महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-64, verse-29

एकेन तेन वीरेण षड्रथाः परिवारिताः ।
शार्दूलेनेव मत्तेन मृगास्तृणचरा वने ॥२९॥

29. ekena tena vīreṇa ṣaḍrathāḥ parivāritāḥ ,
śārdūleneva mattena mṛgāstṛṇacarā vane.

29. ekena tena vīreṇa ṣaḍrathāḥ parivāritāḥ
śārdūlena iva mattena mṛgāḥ tṛṇacarāḥ vane

29. By that one hero, six charioteers were surrounded, just as grass-eating deer in a forest are surrounded by a frenzied tiger.

Words meanings summery:

• एकेन (ekena) - by one

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero, by the brave man

• षड्रथाः (ṣaḍrathāḥ) - six charioteers (implied by context of combat) (six chariots, six charioteers)

• परिवारिताः (parivāritāḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

• शार्दूलेन (śārdūlena) - by a tiger

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• मत्तेन (mattena) - by a frenzied, intoxicated, excited one

• मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer (deer, wild animals)

• तृणचराः (tṛṇacarāḥ) - grass-eating, herbivorous

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

एकेन (ekena) - by one

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'vīreṇa'.

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, she, it, that

Note: Qualifies 'vīreṇa'.

वीरेण (vīreṇa) - by the hero, by the brave man

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, warrior, brave man

Note: Agent in a passive construction.

षड्रथाः (ṣaḍrathāḥ) - six charioteers (implied by context of combat) (six chariots, six charioteers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṣaḍratha

ṣaḍratha - six chariots, consisting of six chariots

Compound type : dvigu (ṣaṣ+ratha)

• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the passive verb (implied 'were').

परिवारिताः (parivāritāḥ) - surrounded, encompassed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

From pari + vṛ (class 1, ātmanepada) or vārayati (causative of vṛ)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective, completing the passive sense.

शार्दूलेन (śārdūlena) - by a tiger

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śārdūla

śārdūla - tiger

Note: Agent in the simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

मत्तेन (mattena) - by a frenzied, intoxicated, excited one

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of matta

matta - intoxicated, frenzied, mad, excited

Past Passive Participle

From mad (class 4, parasmaipada)

Root: mad (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'śārdūlena'.

मृगाः (mṛgāḥ) - deer (deer, wild animals)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mṛga

mṛga - deer, wild animal, beast

Note: Subject of the implied verb in the simile.

तृणचराः (tṛṇacarāḥ) - grass-eating, herbivorous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tṛṇacara

tṛṇacara - grass-eating, herbivorous

From tṛṇa + car (class 1, parasmaipada)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+cara)

• tṛṇa – grass, herb
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, walking, going, eating
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'car'
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'mṛgāḥ'.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

Note: Location for 'mṛgāḥ tṛṇacarāḥ'.