महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-123, verse-23

न चैनमभ्यजानंस्ते तदा विकृतदर्शनम् ।
अथैनं परिपप्रच्छुः को भवान्कस्य वेत्युत ॥२३॥

23. na cainamabhyajānaṁste tadā vikṛtadarśanam ,
athainaṁ paripapracchuḥ ko bhavānkasya vetyuta.

23. na ca enam abhyajānan te tadā vikṛtadarśanam atha
enam paripraprachchuḥ kaḥ bhavān kasya vā iti uta

23. However, they did not recognize him then, as his appearance was altered. So, they asked him, 'Who are you, sir, and whose [son] are you?'

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not

• च (ca) - and, also, but

• एनम् (enam) - him, this

• अभ्यजानन् (abhyajānan) - they recognized, they knew

• ते (te) - the Pandavas (they, those)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• विकृतदर्शनम् (vikṛtadarśanam) - of strange/altered appearance

• अथ (atha) - then, next, so

• एनम् (enam) - him, this

• परिप्रप्रछ्छुः (paripraprachchuḥ) - they asked

• कः (kaḥ) - who, what

• भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you, sir

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• वा (vā) - or

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also, but

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

अभ्यजानन् (abhyajānan) - they recognized, they knew

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of √jñā

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

ते (te) - the Pandavas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

विकृतदर्शनम् (vikṛtadarśanam) - of strange/altered appearance

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vikṛtadarśana

vikṛtadarśana - having an altered/strange appearance

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (vikṛta+darśana)

• vikṛta – changed, altered, modified, deformed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √kṛ (to do, make) with vi-prefix
  Prefix: vi
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• darśana – appearance, sight, seeing
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal noun
  From √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'him'

अथ (atha) - then, next, so

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her, it

परिप्रप्रछ्छुः (paripraprachchuḥ) - they asked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of √prach

Prefixes: pari+pra

Root: prach (class 6)

कः (kaḥ) - who, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

भवान् (bhavān) - your honor, you, sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), your honor

Present Active Participle

From √bhū (to be) with śatṛ suffix. Used as honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - indeed, moreover, also

(indeclinable)