महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-94, verse-17

स गत्वा विषमं घोरं पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् ।
मृगयाणोऽन्वगच्छत्तौ तापसावपराजितौ ॥१७॥

17. sa gatvā viṣamaṁ ghoraṁ parvataṁ gandhamādanam ,
mṛgayāṇo'nvagacchattau tāpasāvaparājitau.

17. saḥ gatvā viṣamam ghoram parvatam gandhamādanam
mṛgayāṇaḥ anvagacchat tau tāpasau aparājitau

17. He went to the rugged, formidable Gandhamādana mountain, and searching, he followed those two unconquered ascetics.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• विषमम् (viṣamam) - rugged, difficult, uneven

• घोरम् (ghoram) - formidable, dreadful, terrible

• पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain, hill

• गन्धमादनम् (gandhamādanam) - Gandhamādana (a specific mountain)

• मृगयाणः (mṛgayāṇaḥ) - searching, hunting

• अन्वगच्छत् (anvagacchat) - followed, pursued

• तौ (tau) - those two

• तापसौ (tāpasau) - ascetics, hermits

• अपराजितौ (aparājitau) - unconquered, undefeated

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (ktvā)

Derived from the root 'gam' with the suffix 'ktvā'.

Root: gam (class 1)

विषमम् (viṣamam) - rugged, difficult, uneven

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of viṣama

viṣama - uneven, rugged, difficult, dangerous

घोरम् (ghoram) - formidable, dreadful, terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, formidable, dreadful, awful

पर्वतम् (parvatam) - mountain, hill

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain, hill

गन्धमादनम् (gandhamādanam) - Gandhamādana (a specific mountain)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gandhamādana

gandhamādana - Gandhamādana (name of a mythical mountain, said to be a source of fragrant herbs)

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (gandha+mādana)

• gandha – smell, fragrance, perfume
  noun (masculine)
• mādana – intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from causal of mad
  Derived from the causal stem of the root 'mad' (to be intoxicated, rejoice) with suffix 'ana'.
  Root: mad (class 4)

मृगयाणः (mṛgayāṇaḥ) - searching, hunting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛgayāṇa

mṛgayāṇa - searching, hunting, pursuing

Present Active Participle (śānaC)

Derived from the denominative stem 'mṛgayā' (to hunt, search) from 'mṛg' (to hunt, search) with the present active participle suffix '-māṇa'.

Root: mṛg (class 10)

अन्वगच्छत् (anvagacchat) - followed, pursued

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of anu-gam

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Imperfect tense form of the root 'gam' with the prefix 'anu-'.

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

तापसौ (tāpasau) - ascetics, hermits

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, a hermit (one who practices asceticism/tapas)

Derived from 'tapas' with suffix 'aṇ'.

अपराजितौ (aparājitau) - unconquered, undefeated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of aparājita

aparājita - unconquered, undefeated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'ji' (to conquer) with prefix 'parā-' and negative prefix 'a-', and past passive participle suffix 'kta'.

Prefix: parā

Root: ji (class 1)