महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-218, verse-10

तां च मायां तदा दृष्ट्वा घोरां नागेन वञ्चितः ।
द्विधा त्रिधा च चिच्छेद खगतानेव भारत ॥१०॥

10. tāṁ ca māyāṁ tadā dṛṣṭvā ghorāṁ nāgena vañcitaḥ ,
dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda khagatāneva bhārata.

10. tām ca māyām tadā dṛṣṭvā ghorām nāgena vañcitaḥ
dvidhā tridhā ca ciccheda khagatān eva bhārata

10. Then, having seen that terrible illusion (māyā) and being deceived by the serpent, he (Arjuna) cut into two and three parts those (forms) that had gone into the sky, O Bhārata.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

• च (ca) - and

• मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā), magical power

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful

• नागेन (nāgena) - by Aśvasena, the serpent (by the serpent, by the Naga)

• वञ्चितः (vañcitaḥ) - deceived, deluded

• द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

• त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three parts, in three ways

• च (ca) - and

• चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut off, he severed

• खगतान् (khagatān) - those gone to the sky, sky-going ones

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Sañjaya) (O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

मायाम् (māyām) - illusion (māyā), magical power

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of māyā

māyā - illusion, magical power, deceptive appearance

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

घोराम् (ghorām) - terrible, dreadful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ghora

ghora - terrible, dreadful, formidable

नागेन (nāgena) - by Aśvasena, the serpent (by the serpent, by the Naga)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nāga

nāga - serpent, snake, a mythical serpent-demon

वञ्चितः (vañcitaḥ) - deceived, deluded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vañcita

vañcita - deceived, cheated, deluded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vañc (to deceive)

Root: vañc (class 1)

द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts, in two ways

(indeclinable)

त्रिधा (tridhā) - in three parts, in three ways

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - he cut off, he severed

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: chid (class 7)

खगतान् (khagatān) - those gone to the sky, sky-going ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of khagata

khagata - gone into the sky, sky-dweller

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (kha+gata)

• kha – sky, ether, space
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Sañjaya) (O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata