महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-5, verse-17

अथाग्निशरणेऽपश्यज्ज्वलितं जातवेदसम् ।
तमपृच्छत्ततो रक्षः पावकं ज्वलितं तदा ॥१७॥

17. athāgniśaraṇe'paśyajjvalitaṁ jātavedasam ,
tamapṛcchattato rakṣaḥ pāvakaṁ jvalitaṁ tadā.

17. atha agniśaraṇe apaśyat jvalitam jātavedasam
tam apṛcchat tataḥ rakṣaḥ pāvakam jvalitam tadā

17. Then, in the fire-sanctuary, he saw the blazing Jātavedas (fire). Thereupon, that Rākṣasa questioned that blazing Pāvaka (fire).

Words meanings summery:

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

• अग्निशरणे (agniśaraṇe) - in the fire-sanctuary

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw (he/she/it saw)

• ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing (blazing, shining)

• जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - Jātavedas (an epithet of Agni) (fire, Agni)

• तम् (tam) - him (Agni) (him, that)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he questioned (he/she/it asked, questioned)

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

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

• पावकम् (pāvakam) - Pāvaka (an epithet of Agni) (fire, Agni (the purifier))

• ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing (blazing, shining)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

अग्निशरणे (agniśaraṇe) - in the fire-sanctuary

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of agniśaraṇa

agniśaraṇa - fire-sanctuary, fire-temple, place of sacred fire

agni (fire) + śaraṇa (shelter, refuge)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (agni+śaraṇa)

• agni – fire, god of fire
  noun (masculine)
• śaraṇa – shelter, refuge, protection
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root 'śṛ' (to crush) or 'śar' (to injure), or sometimes connected to 'śrī' (to go, resort to)
  Root: śrī (class 1)

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw (he/she/it saw)

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Imperfect of √dṛś (present stem paśya-).

ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing (blazing, shining)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalita

jvalita - blazed, shone, inflamed

past passive participle

from root 'jval' (to blaze, shine) + suffix '-ita'

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with jātavedasam.

जातवेदसम् (jātavedasam) - Jātavedas (an epithet of Agni) (fire, Agni)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jātavedas

jātavedas - fire, Agni (god of fire), one who knows all born things

jāta (born) + vedas (knowledge, wealth)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+vedas)

• jāta – born, produced, arisen
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root 'jan' (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• vedas – knowledge, wisdom, wealth, property
  noun (neuter)
  from root 'vid' (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Object of apaśyat.

तम् (tam) - him (Agni) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of apṛcchat.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he questioned (he/she/it asked, questioned)

(verb)

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

Root: prach (class 6)

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

(indeclinable)

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - the Rākṣasa (Pulomā) (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 apṛcchat.

पावकम् (pāvakam) - Pāvaka (an epithet of Agni) (fire, Agni (the purifier))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifier, fire, Agni, pure, clean

agent noun

from root 'pū' (to purify) + suffix '-aka'

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Object of apṛcchat.

ज्वलितम् (jvalitam) - blazing (blazing, shining)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jvalita

jvalita - blazed, shone, inflamed

past passive participle

from root 'jval' (to blaze, shine) + suffix '-ita'

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Agrees with pāvakam.

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

from 'tad' (that)