महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-73, verse-22

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तामथ ब्राह्मणीं स्त्रीं च विज्ञाय नहुषात्मजः ।
गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे पाणावुज्जहार ततोऽवटात् ॥२२॥

22. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tāmatha brāhmaṇīṁ strīṁ ca vijñāya nahuṣātmajaḥ ,
gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇāvujjahāra tato'vaṭāt.

22. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca tām atha brāhmaṇīm strīm ca vijñāya
nahuṣātmajaḥ gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau ujjahāra tataḥ avaṭāt

22. Vaiśampāyana said: Then, recognizing her as a Brahmin woman, Nahuṣa's son (Yayāti) took her right hand and lifted her out of that well.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• ताम् (tām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (her, that (feminine))

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• ब्राह्मणीम् (brāhmaṇīm) - Brahmin woman

• स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

• च (ca) - and, also

• विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having recognized

• नहुषात्मजः (nahuṣātmajaḥ) - King Yayāti (son of Nahuṣa)

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

• दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in the right (hand) (in the right, in the south)

• पाणौ (pāṇau) - in the hand

• उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - he lifted out, he rescued

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, then

• अवटात् (avaṭāt) - from the pit, from the well

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - referring to the Brahmin woman (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

ब्राह्मणीम् (brāhmaṇīm) - Brahmin woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a Brahmin woman

Feminine form of brāhmaṇa

स्त्रीम् (strīm) - woman

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विज्ञाय (vijñāya) - having known, having understood, having recognized

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

नहुषात्मजः (nahuṣātmajaḥ) - King Yayāti (son of Nahuṣa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nahuṣātmaja

nahuṣātmaja - son of Nahuṣa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nahuṣa+ātmaja)

• nahuṣa – Nahuṣa (proper name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – self-born, son, daughter
  noun (masculine)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized, having grasped

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root grah (to seize)

Root: grah (class 9)

दक्षिणे (dakṣiṇe) - in the right (hand) (in the right, in the south)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of dakṣiṇa

dakṣiṇa - right, southern, clever, skillful

पाणौ (pāṇau) - in the hand

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

उज्जाहार (ujjāhāra) - he lifted out, he rescued

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form of uddhṛ (ud- + hṛ)

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, then

(indeclinable)

Derived from tad with adverbial suffix -tas

अवटात् (avaṭāt) - from the pit, from the well

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of avaṭa

avaṭa - pit, hole, well, chasm