महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-166, verse-36

एवमुक्त्वा ततः सद्यस्तं प्राणैर्विप्रयुज्य सः ।
शक्तिनं भक्षयामास व्याघ्रः पशुमिवेप्सितम् ॥३६॥

36. evamuktvā tataḥ sadyastaṁ prāṇairviprayujya saḥ ,
śaktinaṁ bhakṣayāmāsa vyāghraḥ paśumivepsitam.

36. evam uktvā tataḥ sadyaḥ tam prāṇaiḥ viprayujya saḥ
śaktinam bhakṣayām āsa vyāghraḥ paśum iva īpsitam

36. Having spoken thus, he immediately then separated him (Śakti) from his life-breaths and devoured Śaktin, just as a tiger devours a desired animal.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once

• तम् (tam) - him

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - by life-breaths, from life

• विप्रयुज्य (viprayujya) - having separated, having disjoined

• सः (saḥ) - he (the king turned rakṣas) (he)

• शक्तिनम् (śaktinam) - Śaktin (name of the sage) (Śaktin)

• भक्षयाम् (bhakṣayām) - part of the periphrastic perfect verb 'devoured' (having eaten/devoured)

• आस (āsa) - auxiliary verb in 'devoured' (he was)

• व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

• पशुम् (paśum) - animal, beast

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

suffix -ktvā, irregular past participle stem

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately, at once

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - by life-breaths, from life

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

विप्रयुज्य (viprayujya) - having separated, having disjoined

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from vi-pra-yuj, suffix -ya

Prefixes: vi+pra

Root: yuj (class 7)

सः (saḥ) - he (the king turned rakṣas) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शक्तिनम् (śaktinam) - Śaktin (name of the sage) (Śaktin)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaktin

śaktin - name of a sage, son of Vasiṣṭha

भक्षयाम् (bhakṣayām) - part of the periphrastic perfect verb 'devoured' (having eaten/devoured)

(verb)

periphrastic perfect auxiliary stem

Intensified/causative stem, used with auxiliary verbs like ās, kṛ, bhū

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Part of the periphrastic perfect `bhakṣayām āsa`.

आस (āsa) - auxiliary verb in 'devoured' (he was)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb in periphrastic perfect `bhakṣayām āsa`.

व्याघ्रः (vyāghraḥ) - tiger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāghra

vyāghra - tiger

पशुम् (paśum) - animal, beast

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of paśu

paśu - animal, cattle, beast

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished for, intended

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the desiderative stem of āp (to obtain)

Root: āp (class 5)