महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-7

तमृते पुरुषव्याघ्रं पाण्डवा जनमेजय ।
मुदमप्राप्नुवन्तो वै काम्यके न्यवसंस्तदा ॥७॥

7. tamṛte puruṣavyāghraṁ pāṇḍavā janamejaya ,
mudamaprāpnuvanto vai kāmyake nyavasaṁstadā.

7. tam ṛte puruṣavyāghram pāṇḍavāḥ janamejaya
mudam aprāpnuvantaḥ vai kāmyake nyavasan tadā

7. O Janamejaya, without that tiger among men (puruṣavyāghra) who was Arjuna, the Pandavas then resided in the Kamyaka forest, truly experiencing no joy.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the best of men (Arjuna) (tiger among men, best of men)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king to whom the Mahabharata is narrated)

• मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

• अप्राप्नुवन्तः (aprāpnuvantaḥ) - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

• काम्यके (kāmyake) - in the Kamyaka forest (in Kamyaka)

• न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, lived

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्रम् (puruṣavyāghram) - the best of men (Arjuna) (tiger among men, best of men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Arjuna.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pandu, the Pandavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, son of Pandu

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king to whom the Mahabharata is narrated)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a Kuru king, son of Parikshit, to whom Vyasa's pupil Vaishampayana narrates the Mahabharata)

मुदम् (mudam) - joy, delight, happiness

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, happiness, pleasure

Root: mud (class 1)

अप्राप्नुवन्तः (aprāpnuvantaḥ) - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of aprāpnuvat

aprāpnuvat - not obtaining, not reaching, not acquiring

Present Active Participle

from the root āp (to obtain) with prefix pra- and negative prefix a-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)

काम्यके (kāmyake) - in the Kamyaka forest (in Kamyaka)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - Kamyaka (name of a forest)

न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, lived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)