महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-62, verse-11

विचित्रमिदमाश्चर्यं मृगहन्प्रतिभाति मे ।
प्लवमानौ हि खचरौ पदातिरनुधावसि ॥११॥

11. vicitramidamāścaryaṁ mṛgahanpratibhāti me ,
plavamānau hi khacarau padātiranudhāvasi.

11. vicitram idam āścaryam mṛgahan pratibhāti me
plavamānau hi khacarau padātiḥ anudhāvasi

11. O hunter, this appears to me as a strange wonder: you, a footman, are chasing two flying birds.

Words meanings summery:

• विचित्रम् (vicitram) - strange, wonderful (variegated, manifold, strange, wonderful)

• इदम् (idam) - this (this, this here)

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - a wonder, marvel (a wonder, marvel, surprise)

• मृगहन् (mṛgahan) - O hunter (O hunter, killer of deer/animals)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears to me (it appears, shines forth, occurs to)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• प्लवमानौ (plavamānau) - two flying (two flying, two floating, two swimming)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• खचरौ (khacarau) - two birds (moving in the sky) (two moving in the sky, two birds, two gods)

• पदातिः (padātiḥ) - a footman, one who is on foot (foot soldier, pedestrian, one who goes on foot)

• अनुधावसि (anudhāvasi) - you chase (you chase, you run after)

Words meanings and morphology

विचित्रम् (vicitram) - strange, wonderful (variegated, manifold, strange, wonderful)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, manifold, diverse, strange, wonderful, charming

Note: Agrees with āścaryam

इदम् (idam) - this (this, this here)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this here, the present

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - a wonder, marvel (a wonder, marvel, surprise)

(noun)

neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, marvel, surprise

मृगहन् (mṛgahan) - O hunter (O hunter, killer of deer/animals)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mṛgahan

mṛgahan - deer-killer, hunter

Compound type : tatpurusha (mṛga+han)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• han – killer, striker
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - it appears to me (it appears, shines forth, occurs to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

प्लवमानौ (plavamānau) - two flying (two flying, two floating, two swimming)

(participle)

masculine, dual of plavamāna

plavamāna - floating, swimming, flying, hovering

Present Middle Participle

Derived from root plu (to float, swim, fly) + śānac suffix.

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with khacarau.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Particle

खचरौ (khacarau) - two birds (moving in the sky) (two moving in the sky, two birds, two gods)

(noun)

masculine, dual of khacara

khacara - moving in the sky, bird, god, planet

Derived from kha (sky, space) + cara (moving).

Compound type : tatpurusha (kha+cara)

• kha – sky, space, ether
  noun (neuter)
• cara – moving, going, a mover
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root car (to move)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of anudhāvasi (indirectly, as the object of chasing)

पदातिः (padātiḥ) - a footman, one who is on foot (foot soldier, pedestrian, one who goes on foot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of padāti

padāti - foot soldier, pedestrian, one who goes on foot

Note: Subject of anudhāvasi

अनुधावसि (anudhāvasi) - you chase (you chase, you run after)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of anudhāv

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)