane'raṇye mene sa pitaraṁ mṛgam.

5. jaghanyarātre nidrāndhaḥ sāvaśeṣe tamasi api
carantam gahane araṇye mene saḥ pitaram mṛgam

5. In the last part of the night, with some darkness still remaining, he (Parāvasu), blinded by sleep, mistook his father, who was moving in the dense forest, for a deer.

Words meanings summery:

• जघन्यरात्रे (jaghanyarātre) - in the last part of the night

• निद्रान्धः (nidrāndhaḥ) - blinded by sleep, drowsy

• सावशेषे (sāvaśeṣe) - with some darkness still remaining (remaining, with a remnant)

• तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

• अपि (api) - even though (also, even, too)

• चरन्तम् (carantam) - wandering, moving

• गहने (gahane) - dense, deep, impenetrable

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• मेने (mene) - mistook (thought, considered, believed)

• सः (saḥ) - Parāvasu (he, that)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer, animal, wild beast

Words meanings and morphology

जघन्यरात्रे (jaghanyarātre) - in the last part of the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of jaghanyarātri

jaghanyarātri - last part of the night

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jaghanya+rātri)

• jaghanya – last, hindmost, inferior
  adjective (masculine)
• rātri – night
  noun (feminine)

निद्रान्धः (nidrāndhaḥ) - blinded by sleep, drowsy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nidrāndha

nidrāndha - blinded by sleep, drowsy

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nidrā+andha)

• nidrā – sleep, slumber
  noun (feminine)
• andha – blind
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Refers to Parāvasu.

सावशेषे (sāvaśeṣe) - with some darkness still remaining (remaining, with a remnant)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāvaśeṣa

sāvaśeṣa - with a remnant, remaining

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+avaśeṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• avaśeṣa – remnant, remainder
  noun (masculine)
  From ava-√śiṣ
  Prefix: ava
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'tamasi'.

तमसि (tamasi) - in darkness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom

Root: tam (class 4)

अपि (api) - even though (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used here to emphasize the lingering darkness.

चरन्तम् (carantam) - wandering, moving

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of carat

carat - wandering, moving, going

Present Active Participle

Formed from root 'car' + śatṛ suffix

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'pitaram'.

गहने (gahane) - dense, deep, impenetrable

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of gahana

gahana - dense, deep, impenetrable

From root 'gah', to be dense/thick

Root: gah

Note: Agrees with 'araṇye'.

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness

मेने (mene) - mistook (thought, considered, believed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of man

Perfect middle

Reduplicated perfect form of √man

Root: man (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - Parāvasu (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Parāvasu.

पितरम् (pitaram) - father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: First object of 'mene'.

मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer, animal, wild beast

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, animal, wild beast

From root 'mṛj' (to roam)

Root: mṛj (class 2)

Note: Second object of 'mene' (considered X as Y).