महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-265, verse-6

स तस्यास्तनुमध्यायाः समीपे रजनीचरः ।
ददृशे रोहिणीमेत्य शनैश्चर इव ग्रहः ॥६॥

6. sa tasyāstanumadhyāyāḥ samīpe rajanīcaraḥ ,
dadṛśe rohiṇīmetya śanaiścara iva grahaḥ.

6. saḥ tasyāḥ tanumadhyāyāḥ samīpe rajanīcaraḥ
dadṛśe rohiṇīm etya śanaiścaraḥ iva grahaḥ

6. That night-wanderer (rajanīcara) was seen near the slender-waisted one, like the planet Saturn (Śanaiścara) approaching the star Rohiṇī.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

• तनुमध्यायाः (tanumadhyāyāḥ) - of the slender-waisted one

• समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

• रजनीचरः (rajanīcaraḥ) - the demon Rāvaṇa (night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa)

• ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

• रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī (a star)

• एत्य (etya) - having approached, having gone to

• शनैश्चरः (śanaiścaraḥ) - Saturn (the planet)

• इव (iva) - like, as

• ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - planet, seizer

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of her, her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तनुमध्यायाः (tanumadhyāyāḥ) - of the slender-waisted one

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tanumadhyā

tanumadhyā - slender-waisted (woman)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tanu+madhya)

• tanu – body, slender, delicate
  noun (feminine)
• madhya – middle, waist
  noun (neuter)

समीपे (samīpe) - near, in the vicinity

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'near'.

रजनीचरः (rajanīcaraḥ) - the demon Rāvaṇa (night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rajanīcara

rajanīcara - night-wanderer, demon, rakṣasa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rajanī+cara)

• rajanī – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, one who moves
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'car' (to move, to wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

ददृशे (dadṛśe) - was seen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm) - Rohiṇī (a star)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rohiṇī

rohiṇī - Rohiṇī (name of a star, the fourth lunar mansion; name of a wife of the moon-god; a red cow)

एत्य (etya) - having approached, having gone to

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with the prefix 'ā-' and the suffix 'lyaP' (used for absolutives with prefixes).

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

शनैश्चरः (śanaiścaraḥ) - Saturn (the planet)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śanaiścara

śanaiścara - Saturn (lit. 'slow-moving')

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śanaiḥ+cara)

• śanaiḥ – slowly, gradually
  indeclinable
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from the root 'car' (to move, to wander).
  Root: car (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as

(indeclinable)

ग्रहः (grahaḥ) - planet, seizer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of graha

graha - planet, seizer, grasping, demon

Root: grah (class 9)