महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-92, verse-16

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तथेत्युक्त्वा तु सा राजंस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ।
पुत्रजन्म प्रतीक्षंस्तु स राजा तदधारयत् ॥१६॥

16. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tathetyuktvā tu sā rājaṁstatraivāntaradhīyata ,
putrajanma pratīkṣaṁstu sa rājā tadadhārayat.

16. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tathā iti uktvā tu sā rājan tatra eva
antaradhīyata putrajanma pratīkṣan tu saḥ rājā tat adhārayat

16. Vaiśampāyana said: "Having said, 'So be it,' O King, she vanished right there. That king, however, anticipating the birth of a son, held onto that (promise)."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तथा (tathā) - so be it (so, thus, in that manner)

• इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• सा (sā) - she, that (female)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared, vanished

• पुत्रजन्म (putrajanma) - birth of a son

• प्रतीक्षन् (pratīkṣan) - waiting for, anticipating

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (male)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• तत् (tat) - that (promise) (that, it)

• अधारयत् (adhārayat) - he held, he maintained, he kept

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so be it (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive (gerund) form from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that (female)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

अन्तरधीयत (antaradhīyata) - disappeared, vanished

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (luṅ) of antar-dhā

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

पुत्रजन्म (putrajanma) - birth of a son

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of putrajanma

putrajanma - birth of a son

compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+janma)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• janma – birth, origin
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)

प्रतीक्षन् (pratīkṣan) - waiting for, anticipating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratīkṣant

pratīkṣant - waiting, expecting, looking for

Present Active Participle

present participle from root īkṣ (to see) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (male)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तत् (tat) - that (promise) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अधारयत् (adhārayat) - he held, he maintained, he kept

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)