महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-5, verse-16

तां तु रक्षस्ततो ब्रह्मन्हृच्छयेनाभिपीडितम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हृष्टमभूत्तत्र जिहीर्षुस्तामनिन्दिताम् ॥१६॥

16. tāṁ tu rakṣastato brahmanhṛcchayenābhipīḍitam ,
dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭamabhūttatra jihīrṣustāmaninditām.

16. tām tu rakṣaḥ tataḥ brahman hṛcchayena abhipīḍitam
dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭam abhūt tatra jihīrṣuḥ tām aninditām

16. O Brahman, that Rākṣasa, seeing himself afflicted by the god of love, became joyful there, desiring to abduct that blameless woman.

Words meanings summery:

• ताम् (tām) - her (Bhṛgu's wife) (her, that (feminine))

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the Rākṣasa (Rākṣasa (demon), protector)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, thereupon, from that)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative address) (O Brahman)

• हृच्छयेन (hṛcchayena) - by the god of love (Kāma) (by the heart-dweller (Kāma))

• अभिपीडितम् (abhipīḍitam) - afflicted (by Kāma) (afflicted, tormented, oppressed)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• हृष्टम् (hṛṣṭam) - joyful (delighted, joyful, pleased)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - became (he/she/it became, was)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the hermitage) (there, in that place)

• जिहीर्षुः (jihīrṣuḥ) - desiring to abduct (desirous of taking away, wishing to abduct)

• ताम् (tām) - that (blameless woman) (her, that (feminine))

• अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless (blameless, faultless)

Words meanings and morphology

ताम् (tām) - her (Bhṛgu's wife) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā, referring to Bhṛgu's wife.

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the Rākṣasa (Rākṣasa (demon), protector)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - a Rākṣasa (demon), evil being, protector (less common meaning)

from root 'rakṣ' (to protect)

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahman (vocative address) (O Brahman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest; Brahmā (the creator god); the Absolute Reality

हृच्छयेन (hṛcchayena) - by the god of love (Kāma) (by the heart-dweller (Kāma))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hṛcchaya

hṛcchaya - heart-dweller, love, Kāma (god of love)

hṛd (heart) + śaya (lying, dwelling)

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (hṛd+śaya)

• hṛd – heart, mind, breast
  noun (neuter)
• śaya – lying, sleeping, resting, dwelling
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root 'śī' (to lie, sleep)
  Root: śī (class 2)

अभिपीडितम् (abhipīḍitam) - afflicted (by Kāma) (afflicted, tormented, oppressed)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhipīḍita

abhipīḍita - afflicted, oppressed, troubled

past passive participle

prefix 'abhi' + root 'pīḍ' + suffix '-ita'

Prefix: abhi

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Agrees with rakṣaḥ, implicitly in accusative as object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root 'dṛś' + suffix '-tvā'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

हृष्टम् (hṛṣṭam) - joyful (delighted, joyful, pleased)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, joyful, pleased

past passive participle

from root 'hṛṣ' (to be pleased, rejoice)

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (the Rākṣasa).

अभूत् (abhūt) - became (he/she/it became, was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the hermitage) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' (that)

जिहीर्षुः (jihīrṣuḥ) - desiring to abduct (desirous of taking away, wishing to abduct)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jihīrṣu

jihīrṣu - desirous of taking, wishing to carry off

desiderative agent noun

desiderative stem of √hṛ (to take, carry) + suffix -u

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (the Rākṣasa).

ताम् (tām) - that (blameless woman) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of jihīrṣuḥ, referring to Bhṛgu's wife.

अनिन्दिताम् (aninditām) - blameless (blameless, faultless)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aninditā

anindita - unblamed, faultless, blameless

past passive participle

negation 'a-' + root 'nind' + suffix '-ita'

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nindita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nindita – blamed, censured
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root 'nind' (to blame)
  Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tām.