महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-25

ते प्रत्यूचुः ।
भगवतैव प्रेषितो गच्छ केदारखण्डं बधानेति ॥२५॥

25. te pratyūcuḥ ,
bhagavataiva preṣito gaccha kedārakhaṇḍaṁ badhāneti.

25. te pratyūcuḥ bhagavatā eva preṣitaḥ
gaccha kedārakhaṇḍam badhāna iti

25. They replied, "Indeed, you have been sent by the venerable master. Go and maintain the irrigation of the field segment!"

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• प्रत्यूचुः (pratyūcuḥ) - they replied

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

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent, dispatched

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go (you)

• केदारखण्डम् (kedārakhaṇḍam) - field section, plot of land, segment of a cultivated field

• बधान (badhāna) - maintain the irrigation/dam of the field (bind, stop (water), maintain (a dam))

• इति (iti) - thus, so, to indicate direct speech or a list

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रत्यूचुः (pratyūcuḥ) - they replied

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the venerable one, by the divine one, by the lord

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, glorious, divine, venerable, fortunate; a title of respect

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

प्रेषितः (preṣitaḥ) - sent, dispatched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of preṣita

preṣita - sent, dispatched, directed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root iṣ (to send) with upasarga pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

गच्छ (gaccha) - go (you)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of gam

Root: gam (class 1)

केदारखण्डम् (kedārakhaṇḍam) - field section, plot of land, segment of a cultivated field

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kedārakhaṇḍa

kedārakhaṇḍa - a piece of cultivated land, a field segment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kedāra+khaṇḍa)

• kedāra – irrigated field, cultivated land, rice field
  noun (masculine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, part, section, segment
  noun (neuter)

बधान (badhāna) - maintain the irrigation/dam of the field (bind, stop (water), maintain (a dam))

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bandh

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Ātmanepada form of a Parasmaipada verb.

इति (iti) - thus, so, to indicate direct speech or a list

(indeclinable)