महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-163

अथोत्तङ्कः प्रविश्य उपाध्यायिनीमभ्यवादयत् ।
ते चास्यै कुण्डले प्रायच्छत् ॥१६३॥

163. athottaṅkaḥ praviśya upādhyāyinīmabhyavādayat ,
te cāsyai kuṇḍale prāyacchat.

163. atha uttaṅkaḥ praviśya upādhyāyinīm
abhyavādayat te ca asyai kuṇḍale prāyacchat

163. Then Uttanka, having entered, greeted the teacher's wife. And he gave those two earrings to her.

Words meanings summery:

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

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

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered (having entered, having gone in)

• उपाध्यायिनीम् (upādhyāyinīm) - the teacher's wife (teacher's wife (acc.))

• अभ्यवादयत् (abhyavādayat) - he greeted (he greeted, he saluted)

• ते (te) - those (earrings) (those (neuter dual nom/acc))

• च (ca) - and

• अस्यै (asyai) - to her (the teacher's wife) (to her (feminine dat.))

• कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - the two earrings (two earrings)

• प्रायच्छत् (prāyacchat) - he gave (the earrings) (he gave, he offered)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Uttanka (name of a sage)

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered (having entered, having gone in)

(indeclinable)

indeclinable participle (absolutive)

Prefix 'pra-' + root 'viś' + suffix '-ya'

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

उपाध्यायिनीम् (upādhyāyinīm) - the teacher's wife (teacher's wife (acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of upādhyāyinī

upādhyāyinī - teacher's wife

Feminine form of upādhyāya (teacher)

Note: Feminine singular accusative

अभ्यवादयत् (abhyavādayat) - he greeted (he greeted, he saluted)

(verb)

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

causative

Causative of root √vad (to speak) with 'abhi-' and 'ava-'

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: From causative of √vad (to speak) with abhi-ava-

ते (te) - those (earrings) (those (neuter dual nom/acc))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Neuter dual accusative of tad, referring to 'kuṇḍale'

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्यै (asyai) - to her (the teacher's wife) (to her (feminine dat.))

(pronoun)

Dative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Feminine singular dative of idam

कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - the two earrings (two earrings)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala

kuṇḍala - earring, bracelet

Note: Neuter dual accusative

प्रायच्छत् (prāyacchat) - he gave (the earrings) (he gave, he offered)

(verb)

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

Reduplicated imperfect of root √yam with pra-ā-

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: From root √yam (to give, offer) with pra-ā-