महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-44

अथ कदाचिच्छलो मृगयामचरत् ।
मृगं चासाद्य रथेनान्वधावत् ॥४४॥

44. atha kadācicchalo mṛgayāmacarat ,
mṛgaṁ cāsādya rathenānvadhāvat.

44. atha kadācit śalaḥ mṛgayām acarat |
mṛgam ca āsādya rathena anvadhāvat

44. Then, one day, Shala went on a hunt. And having caught up with a deer, he pursued it with his chariot.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, one day, once

• शलः (śalaḥ) - The king Shala. (Shala (proper name))

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, to the hunt

• अचरत् (acarat) - He went hunting. (he went, he practiced, he wandered)

• मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer, animal

• च (ca) - and, also

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having overtaken

• रथेन (rathena) - by chariot, with a chariot

• अन्वधावत् (anvadhāvat) - he pursued, he ran after

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now

(indeclinable)

कदाचित् (kadācit) - sometimes, one day, once

(indeclinable)

शलः (śalaḥ) - The king Shala. (Shala (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śala

śala - Shala (a proper name); dart, arrow

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, to the hunt

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, chase, hunt

अचरत् (acarat) - He went hunting. (he went, he practiced, he wandered)

(verb)

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

imperfect past active

3rd person singular imperfect active.

Root: car (class 1)

मृगम् (mṛgam) - deer, animal

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having overtaken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from prefix ā- and root sad, with suffix -ya for absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

रथेन (rathena) - by chariot, with a chariot

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

अन्वधावत् (anvadhāvat) - he pursued, he ran after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of anu-dhāv

imperfect past active

3rd person singular imperfect active. From prefix anu- and root dhāv.

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)