महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-115

अथोत्तङ्कस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्राङ्मुख उपविश्य
सुप्रक्षालितपाणिपादवदनोऽशब्दाभिर्हृदयंगमाभिरद्भिरुपस्पृश्य
त्रिः पीत्वा द्विः परिमृज्य
खान्यद्भिरुपस्पृश्यान्तःपुरं प्रविश्य तां क्षत्रियामपश्यत् ॥११५॥

115. athottaṅkastathetyuktvā prāṅmukha upaviśya
suprakṣālitapāṇipādavadano'śabdābhirhṛdayaṁgamābhiradbhirupaspṛśya
triḥ pītvā dviḥ parimṛjya
khānyadbhirupaspṛśyāntaḥpuraṁ praviśya tāṁ kṣatriyāmapaśyat.

115. atha uttaṅkaḥ tathā iti uktvā prāṅmukhaḥ upaviśya
suparakṣālitapāṇipādavadanaḥ aśabdābhiḥ hṛdayaṃgamābhiḥ
adbhiḥ upaspṛśya triḥ pītvā dviḥ parimṛjya khāni adbhiḥ
upaspṛśya antaḥpuram praviśya tām kṣatriyām apaśyat

115. Then Uttanka, saying "So be it," sat down facing east. After thoroughly washing his hands, feet, and face, and performing the ritual sipping of water—drinking it thrice, wiping his mouth twice, and touching his sense organs with soundless, pleasing water—he entered the inner chambers and saw that Kṣatriya woman.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper noun))

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

• इति (iti) - marker for quotation (thus, so)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

• प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing east

• उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

• सुपरक्षालितपाणिपादवदनः (suparakṣālitapāṇipādavadanaḥ) - with hands, feet, and face well-washed (whose hands, feet, and face are well-washed)

• अशब्दाभिः (aśabdābhiḥ) - with soundless (waters) (by soundless, by silent)

• हृदयंगमाभिः (hṛdayaṁgamābhiḥ) - with pleasing (waters) (by pleasing to the heart, by delightful)

• अद्भिः (adbhiḥ) - with water (for ritual sipping) (by waters)

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having performed ritual sipping of water (having touched, having rinsed the mouth, having sipped water)

• त्रिः (triḥ) - thrice (thrice, three times)

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk (water) (having drunk)

• द्विः (dviḥ) - twice (twice, two times)

• परिमृज्य (parimṛjya) - having wiped (his mouth) (having wiped, having cleansed)

• खानि (khāni) - sense organs (eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth) (sense organs, openings of the body)

• अद्भिः (adbhiḥ) - with water (by waters)

• उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched (the sense organs) (having touched, having rinsed the mouth, having sipped water)

• अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram) - inner chambers (inner apartment, seraglio, harem)

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

• ताम् (tām) - that (Kṣatriya woman) (her, that (feminine singular))

• क्षत्रियाम् (kṣatriyām) - Kṣatriya woman (Kṣatriya woman, woman of the warrior class)

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw (saw, beheld)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, thereupon, now)

(indeclinable)

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Uttanka (Uttanka (a proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage)

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

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marker for quotation (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्राङ्मुखः (prāṅmukhaḥ) - facing east

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāṅmukha

prāṅmukha - facing east, having the face turned to the east

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prāñc+mukha)

• prāñc – east, eastern
  adjective (masculine)
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

उपविश्य (upaviśya) - having sat down

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root viś (to enter) with upasarga upa and suffix -lyaP.

Prefix: upa

Root: viś (class 6)

सुपरक्षालितपाणिपादवदनः (suparakṣālitapāṇipādavadanaḥ) - with hands, feet, and face well-washed (whose hands, feet, and face are well-washed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suparakṣālitapāṇipādavadana

suparakṣālitapāṇipādavadana - having well-washed hands, feet, and face

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+prakṣālita+pāṇi+pāda+vadana)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• prakṣālita – washed, rinsed, cleaned
  adjective (masculine)
  past participle
  Past passive participle of root kṣāl (to wash) with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kṣāl (class 10)
• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
• pāda – foot
  noun (masculine)
• vadana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vad (class 1)

अशब्दाभिः (aśabdābhiḥ) - with soundless (waters) (by soundless, by silent)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of aśabda

aśabda - soundless, silent, noiseless

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+śabda)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• śabda – sound, word, noise
  noun (masculine)

हृदयंगमाभिः (hṛdayaṁgamābhiḥ) - with pleasing (waters) (by pleasing to the heart, by delightful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of hṛdayaṃgama

hṛdayaṁgama - going to the heart, pleasing, agreeable, charming

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (hṛdaya+gama)

• hṛdaya – heart, mind, soul
  noun (neuter)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/suffix
  Derived from root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

अद्भिः (adbhiḥ) - with water (for ritual sipping) (by waters)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having performed ritual sipping of water (having touched, having rinsed the mouth, having sipped water)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with upasarga upa and suffix -lyaP.

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

त्रिः (triḥ) - thrice (thrice, three times)

(indeclinable)

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk (water) (having drunk)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root pā (to drink) with suffix -ktvā.

Root: pā (class 1)

द्विः (dviḥ) - twice (twice, two times)

(indeclinable)

परिमृज्य (parimṛjya) - having wiped (his mouth) (having wiped, having cleansed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root mṛj (to wipe) with upasarga pari and suffix -lyaP.

Prefix: pari

Root: mṛj (class 2)

खानि (khāni) - sense organs (eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth) (sense organs, openings of the body)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kha

kha - sky, air, ether, hole, aperture, sense-organ, zero

अद्भिः (adbhiḥ) - with water (by waters)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water

उपस्पृश्य (upaspṛśya) - having touched (the sense organs) (having touched, having rinsed the mouth, having sipped water)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root spṛś (to touch) with upasarga upa and suffix -lyaP.

Prefix: upa

Root: spṛś (class 6)

अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram) - inner chambers (inner apartment, seraglio, harem)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antaḥpura

antaḥpura - inner apartment, women's apartment, seraglio, harem, palace

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (antar+pura)

• antar – inside, within
  indeclinable
• pura – city, town, stronghold, house, dwelling
  noun (neuter)

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root viś (to enter) with upasarga pra and suffix -lyaP.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

ताम् (tām) - that (Kṣatriya woman) (her, that (feminine singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

क्षत्रियाम् (kṣatriyām) - Kṣatriya woman (Kṣatriya woman, woman of the warrior class)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṣatriyā

kṣatriyā - woman of the Kṣatriya caste, a female warrior

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - saw (saw, beheld)

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)