महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-207, verse-23

स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय कन्यां तां प्रतिगृह्य च ।
उवास नगरे तस्मिन्कौन्तेयस्त्रिहिमाः समाः ॥२३॥

23. sa tatheti pratijñāya kanyāṁ tāṁ pratigṛhya ca ,
uvāsa nagare tasminkaunteyastrihimāḥ samāḥ.

23. saḥ tathā iti pratijñāya kanyām tām pratigṛhya
ca uvāsa nagare tasmin kaunteyaḥ trihimāḥ samāḥ

23. Having thus agreed and accepted that maiden, Arjuna (Kaunteya) lived in that city for three years.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

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

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having agreed

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl

• ताम् (tām) - that

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted, having taken

• च (ca) - and

• उवास (uvāsa) - lived, dwelt

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Kunti (son of Kunti)

• त्रिहिमाः (trihimāḥ) - three winters, three years

• समाः (samāḥ) - years

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

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

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having agreed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root jñā with upasarga prati and suffix -ya

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: absolutive (gerund)

कन्याम् (kanyām) - maiden, girl

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted, having taken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed from root grah with upasarga prati and suffix -ya

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: absolutive (gerund)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

उवास (uvāsa) - lived, dwelt

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect active 3rd person singular

Root: vas (class 1)

नगरे (nagare) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

कौन्तेयः (kaunteyaḥ) - Arjuna, son of Kunti (son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti (e.g., Arjuna, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma)

Derived from Kuntī, referring to her sons

त्रिहिमाः (trihimāḥ) - three winters, three years

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of trihima

trihima - three winters, three years

compound: tri + hima

Compound type : dvigu (tri+hima)

• tri – three
  indeclinable
  numeral
• hima – winter, cold, snow, year
  noun (masculine)

Note: Often used metaphorically for years, especially in compounds.

समाः (samāḥ) - years

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of samā

samā - year, season

Note: Often used in accusative for duration of time.