महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-166, verse-28

तथेत्युक्त्वा ततः सूदः संस्थानं वध्यघातिनाम् ।
गत्वा जहार त्वरितो नरमांसमपेतभीः ॥२८॥

28. tathetyuktvā tataḥ sūdaḥ saṁsthānaṁ vadhyaghātinām ,
gatvā jahāra tvarito naramāṁsamapetabhīḥ.

28. tathā iti uktvā tataḥ sūdaḥ saṃsthānaṃ vadhyaghātinām
gatvā jahāra tvaritaḥ naramāṃsam apeta-bhīḥ

28. Having assented, the fearless cook then quickly went to the executioners' quarter and fetched human flesh.

Words meanings summery:

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• इति (iti) - signifying quotation of 'tathā' (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, from there, afterwards)

• सूदः (sūdaḥ) - the cook (of the king) (cook, helper, assistant)

• संस्थानं (saṁsthānaṁ) - the quarter or place (of the executioners) (place, quarter, abode, establishment, configuration)

• वध्यघातिनाम् (vadhyaghātinām) - of those who kill the condemned, of slaughterers, of executioners

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having proceeded

• जहार (jahāra) - brought, fetched (took, carried away, brought, seized)

• त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly (acting as an adverb here, modifying the action of fetching) (quick, swift, hastened, hurried)

• नरमांसम् (naramāṁsam) - human flesh

• अपेत-भीः (apeta-bhīḥ) - fearless, having no fear

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - signifying quotation of 'tathā' (thus, in this manner, marking quotation)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, afterwards (then, thence, from there, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

सूदः (sūdaḥ) - the cook (of the king) (cook, helper, assistant)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūda

sūda - cook, helper, assistant

संस्थानं (saṁsthānaṁ) - the quarter or place (of the executioners) (place, quarter, abode, establishment, configuration)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsthāna

saṁsthāna - place, quarter, abode, establishment, configuration

Prefix: sam

Root: sthā (class 1)

वध्यघातिनाम् (vadhyaghātinām) - of those who kill the condemned, of slaughterers, of executioners

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadhyaghātin

vadhyaghātin - executioner, slaughterer

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vadhya+ghātin)

• vadhya – to be killed, condemned, a victim
  adjective
  Gerundive
  from root vadh (to strike, kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)
• ghātin – killer, slayer, striking
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone, having proceeded

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

जहार (jahāra) - brought, fetched (took, carried away, brought, seized)

(verb)

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

perfect (lit)

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root hṛ

Root: hṛ (class 1)

त्वरितः (tvaritaḥ) - quickly (acting as an adverb here, modifying the action of fetching) (quick, swift, hastened, hurried)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tvarita

tvarita - quick, swift, hurried

Past Passive Participle

from root tvar (to hasten)

Root: tvar (class 1)

नरमांसम् (naramāṁsam) - human flesh

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naramāṃsa

naramāṁsa - human flesh

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+māṃsa)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• māṃsa – flesh, meat
  noun (neuter)

अपेत-भीः (apeta-bhīḥ) - fearless, having no fear

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apetabhī

apetabhī - fearless, one from whom fear has departed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (apeta+bhī)

• apeta – departed, gone away, removed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from root i (to go) with upasarga apa
  Prefix: apa
  Root: i (class 2)
• bhī – fear
  noun (feminine)