महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-199, verse-21

ततस्ते धृतराष्ट्रस्य भीष्मस्य च महात्मनः ।
अन्येषां च तदर्हाणां चक्रुः पादाभिवन्दनम् ॥२१॥

21. tataste dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bhīṣmasya ca mahātmanaḥ ,
anyeṣāṁ ca tadarhāṇāṁ cakruḥ pādābhivandanam.

21. tataḥ te dhṛtarāṣṭrasya bhīṣmasya ca mahātmanaḥ
anyeṣām ca tad arhāṇām cakruḥ pādābhivandanam

21. Then they performed obeisance to the feet of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and of the great-souled (mahātman) Bhīṣma, and of others who were worthy of such respect.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thence

• ते (te) - they, those

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

• च (ca) - and, also

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - referring to Bhīṣma (of the great-souled, of the magnanimous)

• अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others

• च (ca) - and, also

• तद् (tad) - such (respect/obeisance) (that, such)

• अर्हाणाम् (arhāṇām) - of those who were worthy of that (respect) (of the worthy, of those who deserve)

• चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they made, they performed

• पादाभिवन्दनम् (pādābhivandanam) - obeisance to the feet, salutation by bowing to the feet

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thence

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king of Hastinapura)

भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a prominent character in the Mahābhārata)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - referring to Bhīṣma (of the great-souled, of the magnanimous)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, the Supreme Spirit
  noun (masculine)

अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of others

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another, different

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तद् (tad) - such (respect/obeisance) (that, such)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अर्हाणाम् (arhāṇām) - of those who were worthy of that (respect) (of the worthy, of those who deserve)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of arha

arha - worthy, deserving, suitable

Root: arh (class 1)

चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they made, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पादाभिवन्दनम् (pādābhivandanam) - obeisance to the feet, salutation by bowing to the feet

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pādābhivandana

pādābhivandana - obeisance to the feet, salutation by touching feet

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāda+abhivandana)

• pāda – foot, leg, quarter
  noun (masculine)
• abhivandana – salutation, reverence, worship
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  Derived from root vand with prefixes abhi
  Prefix: abhi
  Root: vand (class 1)