महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-134, verse-16

इमां तु तां महाबुद्धिर्विदुरो दृष्टवांस्तदा ।
आपदं तेन मां पार्थ स संबोधितवान्पुरा ॥१६॥

16. imāṁ tu tāṁ mahābuddhirviduro dṛṣṭavāṁstadā ,
āpadaṁ tena māṁ pārtha sa saṁbodhitavānpurā.

16. imām tu tām mahābuddhiḥ viduraḥ dṛṣṭavān tadā
āpadam tena mām pārtha saḥ saṃbodhitavān purā

16. However, the highly intelligent Vidura had foreseen this danger (āpad) then. Therefore, O Pārtha, he warned me of it long ago.

Words meanings summery:

• इमाम् (imām) - (this calamity) (this)

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• ताम् (tām) - (that calamity) (that, her)

• महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - (Vidura) who is greatly intelligent (greatly intelligent)

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - had seen, foresaw

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आपदम् (āpadam) - danger, calamity, misfortune

• तेन (tena) - (by Vidura) (by him, by that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Yudhishthira (O son of Pṛthā)

• सः (saḥ) - (Vidura) (he)

• संबोधितवान् (saṁbodhitavān) - he warned, he instructed

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago

Words meanings and morphology

इमाम् (imām) - (this calamity) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - (that calamity) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

महाबुद्धिः (mahābuddhiḥ) - (Vidura) who is greatly intelligent (greatly intelligent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahābuddhi

mahābuddhi - great intellect, highly intelligent

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+buddhi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• buddhi – intellect, understanding, perception
  noun (feminine)
  Root: budh (class 1)

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (name of a wise minister in Mahabharata)

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - had seen, foresaw

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen, having perceived

past active participle

Formed from root `dṛś` (to see) with suffix `ktavat`.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

आपदम् (āpadam) - danger, calamity, misfortune

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āpad

āpad - danger, calamity, misfortune

तेन (tena) - (by Vidura) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Yudhishthira (O son of Pṛthā)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), Arjuna, Yudhishthira, Bhima

Derived from Pṛthā (Kunti) with patronymic suffix.

सः (saḥ) - (Vidura) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

संबोधितवान् (saṁbodhitavān) - he warned, he instructed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbodhitavat

saṁbodhitavat - having warned, having instructed, having enlightened

past active participle

Formed from root `budh` (to awaken, perceive) with prefix `sam` and causative suffix `i` and `ktavat`.

Prefix: sam

Root: budh (class 1)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, long ago

(indeclinable)