महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-176, verse-16

न हि मे मुच्यते कश्चित्कथंचिद्ग्रहणं गतः ।
गजो वा महिषो वापि षष्ठे काले नरोत्तम ॥१६॥

16. na hi me mucyate kaścitkathaṁcidgrahaṇaṁ gataḥ ,
gajo vā mahiṣo vāpi ṣaṣṭhe kāle narottama.

16. na hi me mucyate kaścit kathaṃcit grahaṇam gataḥ
gajaḥ vā mahiṣaḥ vā api ṣaṣṭhe kāle narottama

16. O best among men (narottama), indeed no one who has fallen into my grasp, be it an elephant or a buffalo, ever escapes me by any means, even at the sixth period.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely

• मे (me) - by me, my

• मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, escapes

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means

• ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, grasp, seizing

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, fallen into

• गजः (gajaḥ) - an elephant

• वा (vā) - or

• महिषः (mahiṣaḥ) - a buffalo

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

• काले (kāle) - in the time, at the hour, in the period

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Used here as agent in a passive construction.

मुच्यते (mucyate) - is released, escapes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of muc

Present tense, third person singular

Passive voice formation from root muc.

Root: muc (class 6)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - anyone, someone, certain (masculine)

कथंचित् (kathaṁcit) - somehow, by any means

(indeclinable)

ग्रहणम् (grahaṇam) - capture, grasp, seizing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇa

grahaṇa - seizing, grasping, capture, perception

Verbal noun

Derived from root grah (to seize).

Root: grah (class 9)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, attained, fallen into

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, obtained, reached, fallen into

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go) with suffix -ta.

Root: gam (class 1)

गजः (gajaḥ) - an elephant

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gaja

gaja - elephant

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

महिषः (mahiṣaḥ) - a buffalo

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahiṣa

mahiṣa - buffalo

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

षष्ठे (ṣaṣṭhe) - in the sixth

(adjective)

Locative, masculine/neuter, singular of ṣaṣṭha

ṣaṣṭha - sixth

काले (kāle) - in the time, at the hour, in the period

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, hour, period, season

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best among men, excellent man

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine/neuter)