महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-57

स तं प्रत्युवाच ।
अर्कपत्राणि भक्षयित्वान्धीभूतोऽस्मि ।
अतः कूपे पतित इति ॥५७॥

57. sa taṁ pratyuvāca ,
arkapatrāṇi bhakṣayitvāndhībhūto'smi ,
ataḥ kūpe patita iti.

57. सः तम् प्रत्युवाच अर्कपत्राणि भक्षयित्वा
अन्धीभूतः अस्मि अतः कूपे पतितः इति

57. He replied to him, "Having eaten ark leaves, I have become blind. Therefore, I fell into the well."

Words meanings summery:

• सः (सः) - he (he, that)

• तम् (तम्) - him (him, that)

• प्रत्युवाच (प्रत्युवाच) - replied (replied, answered)

• अर्कपत्राणि (अर्कपत्राणि) - ark leaves (ark leaves (leaves of the Calotropis plant))

• भक्षयित्वा (भक्षयित्वा) - having eaten (having eaten, having devoured)

• अन्धीभूतः (अन्धीभूतः) - become blind (become blind, rendered blind)

• अस्मि (अस्मि) - I am

• अतः (अतः) - therefore (therefore, hence)

• कूपे (कूपे) - in the well

• पतितः (पतितः) - fallen

• इति (इति) - saying (thus, so, saying)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (सः) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तम् (तम्) - him (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रत्युवाच (प्रत्युवाच) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prativac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्कपत्राणि (अर्कपत्राणि) - ark leaves (ark leaves (leaves of the Calotropis plant))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of arkapatra

arkapatra - leaf of the arka plant (Calotropis gigantea)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (arka+patra)

• arka – sun, ray, the plant Calotropis gigantea
  noun (masculine)
• patra – leaf, feather, wing, letter
  noun (neuter)

भक्षयित्वा (भक्षयित्वा) - having eaten (having eaten, having devoured)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Indeclinable past participle, causative form of root bhakṣ

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

अन्धीभूतः (अन्धीभूतः) - become blind (become blind, rendered blind)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of andhībhūta

andhībhūta - become blind, blind-made

past passive participle

Compound of andha (blind) and bhūta (become)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (denominative derivative) (andha+bhū)

• andha – blind, dark
  adjective (masculine)
• bhū – to be, to become, to exist
  verb_base
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अस्मि (अस्मि) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Root: as (class 2)

अतः (अतः) - therefore (therefore, hence)

(indeclinable)

कूपे (कूपे) - in the well

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kūpa

kūpa - well, pit

पतितः (पतितः) - fallen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, thrown down

past passive participle

Derived from root pat

Root: pat (class 1)

इति (इति) - saying (thus, so, saying)

(indeclinable)