महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-253, verse-9

इत्येव ते तद्वनमाविशन्तो महत्यरण्ये मृगयां चरित्वा ।
बालामपश्यन्त तदा रुदन्तीं धात्रेयिकां प्रेष्यवधूं प्रियायाः ॥९॥

9. ityeva te tadvanamāviśanto; mahatyaraṇye mṛgayāṁ caritvā ,
bālāmapaśyanta tadā rudantīṁ; dhātreyikāṁ preṣyavadhūṁ priyāyāḥ.

9. iti eva te tadvanam āviśantaḥ
mahati araṇye mṛgayām caritvā
bālām apaśyanta tadā rudantīm
dhātreyikām preṣyavadhūm priyāyāḥ

9. Thus, as they entered that forest, and after having hunted in the great wilderness, they then saw a crying young girl, who was the foster-sister and maidservant of their beloved (priyā).

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• ते (te) - they

• तद्वनम् (tadvanam) - that forest

• आविशन्तः (āviśantaḥ) - entering

• महति (mahati) - in the great forest (in the great)

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the hunt

• चरित्वा (caritvā) - having performed the act of hunting (having roamed, having moved about (or, having hunted))

• बालाम् (bālām) - a young girl

• अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• रुदन्तीम् (rudantīm) - describing the young girl (crying, weeping)

• धात्रेयिकाम् (dhātreyikām) - a foster-sister

• प्रेष्यवधूम् (preṣyavadhūm) - a maidservant, female attendant

• प्रियायाः (priyāyāḥ) - of the beloved, of the wife

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, thereupon

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तद्वनम् (tadvanam) - that forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad-vana

tad-vana - that forest

Compound type : karmadharaya (tad+vana)

• tad – that
  pronoun
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

आविशन्तः (āviśantaḥ) - entering

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āviśant

āviśant - entering, going into

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √viś (to enter) with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: √viś (class 6)

महति (mahati) - in the great forest (in the great)

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness, wild region

मृगयाम् (mṛgayām) - hunting, the hunt

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mṛgayā

mṛgayā - hunting, the chase, pursuit of game

चरित्वा (caritvā) - having performed the act of hunting (having roamed, having moved about (or, having hunted))

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with the suffix -tvā.

Root: √car (class 1)

बालाम् (bālām) - a young girl

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - a young girl, child (female); immature

अपश्यन्त (apaśyanta) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √dṛś

Root: √dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

रुदन्तीम् (rudantīm) - describing the young girl (crying, weeping)

(participle)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rudantī

rudantī - crying, weeping (feminine)

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root √rud (to cry, weep).

Root: √rud (class 2)

धात्रेयिकाम् (dhātreyikām) - a foster-sister

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhātreyikā

dhātreyikā - a foster-sister; a female attendant or nurse

प्रेष्यवधूम् (preṣyavadhūm) - a maidservant, female attendant

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of preṣyavadhū

preṣyavadhū - a female servant, maidservant

Compound type : tatpurusha (preṣya+vadhū)

• preṣya – to be sent, a messenger, a servant
  adjective
  Gerundive
  Derived from root √i (to go) with upasarga 'pra' and suffix -ya.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: √i (class 2)
• vadhū – wife, woman, young woman
  noun (feminine)

प्रियायाः (priyāyāḥ) - of the beloved, of the wife

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - beloved, dear (feminine noun); a wife