महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-159

तमसा त्वभ्यवस्तीर्णो मोह आविशतीव माम् ।
संज्ञां नोपलभे सूत मनो विह्वलतीव मे ॥१५९॥

159. tamasā tvabhyavastīrṇo moha āviśatīva mām ,
saṁjñāṁ nopalabhe sūta mano vihvalatīva me.

159. tamasā tu abhyavastīrṇaḥ mohaḥ āviśati iva mām |
saṃjñām na upalabhe sūta manaḥ vihvalati iva me

159. Indeed, overwhelmed by darkness, delusion seems to enter me, O Sūta (Sañjaya). I do not perceive my senses, and my mind seems to falter.

Words meanings summery:

• तमसा (tamasā) - by mental darkness/gloom (by darkness, by ignorance)

• तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, indeed, yet)

• अभ्यवस्तीर्णः (abhyavastīrṇaḥ) - overwhelmed (by darkness) (covered, spread over, overwhelmed)

• मोहः (mohaḥ) - mental delusion, bewilderment (delusion, confusion, ignorance)

• आविशति (āviśati) - enters (into me) (enters, pervades)

• इव (iva) - seems to, as if (like, as if, as it were)

• माम् (mām) - me (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (me)

• संज्ञाम् (saṁjñām) - consciousness, control over senses (consciousness, perception, senses)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• उपलभे (upalabhe) - I perceive (my senses) (I perceive, I find, I obtain)

• सूत (sūta) - O Sanjaya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator) (charioteer, son (of a charioteer))

• मनः (manaḥ) - my mind (mind, heart)

• विह्वलति (vihvalati) - becomes agitated, falters (wavers, falters, becomes agitated)

• इव (iva) - seems to, as if (like, as if, as it were)

• मे (me) - my (mind) (my, to me)

Words meanings and morphology

तमसा (tamasā) - by mental darkness/gloom (by darkness, by ignorance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, spiritual darkness

Note: Refers to the state of mental confusion or despair.

तु (tu) - indeed, moreover (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for emphasis or slight contrast.

अभ्यवस्तीर्णः (abhyavastīrṇaḥ) - overwhelmed (by darkness) (covered, spread over, overwhelmed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyavastīrṇa

abhyavastīrṇa - overspread, covered, overwhelmed

past passive participle

from abhi-ava-stṛ + kta

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: stṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to Dhṛtarāṣṭra's state.

मोहः (mohaḥ) - mental delusion, bewilderment (delusion, confusion, ignorance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, illusion, bewilderment, ignorance, fainting

action noun

from root muh

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'āviśati'.

आविशति (āviśati) - enters (into me) (enters, pervades)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of āviś

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

इव (iva) - seems to, as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses a simile or uncertainty.

माम् (mām) - me (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Object of 'āviśati'.

संज्ञाम् (saṁjñām) - consciousness, control over senses (consciousness, perception, senses)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saṃjñā

saṁjñā - consciousness, understanding, recognition, senses, sign

Prefix: sam

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'upalabhe'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation.

उपलभे (upalabhe) - I perceive (my senses) (I perceive, I find, I obtain)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upalabh

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

सूत (sūta) - O Sanjaya (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and narrator) (charioteer, son (of a charioteer))

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald, son of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇī

Note: Addressing Sanjaya.

मनः (manaḥ) - my mind (mind, heart)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, heart, desire

Note: Subject of 'vihvalati'.

विह्वलति (vihvalati) - becomes agitated, falters (wavers, falters, becomes agitated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vihval

Prefix: vi

Root: hval (class 1)

इव (iva) - seems to, as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses a simile or uncertainty.

मे (me) - my (mind) (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Possessive for 'manaḥ'.