महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-26, verse-14

एवमुक्ता भगवता मुनयस्ते समभ्ययुः ।
मुक्त्वा शाखां गिरिं पुण्यं हिमवन्तं तपोर्थिनः ॥१४॥

14. evamuktā bhagavatā munayaste samabhyayuḥ ,
muktvā śākhāṁ giriṁ puṇyaṁ himavantaṁ taporthinaḥ.

14. evam uktāḥ bhagavatā munayaḥ te samabhyayuḥ
muktvā śākhām girim puṇyam himavantam taporthinaḥ

14. Thus addressed by the revered sage, those renunciants, intent on asceticism, departed, leaving the branch [of the tree on] the sacred Himavat mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered one (Kaśyapa) (by the revered, by the divine, by the lord)

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - the renunciants (Vālakhilyas) (sages, renunciants, hermits)

• ते (te) - those (sages) (they, those)

• समभ्ययुः (samabhyayuḥ) - they departed (they went, they approached)

• मुक्त्वा (muktvā) - leaving, abandoning (having released, having abandoned, having left)

• शाखाम् (śākhām) - the branch (of the tree they were sitting on) (branch, limb, division)

• गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain, hill)

• पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred (sacred, holy, meritorious, pure)

• हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himavat mountain (the Himalayas) (Himavat (the Himalayas))

• तपोर्थिनः (taporthinaḥ) - intent on asceticism (desirous of penance, seeking asceticism)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: modifies `uktāḥ`

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, addressed

past passive participle

derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: describes `munayaḥ`

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered one (Kaśyapa) (by the revered, by the divine, by the lord)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable, lord

possessive suffix -vat

Note: agent of the passive participle `uktāḥ`

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - the renunciants (Vālakhilyas) (sages, renunciants, hermits)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, hermit, renunciant

Root: man (class 4)

Note: subject of `samabhyayuḥ`

ते (te) - those (sages) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: refers to the sages (munayaḥ)

समभ्ययुः (samabhyayuḥ) - they departed (they went, they approached)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of samabhyayu

derived from root i with prefixes sam and abhi

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: i (class 2)

मुक्त्वा (muktvā) - leaving, abandoning (having released, having abandoned, having left)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

derived from root muc

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: describes the action before `samabhyayuḥ`

शाखाम् (śākhām) - the branch (of the tree they were sitting on) (branch, limb, division)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, limb, arm, division

Note: object of `muktvā`

गिरिम् (girim) - the mountain (mountain, hill)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of giri

giri - mountain, hill

Note: object of `muktvā`

पुण्यम् (puṇyam) - sacred (sacred, holy, meritorious, pure)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - holy, sacred, auspicious, meritorious

Note: describes `girim` and `himavantam`

हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himavat mountain (the Himalayas) (Himavat (the Himalayas))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himavat (the Himalayan mountains, personified as a deity)

possessive suffix -vat

Note: object of `muktvā`

तपोर्थिनः (taporthinaḥ) - intent on asceticism (desirous of penance, seeking asceticism)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of taporthin

taporthin - desiring penance/austerity

compound of tapas (penance) and arthin (seeker/desirous)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+arthin)

• tapas – religious austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
• arthin – desirous, seeker, supplicant
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from artha (purpose) with suffix -in