महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-107, verse-13

अथ द्वैपायनो ज्ञात्वा त्वरितः समुपागमत् ।
तां स मांसमयीं पेशीं ददर्श जपतां वरः ॥१३॥

13. atha dvaipāyano jñātvā tvaritaḥ samupāgamat ,
tāṁ sa māṁsamayīṁ peśīṁ dadarśa japatāṁ varaḥ.

13. atha dvaipāyanaḥ jñātvā tvaritaḥ samupāgamat
tām sa māṃsamayīm peśīm dadarśa japatām varaḥ

13. Then, Dvaipāyana (Vyasa), having come to know [the situation], quickly arrived. He, the foremost among those who practice spiritual recitation, saw that lump of flesh.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Dvaipāyana (Vyasa) (Dvaipāyana, Vyasa)

• ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having come to know (having known, having understood)

• त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly, hurried (quick, hurried, swift)

• समुपागमत् (samupāgamat) - quickly arrived (he approached, he arrived)

• ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine))

• स (sa) - he (he, that (masculine))

• मांसमयीम् (māṁsamayīm) - fleshy (made of flesh, fleshy)

• पेशीम् (peśīm) - lump (lump, mass, muscle)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw (he saw, he perceived)

• जपताम् (japatām) - among those who practice spiritual recitation (of those chanting, of those meditating)

• वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (best, excellent, a boon)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

द्वैपायनः (dvaipāyanaḥ) - Dvaipāyana (Vyasa) (Dvaipāyana, Vyasa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvaipāyana

dvaipāyana - son of an islander, Vyasa (born on an island)

ज्ञात्वा (jñātvā) - having come to know (having known, having understood)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root jñā (to know) + -tvā suffix

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: absolutive (gerund)

त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly, hurried (quick, hurried, swift)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarita

tvarita - quick, hurried, swift

Past Passive Participle

from root tvar (to hurry)

Root: tvar (class 1)

Note: Used adverbially here

समुपागमत् (samupāgamat) - quickly arrived (he approached, he arrived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect

3rd person singular, Imperfect, Parasmaipada

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

स (sa) - he (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Sandhi form of saḥ

मांसमयीम् (māṁsamayīm) - fleshy (made of flesh, fleshy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māṃsamayī

māṁsamayī - made of flesh, fleshy

-maya suffix indicating 'made of'

पेशीम् (peśīm) - lump (lump, mass, muscle)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of peśī

peśī - a lump, mass, muscle, fetus, raw flesh

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw (he saw, he perceived)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect

3rd person singular, Perfect, Parasmaipada

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जपताम् (japatām) - among those who practice spiritual recitation (of those chanting, of those meditating)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of japat

japat - chanting, muttering prayers

Present Active Participle

from root jap (to mutter, to chant)

Root: jap (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun: 'of the chanters'

वरः (varaḥ) - the foremost (best, excellent, a boon)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest, a boon, a blessing

Note: Here used as a substantive referring to Dvaipāyana.