महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-82, verse-18

तं चरन्तं रणे पार्था ददृशुः कौरवं युधि ।
मृगमध्यं प्रविश्येव यथा सिंहशिशुं वने ॥१८॥

18. taṁ carantaṁ raṇe pārthā dadṛśuḥ kauravaṁ yudhi ,
mṛgamadhyaṁ praviśyeva yathā siṁhaśiśuṁ vane.

18. tam carantam raṇe pārthāḥ dadṛśuḥ kauravam yudhi
mṛgamadhyam praviśya iva yathā siṃhaśiśum vane

18. pārthāḥ raṇe yudhi carantam tam kauravam dadṛśuḥ
yathā vane mṛgamadhyam praviśya siṃhaśiśum iva

18. The Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā) saw him, the Kuru warrior, moving actively in battle, just like a lion cub that has entered a herd of deer in the forest.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - Referring to Devavrata (Bhishma) (him, that)

• चरन्तम् (carantam) - moving actively, fighting (moving, acting, behaving)

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

• पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - The Pandavas (the sons of Pṛthā)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

• कौरवम् (kauravam) - Bhishma, the Kuru warrior (a Kuru, belonging to the Kurus)

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

• मृगमध्यम् (mṛgamadhyam) - the midst of deer, a herd of deer

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• यथा (yathā) - just as, in which way

• सिंहशिशुम् (siṁhaśiśum) - a lion cub

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - Referring to Devavrata (Bhishma) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

चरन्तम् (carantam) - moving actively, fighting (moving, acting, behaving)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of carant

carant - moving, acting, living

Present Active Participle

from car (to move, to wander)

Root: car (class 1)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, combat

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - The Pandavas (the sons of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna; a king; an epithet for the Pandavas

derived from Pṛthā

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Perfect Active

reduplicated root, 3rd person plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कौरवम् (kauravam) - Bhishma, the Kuru warrior (a Kuru, belonging to the Kurus)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kuru lineage

derived from Kuru

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in war

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

मृगमध्यम् (mṛgamadhyam) - the midst of deer, a herd of deer

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛgamadhya

mṛgamadhya - midst of deer, herd of deer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛga+madhya)

• mṛga – deer, wild animal
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

from pra- + viś (to enter)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

यथा (yathā) - just as, in which way

(indeclinable)

सिंहशिशुम् (siṁhaśiśum) - a lion cub

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of siṃhaśiśu

siṁhaśiśu - lion cub, young lion

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (siṃha+śiśu)

• siṃha – lion
  noun (masculine)
• śiśu – child, infant, cub
  noun (masculine)

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove