महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-62, verse-8

तौ विहायसमाक्रान्तौ दृष्ट्वा शाकुनिकस्तदा ।
अन्वधावदनिर्विण्णो येन येन स्म गच्छतः ॥८॥

8. tau vihāyasamākrāntau dṛṣṭvā śākunikastadā ,
anvadhāvadanirviṇṇo yena yena sma gacchataḥ.

8. tau vihāyasam ākrāntau dṛṣṭvā śākunikaḥ tadā |
anvadhāvat anirviṇṇaḥ yena yena sma gacchataḥ

8. Then, seeing those two having risen into the sky, the bird-catcher, undiscouraged, ran after them wherever they went.

Words meanings summery:

• तौ (tau) - those two (birds) (those two)

• विहायसम् (vihāyasam) - the sky, the atmosphere

• आक्रान्तौ (ākrāntau) - having risen (into) (having ascended, having reached, having entered)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

• शाकुनिकः (śākunikaḥ) - the bird-catcher, the fowler

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• अन्वधावत् (anvadhāvat) - ran after (ran after, pursued)

• अनिर्विण्णः (anirviṇṇaḥ) - undiscouraged (undiscouraged, unwearied, persistent)

• येन येन (yena yena) - wherever (wherever, by whatever path)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past habitual action)

• गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - they went (they were going, they go)

Words meanings and morphology

तौ (tau) - those two (birds) (those two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the two birds.

विहायसम् (vihāyasam) - the sky, the atmosphere

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vihāyas

vihāyas - sky, atmosphere, ether, air

आक्रान्तौ (ākrāntau) - having risen (into) (having ascended, having reached, having entered)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ākrānta

ākrānta - ascended, attacked, overcome, reached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kram- (to step, to go) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tau' (birds).

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś- (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

शाकुनिकः (śākunikaḥ) - the bird-catcher, the fowler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śākunika

śākunika - bird-catcher, fowler

Derived from śakuna (bird)

Note: Subject of the verb 'anvadhāvat'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb

अन्वधावत् (anvadhāvat) - ran after (ran after, pursued)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of anudhāv

Imperfect Tense

3rd person singular of root dhāv- with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: dhāv (class 1)

अनिर्विण्णः (anirviṇṇaḥ) - undiscouraged (undiscouraged, unwearied, persistent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anirviṇṇa

anirviṇṇa - undiscouraged, unwearied, cheerful, persistent

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative (a-) of nirviṇṇa, from root vid- (to know, to find) with prefix nir-

Compound type : Nañ-Tatpurusha (a+nirviṇṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nirviṇṇa – discouraged, dejected, weary
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vid- (to find, to know) with prefix nir-
  Prefix: nir
  Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'śākunikaḥ'.

येन येन (yena yena) - wherever (wherever, by whatever path)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Repetition 'yena yena' implies 'wherever'.

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past habitual action)

(indeclinable)

गच्छतः (gacchataḥ) - they went (they were going, they go)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Tense

3rd person dual of the root gam-

Root: gam (class 1)