महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-220, verse-17

तस्यां पुत्रानजनयच्चतुरो ब्रह्मवादिनः ।
तानपास्य स तत्रैव जगाम लपितां प्रति ।
बालान्सुतानण्डगतान्मात्रा सह मुनिर्वने ॥१७॥

17. tasyāṁ putrānajanayaccaturo brahmavādinaḥ ,
tānapāsya sa tatraiva jagāma lapitāṁ prati ,
bālānsutānaṇḍagatānmātrā saha munirvane.

17. tasyāṃ putrān ajanayāt caturaḥ
brahmavādinaḥ tān apāsya saḥ tatra
eva jagāma lapitāṃ prati bālān
sutān aṇḍagatān mātrā saha muniḥ vane

17. In her (Jaritā), he begot four sons, who were great expounders of the Vedas (brahmavādin). Abandoning those young sons, still within their eggs, along with their mother in the forest, the sage then went to Lapitā.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्यां (tasyāṁ) - in her (Jaritā) (in her, on her)

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children

• अजनयात् (ajanayāt) - he begot, he produced

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - great expounders of the Vedas (brahmavādin) (expounders of Brahman, Vedic scholars)

• तान् (tān) - those (sons) (them, those)

• अपास्य (apāsya) - having abandoned, having left

• सः (saḥ) - he (Mandapāla) (he)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, same

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went

• लपितां (lapitāṁ) - Lapitā (proper name, a female bird)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against

• बालान् (bālān) - young, juvenile

• सुतान् (sutān) - sons, children

• अण्डगतान् (aṇḍagatān) - still within their eggs (lying in eggs, born from eggs)

• मात्रा (mātrā) - with the mother

• सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Mandapāla) (the sage)

• वने (vane) - in the forest

Words meanings and morphology

तस्यां (tasyāṁ) - in her (Jaritā) (in her, on her)

(pronoun)

Locative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Locative feminine singular.

Note: External sandhi with 'putrān' (ṃ → null) is undone.

पुत्रान् (putrān) - sons, children

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child, offspring

अजनयात् (ajanayāt) - he begot, he produced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of jan

Imperfect active (causative)

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, causative stem ('janay-') with augment 'a-'.

Root: jan (class 10)

Note: External sandhi with 'caturaḥ' (t → c) is undone.

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

Note: External sandhi with 'brahmavādinaḥ' (ḥ → o) is undone.

ब्रह्मवादिनः (brahmavādinaḥ) - great expounders of the Vedas (brahmavādin) (expounders of Brahman, Vedic scholars)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of brahmavādin

brahmavādin - one who speaks of Brahman, a teacher/expounder of the Vedas

From `brahman` (Brahman) + `vādin` (speaker/expounder).

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+vādin)

• brahman – the Absolute, ultimate reality, sacred word, Veda
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bṛh
• vādin – speaking, declaring, expounding, speaker, proponent
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from `vad`.
  From root `vad` (to speak) with suffix -in.
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: External sandhi with 'tān' (ḥ → s → null before t) is undone.

तान् (tān) - those (sons) (them, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, them

Accusative masculine plural. Refers to the sons.

Note: External sandhi with 'apāsya' (n → null) is undone.

अपास्य (apāsya) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -ya after `apa`.

Prefix: apa

Root: as (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - he (Mandapāla) (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Nominative masculine singular. Refers to Mandapāla.

Note: External sandhi with 'tatra' (ḥ → null) is undone.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun `tad`.

Note: External sandhi with 'eva' (a + e → ai) is undone.

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, same

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

जगाम (jagāma) - he went

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: External sandhi with 'lapitāṃ' (a → null) is undone.

लपितां (lapitāṁ) - Lapitā (proper name, a female bird)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of lapitā

lapitā - name of a female bird (Lapitā)

प्रति (prati) - towards, to, against

(indeclinable)

Governs the accusative.

Note: External sandhi with 'bālān' (i → null) is undone.

बालान् (bālān) - young, juvenile

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāla

bāla - young, child, immature, juvenile

Accusative masculine plural.

Note: External sandhi with 'sutān' (n → null) is undone.

सुतान् (sutān) - sons, children

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of suta

suta - son, child, born, begotten

Past Passive Participle

Accusative masculine plural. Often used as a noun 'son'.

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: External sandhi with 'aṇḍagatān' (n → null) is undone.

अण्डगतान् (aṇḍagatān) - still within their eggs (lying in eggs, born from eggs)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of aṇḍagata

aṇḍagata - being in an egg, contained in an egg, embryo in an egg

Accusative masculine plural.

Compound type : tatpurusha (aṇḍa+gata)

• aṇḍa – egg, testicle, globe
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, being in, contained in (PPP of `gam`)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `gam`.
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: External sandhi with 'mātrā' (n → null) is undone.

मात्रा (mātrā) - with the mother

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

Instrumental singular.

सह (saha) - with, accompanied by

(indeclinable)

Governs the instrumental case.

मुनिः (muniḥ) - the sage (Mandapāla) (the sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

Nominative masculine singular.

Note: External sandhi with 'vane' (ḥ → r) is undone.

वने (vane) - in the forest

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Locative neuter singular.