महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-24

नापश्यत्तत्र किंचित्स भूतं तस्मिन्महावने ।
सव्यसाची ततः श्रान्तः पानीयं सोऽभ्यधावत ॥२४॥

24. nāpaśyattatra kiṁcitsa bhūtaṁ tasminmahāvane ,
savyasācī tataḥ śrāntaḥ pānīyaṁ so'bhyadhāvata.

24. na apaśyat tatra kiṃcit sa bhūtam tasmin mahā-vane
savya-sācī tataḥ śrāntaḥ pānīyam saḥ abhyadhāvat

24. He saw no creature at all in that great forest. Then Savya-sācī (Arjuna), feeling exhausted, ran towards water.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

• तत्र (tatra) - in that forest (there, in that place)

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, any, a little

• स (sa) - Arjuna (Kaunteya) (he, that)

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - any living creature (creature, being, thing)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• महा-वने (mahā-vane) - in the great forest

• सव्य-साची (savya-sācī) - Arjuna (an epithet meaning 'one who can shoot with the left hand') (ambidextrous, one who can shoot with both hands)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• श्रान्तः (śrāntaḥ) - tired, exhausted

• पानीयम् (pānīyam) - drinking water, potable water

• सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (Savya-sācī) (he, that)

• अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - he ran towards, he approached

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of apaśyat

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Derived from root √dṛś (class 1, pśya- stem) with augment 'a-' for past tense.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - in that forest (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun `tad` + suffix `tral` (locative sense).

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything, something, any, a little

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - anything, something, any, a little

Derived from `kim` + `cid`.

स (sa) - Arjuna (Kaunteya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

भूतम् (bhūtam) - any living creature (creature, being, thing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - creature, being, element, past, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Adjective for `mahā-vane`.

महा-वने (mahā-vane) - in the great forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahā-vana

mahā-vana - great forest

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+vana)

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

Note: Agrees with `tasmin`.

सव्य-साची (savya-sācī) - Arjuna (an epithet meaning 'one who can shoot with the left hand') (ambidextrous, one who can shoot with both hands)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savya-sācin

savya-sācin - ambidextrous, one who shoots with the left hand, Arjuna

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• sācin – shooting, throwing (related to √sac 'to accompany' or derivative of √sañj 'to attach')
  adjective/noun (masculine)

Note: Another name for Arjuna.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun `tad` + suffix `tas` (ablative sense).

श्रान्तः (śrāntaḥ) - tired, exhausted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrānta

śrānta - tired, exhausted, wearied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √śram.

Root: śram (class 4)

Note: Agrees with `savya-sācī`.

पानीयम् (pānīyam) - drinking water, potable water

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pānīya

pānīya - drinking water, potable water, drinkable

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

Derived from root √pā with suffix -anīya.

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Object of `abhyadhāvat`.

सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (Savya-sācī) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Refers to `savya-sācī`.

अभ्यधावत् (abhyadhāvat) - he ran towards, he approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhyadhāvat

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

Derived from root √dhāv with prefixes abhi- and adhi-. The initial 'a' is the augment for imperfect tense.

Prefixes: abhi+adhi

Root: dhāv (class 1)

Note: The subject is `saḥ`.