महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-166, verse-17

तेन तेषां प्रणुन्नानामाशुत्वाच्छीघ्रगामिनाम् ।
नान्वपश्यं तदा किंचित्तन्मेऽद्भुतमिवाभवत् ॥१७॥

17. tena teṣāṁ praṇunnānāmāśutvācchīghragāminām ,
nānvapaśyaṁ tadā kiṁcittanme'dbhutamivābhavat.

17. tena teṣām praṇunnānām āśutvāt śīghragāminām na
anvapaśyam tadā kiñcit tat me adbhutam iva abhavat

17. Due to the swiftness and fast movement of those impelled (horses), I could not see anything then; that seemed to me like a wonder.

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by that, with that

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

• प्रणुन्नानाम् (praṇunnānām) - of the impelled (horses) (of the impelled, of the driven, of the urged forward)

• आशुत्वात् (āśutvāt) - due to swiftness, from quickness

• शीघ्रगामिनाम् (śīghragāminām) - of the swift-moving (horses) (of the swift-moving, of the fast-going)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्वपश्यम् (anvapaśyam) - I saw, I perceived

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• मे (me) - to me, my, for me

• अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - a wonder, wonderful, amazing

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by that, with that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to the swiftness, acting as a cause.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with 'praṇunnānām' and 'śīghragāminām'.

प्रणुन्नानाम् (praṇunnānām) - of the impelled (horses) (of the impelled, of the driven, of the urged forward)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of praṇunna

praṇunna - driven forward, impelled, urged on

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root 'ṇud' (to push, impel) with the prefix 'pra', and the past passive participle suffix 'kta'. The 'd' of 'ṇud' changes to 'n'.

Prefix: pra

Root: ṇud (class 6)

आशुत्वात् (āśutvāt) - due to swiftness, from quickness

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of āśutva

āśutva - swiftness, quickness, speed

Formed from the adjective 'āśu' (swift, quick) by adding the abstract noun suffix '-tva'.

Note: Indicates the reason or cause.

शीघ्रगामिनाम् (śīghragāminām) - of the swift-moving (horses) (of the swift-moving, of the fast-going)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śīghragāmin

śīghragāmin - moving quickly, swift-going, fast-moving

Agent noun/adjective

Compound of 'śīghra' (swift, quick) and 'gāmin' (one who goes). 'gāmin' is derived from the root 'gam' (to go) with the suffix '-ṇini' (an agent suffix).

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (śīghra+gāmin)

• śīghra – quick, swift, fast
  adjective (masculine/neuter)
• gāmin – going, moving, one who goes
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun/Adjective
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with the suffix '-ṇini'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्वपश्यम् (anvapaśyam) - I saw, I perceived

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of anu-paś

Imperfect (laṅ)

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see), which takes 'paśya' as its stem in the present and imperfect tenses. Combined with the prefix 'anu'. The 'a' augment for the imperfect merges with 'anu' (anu + a + paśyam = anvapaśyam).

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Formed from the pronominal stem 'tad' (that) with the temporal suffix '-dā'.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - anything, something, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiñcid

kiñcid - anything, something, a little, perhaps

From the interrogative pronoun 'kim' (what) combined with the indefinite particle 'cid'.

Note: Object of 'anvapaśyam'.

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Subject of 'abhavat'.

मे (me) - to me, my, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Here functioning as dative ('to me').

अद्भुतम् (adbhutam) - a wonder, wonderful, amazing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adbhuta

adbhuta - wonderful, marvelous, astonishing, strange, a wonder

Literally 'not having been' (a + bhūta), hence something unusual or marvelous.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+bhūta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• bhūta – become, been, happened, existed, creature
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhū' (to be, to become) with the suffix 'kta'.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it was, it became

(verb)

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

Imperfect (laṅ)

Root 'bhū' (class 1). Conjugated in the 3rd person singular Imperfect tense with the augment 'a'.

Root: bhū (class 1)