महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-70, verse-42

एवमुक्तः स राजर्षिस्तपोवीर्यसमाश्रयात् ।
संचारयामास जरां तदा पुत्रे महात्मनि ॥४२॥

42. evamuktaḥ sa rājarṣistapovīryasamāśrayāt ,
saṁcārayāmāsa jarāṁ tadā putre mahātmani.

42. evam uktaḥ saḥ rājarṣiḥ tapovīryasamāśrayāt
saṃcārayāmāsa jarām tadā putre mahātmani

42. Thus addressed, the royal sage, relying on the power of his tapas, then transferred his old age to his noble-minded son.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - thus addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

• तपोवीर्यसमाश्रयात् (tapovīryasamāśrayāt) - relying on the strength of his tapas (by reliance on the power of tapas, from the support of ascetic power)

• संचारयामास (saṁcārayāmāsa) - he transferred, caused to move, made to pass on

• जराम् (jarām) - old age, decay, infirmity

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पुत्रे (putre) - in the son, on the son

• महात्मनि (mahātmani) - in the great-souled, in the noble

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

Adverb.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - thus addressed (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told, uttered

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with rājarṣiḥ.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the King Yayāti.

राजर्षिः (rājarṣiḥ) - royal sage, kingly sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - a royal sage, a king who is also a sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject of saṃcārayāmāsa.

तपोवीर्यसमाश्रयात् (tapovīryasamāśrayāt) - relying on the strength of his tapas (by reliance on the power of tapas, from the support of ascetic power)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of tapovīryasamāśraya

tapovīryasamāśraya - reliance on ascetic power, having recourse to the strength of penance

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+vīrya+samāśraya)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat, religious devotion
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• vīrya – power, strength, valor, energy
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vīr (class 10)
• samāśraya – refuge, support, reliance
  noun (masculine)
  From sam + ā + śri
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Denotes the means or cause.

संचारयामास (saṁcārayāmāsa) - he transferred, caused to move, made to pass on

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of car

Causative Perfect

Periphrastic perfect (liṭ) used with verbs that form their perfect with ām. Causative stem cārayati.

Prefix: sam

Root: car (class 1)

जराम् (jarām) - old age, decay, infirmity

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarā

jarā - old age, decay, infirmity

From root jṛ (to decay, grow old).

Root: jṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of saṃcārayāmāsa.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb of time.

पुत्रे (putre) - in the son, on the son

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Root: put (class 10)

Note: Refers to Pūru.

महात्मनि (mahātmani) - in the great-souled, in the noble

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, possessing a great self

n-ending masculine noun/adjective.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, eminent
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)