महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-211, verse-24

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततोऽर्जुनश्च कृष्णश्च विनिश्चित्येतिकृत्यताम् ।
शीघ्रगान्पुरुषान्राजन्प्रेषयामासतुस्तदा ॥२४॥

24. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato'rjunaśca kṛṣṇaśca viniścityetikṛtyatām ,
śīghragānpuruṣānrājanpreṣayāmāsatustadā.

24. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ arjunaḥ ca kṛṣṇaḥ ca viniścitya
iti kṛtyatām śīghragān puruṣān rājan preṣayāmāsatuḥ tadā

24. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, having determined what needed to be done, dispatched swift-moving men, O King, at that time.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of Mahābhārata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• च (ca) - and

• कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna (Krishna (proper noun))

• च (ca) - and

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having determined (having ascertained, having determined)

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (thus, so, in this manner)

• कृत्यताम् (kṛtyatām) - what needed to be done (what is to be done, duty, action)

• शीघ्रगान् (śīghragān) - swift-moving (swift-moving, fast-going)

• पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, messengers (men, persons)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

• प्रेषयामासतुः (preṣayāmāsatuḥ) - they dispatched (Arjuna and Krishna) (they both sent, dispatched)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of Mahābhārata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana, name of a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from there)

(indeclinable)

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna, white, clear, silver

Note: Part of the dual subject.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Arjuna and Krishna.

कृष्णः (kṛṣṇaḥ) - Krishna (Krishna (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna, dark, black

Note: Part of the dual subject.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Arjuna and Krishna.

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having determined (having ascertained, having determined)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

From root ci with upasargas vi and niś.

Prefixes: vi+niś

Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Qualifies the action of Arjuna and Krishna.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the preceding counsel/plan.

कृत्यताम् (kṛtyatām) - what needed to be done (what is to be done, duty, action)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtyatā

kṛtyatā - what is to be done, duty, fitness for action

From kṛtya (gerundive of kṛ) + suffix tā (abstract noun).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of viniścitya.

शीघ्रगान् (śīghragān) - swift-moving (swift-moving, fast-going)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śīghraga

śīghraga - swift-moving, quick-going

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śīghra+ga)

• śīghra – quick, swift, fast
  adjective (masculine)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root gam.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies puruṣān.

पुरुषान् (puruṣān) - men, messengers (men, persons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)

Note: Object of preṣayāmāsatuḥ.

राजन् (rājan) - O king (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रेषयामासतुः (preṣayāmāsatuḥ) - they dispatched (Arjuna and Krishna) (they both sent, dispatched)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past perfect (liṭ) of preṣay

causative perfect

Causative stem of root iṣ (to wish, to send) with upasarga pra, formed into a perfect dual verb.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: The dual ending refers to Arjuna and Krishna.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)