महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-248, verse-17

स कोटिकाश्यस्तच्छ्रुत्वा रथात्प्रस्कन्द्य कुण्डली ।
उपेत्य पप्रच्छ तदा क्रोष्टा व्याघ्रवधूमिव ॥१७॥

17. sa koṭikāśyastacchrutvā rathātpraskandya kuṇḍalī ,
upetya papraccha tadā kroṣṭā vyāghravadhūmiva.

17. saḥ koṭikāśyaḥ tat śrutvā rathāt praskandya kuṇḍalī
upetya papraccha tadā kroṣṭā vyāghravadhūm iva

17. Then Kotikashya, wearing earrings, having heard that, jumped down from his chariot, approached her, and questioned her like a jackal questioning a tigress.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Kotikashya) (that, he)

• कोटिकाश्यः (koṭikāśyaḥ) - Kotikashya

• तत् (tat) - that (which had been said or occurred) (that, it)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot

• प्रस्कन्द्य (praskandya) - having jumped down, having leaped forth

• कुण्डली (kuṇḍalī) - wearing earrings (referring to Kotikashya) (wearing earrings, having coils)

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached

• पप्रछ (papracha) - he asked, he questioned

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• क्रोष्टा (kroṣṭā) - jackal

• व्याघ्रवधूम् (vyāghravadhūm) - tigress, wife of a tiger

• इव (iva) - like, as if

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to Kotikashya) (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कोटिकाश्यः (koṭikāśyaḥ) - Kotikashya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of koṭikāśya

koṭikāśya - Kotikashya (a proper name)

तत् (tat) - that (which had been said or occurred) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'śru' with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 1)

रथात् (rathāt) - from the chariot

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

प्रस्कन्द्य (praskandya) - having jumped down, having leaped forth

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'skand' with prefix 'pra' and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: skand (class 1)

कुण्डली (kuṇḍalī) - wearing earrings (referring to Kotikashya) (wearing earrings, having coils)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuṇḍalin

kuṇḍalin - wearing earrings, coiled, a serpent

Possessive adjective from 'kuṇḍala' (earring, coil)

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'i' with prefix 'upa' and suffix -ya

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

पप्रछ (papracha) - he asked, he questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prach

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root 'prach'

Root: prach (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

क्रोष्टा (kroṣṭā) - jackal

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kroṣṭṛ

kroṣṭṛ - jackal, crier

व्याघ्रवधूम् (vyāghravadhūm) - tigress, wife of a tiger

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vyāghravadhū

vyāghravadhū - tigress, wife of a tiger

Compound type : tatpurusha (vyāghra+vadhū)

• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)
• vadhū – wife, young woman
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)