महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-4

तमेकाश्वेन मृगमनुसरन्तं
मृगो दूरमपाहरत् ॥४॥

4. tamekāśvena mṛgamanusarantaṁ
mṛgo dūramapāharat.

4. tam ekāśvena mṛgam anusarantam
mṛgaḥ dūram apāharat

4. As he followed a deer on a single horse, the deer led him far away.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - The king (Parikṣit). (him, that)

• एकाश्वेन (ekāśvena) - with a single horse

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - The deer being pursued by the king. (a deer)

• अनुसरन्तम् (anusarantam) - Refers to the king, who is following the deer. (following, pursuing)

• मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - The deer, which is the subject performing the action of leading away. (the deer)

• दूरम् (dūram) - far, far away

• अपाहरत् (apāharat) - it carried away, it led away

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - The king (Parikṣit). (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एकाश्वेन (ekāśvena) - with a single horse

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ekāśva

ekāśva - single horse

Compound type : karmadhāraya (eka+aśva)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

मृगम् (mṛgam) - The deer being pursued by the king. (a deer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

अनुसरन्तम् (anusarantam) - Refers to the king, who is following the deer. (following, pursuing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anusarant

anusarant - following, pursuing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'sṛ' (to go) with the prefix 'anu'.

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'tam' (the king).

मृगः (mṛgaḥ) - The deer, which is the subject performing the action of leading away. (the deer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

दूरम् (dūram) - far, far away

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially (adverbial accusative).

अपाहरत् (apāharat) - it carried away, it led away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of apā-hṛ

Prefixes: apa+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)