महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-229, verse-11

स ताञ्शरैर्विनिर्भिन्दन्गजान्बध्नन्महावने ।
रमणीयेषु देशेषु ग्राहयामास वै मृगान् ॥११॥

11. sa tāñśarairvinirbhindangajānbadhnanmahāvane ,
ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu grāhayāmāsa vai mṛgān.

11. saḥ tān śaraiḥ vinirbhindan gajān badhnan
mahāvane ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu grāhayāmāsa vai mṛgān

11. In the great forest and its delightful regions, he, piercing animals with arrows and binding elephants, indeed caused wild animals to be captured.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तान् (tān) - those animals (elephants and wild animals) (them, those)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

• विनिर्भिन्दन् (vinirbhindan) - piercing, splitting, shooting through

• गजान् (gajān) - elephants

• बध्नन् (badhnan) - tying, binding, capturing

• महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

• रमणीयेषु (ramaṇīyeṣu) - in charming, delightful, pleasant

• देशेषु (deśeṣu) - in places, regions

• ग्राहयामास (grāhayāmāsa) - he caused to be caught/seized/captured

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

• मृगान् (mṛgān) - wild animals, deer

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तान् (tān) - those animals (elephants and wild animals) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

विनिर्भिन्दन् (vinirbhindan) - piercing, splitting, shooting through

(verbal derivative)

Note: Modifies the implicit subject 'he'.

गजान् (gajān) - elephants

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gaja

gaja - elephant

बध्नन् (badhnan) - tying, binding, capturing

(verbal derivative)

Note: Modifies the implicit subject 'he'.

महावने (mahāvane) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahāvana

mahāvana - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• vana – forest, wood
  noun (neuter)

रमणीयेषु (ramaṇīyeṣu) - in charming, delightful, pleasant

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of ramaṇīya

ramaṇīya - charming, delightful, pleasant

Gerundive

Derived from root √ram (to delight, enjoy).

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'deśeṣu'.

देशेषु (deśeṣu) - in places, regions

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of deśa

deśa - place, region, country

ग्राहयामास (grāhayāmāsa) - he caused to be caught/seized/captured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of grah

Periphrastic Perfect (Causative)

Formed from the causative stem grāhaya- + āmāsa.

Root: grah (class 9)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

मृगान् (mṛgān) - wild animals, deer

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - wild animal, deer, game