महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-199, verse-25

चङ्क्रम्यमाणा जीवांश्च धरणीसंश्रितान्बहून् ।
पद्भ्यां घ्नन्ति नरा विप्र तत्र किं प्रतिभाति ते ॥२५॥

25. caṅkramyamāṇā jīvāṁśca dharaṇīsaṁśritānbahūn ,
padbhyāṁ ghnanti narā vipra tatra kiṁ pratibhāti te.

25. caṅkramyamāṇāḥ jīvān ca dharaṇīsaṃśritān bahūn
padbhyām ghnanti narāḥ vipra tatra kim pratibhāti te

25. O learned one (vipra), as humans walk about, they kill many creatures that live on the earth with their feet. What does this indicate to you?

Words meanings summery:

• चङ्क्रम्यमाणाः (caṅkramyamāṇāḥ) - moving about, walking about, repeatedly wandering

• जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures

• च (ca) - and, also

• धरणीसंश्रितान् (dharaṇīsaṁśritān) - those who have taken refuge on the earth, those who reside on the earth

• बहून् (bahūn) - many

• पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - with their (two) feet (by feet, with feet)

• घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, humans

• विप्र (vipra) - O learned one, O Brahmin

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

• किम् (kim) - what

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it seems, it occurs to

• ते (te) - to you, of you

Words meanings and morphology

चङ्क्रम्यमाणाः (caṅkramyamāṇāḥ) - moving about, walking about, repeatedly wandering

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of caṅkramyamāṇa

caṅkramyamāṇa - walking about, wandering, moving often

Present Middle Participle

Intensive (yaṅlugantāt) formation of √kram (to step), then present participle

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'narāḥ' (humans).

जीवान् (jīvān) - living beings, creatures

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of jīva

jīva - living being, creature, soul

From √jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Object of 'ghnanti'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

धरणीसंश्रितान् (dharaṇīsaṁśritān) - those who have taken refuge on the earth, those who reside on the earth

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharaṇīsaṃśrita

dharaṇīsaṁśrita - residing on the earth, dependent on the earth

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharaṇī+saṃśrita)

• dharaṇī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• saṃśrita – resided, taken refuge, dependent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √śri (to resort to, lean on) with upasarga sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'jīvān'.

बहून् (bahūn) - many

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bahu

bahu - many, much, numerous

Note: Qualifies 'jīvān'.

पद्भ्याम् (padbhyām) - with their (two) feet (by feet, with feet)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of pad

pad - foot

Note: Indicates the instrument of killing.

घ्नन्ति (ghnanti) - they kill, they strike, they destroy

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, humans

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human, person

Note: Subject of 'ghnanti'.

विप्र (vipra) - O learned one, O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - learned, inspired, Brahmin, sage

Note: Addressed to the interlocutor.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that matter

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + -tra (locative suffix)

Note: Refers to the situation described.

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Subject of 'pratibhāti'.

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears, it seems, it occurs to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Verb with prefix 'prati-' meaning 'to appear to'.

ते (te) - to you, of you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Dative case, 'to you'.