महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-165, verse-21

गन्धर्व उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तदा पार्थ विश्वामित्रो बलादिव ।
हंसचन्द्रप्रतीकाशां नन्दिनीं तां जहार गाम् ॥२१॥

21. gandharva uvāca ,
evamuktastadā pārtha viśvāmitro balādiva ,
haṁsacandrapratīkāśāṁ nandinīṁ tāṁ jahāra gām.

21. gandharvaḥ uvāca evam uktaḥ tadā pārtha viśvāmitraḥ
balāt iva haṃsacandrapratīkāśām nandinīm tām jahāra gām

21. Gandharva said: "O Pārtha, when Viśvāmitra was thus addressed, he then forcefully seized that cow Nandini, who resembled a swan (haṃsa) and the moon (candra)."

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - Gandharva (celestial musician)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (as a son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā))

• विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra

• बलात् (balāt) - by force

• इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

• हंसचन्द्रप्रतीकाशाम् (haṁsacandrapratīkāśām) - resembling a swan and the moon

• नन्दिनीम् (nandinīm) - Nandini (name of the cow)

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• जहार (jahāra) - seized, took away

• गाम् (gām) - cow

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - Gandharva (celestial musician)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharva

gandharva - a Gandharva (a class of celestial beings, musicians, and singers)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, addressed

Past Passive Participle

PPP of root vac- (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (as a son of Pṛthā/Kuntī) (O Pārtha (son of Pṛthā))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (epithet for Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna)

Patronymic from Pṛthā (Kuntī)

विश्वामित्रः (viśvāmitraḥ) - Viśvāmitra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - Viśvāmitra (name of a Vedic sage)

बलात् (balāt) - by force

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force

इव (iva) - as if, like, similar to

(indeclinable)

हंसचन्द्रप्रतीकाशाम् (haṁsacandrapratīkāśām) - resembling a swan and the moon

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of haṃsacandrapratīkāśa

haṁsacandrapratīkāśa - resembling a swan and the moon

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+candra+pratīkāśa)

• haṃsa – swan, goose, a mythical bird
  noun (masculine)
• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• pratīkāśa – resembling, like, appearance, likeness
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: kāś (class 1)

नन्दिनीम् (nandinīm) - Nandini (name of the cow)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nandinī

nandinī - Nandini (proper name of Vasiṣṭha's cow), causing joy, delightful

Root: nand (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

जहार (jahāra) - seized, took away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of hṛ

Perfect 3rd singular active, with prefix ā- which is absorbed in the stem

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

गाम् (gām) - cow

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of go

go - cow, ox, cattle, ray of light, earth, speech