महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-94, verse-46

स गत्वा पितरं तस्या वरयामास तां तदा ।
पर्यपृच्छत्ततस्तस्याः पितरं चात्मकारणात् ॥४६॥

46. sa gatvā pitaraṁ tasyā varayāmāsa tāṁ tadā ,
paryapṛcchattatastasyāḥ pitaraṁ cātmakāraṇāt.

46. saḥ gatvā pitaram tasyāḥ varayāmāsa tām tadā
paryapṛcchat tataḥ tasyāḥ pitaram ca ātmakāraṇāt

46. So, he went to her father and then asked for her hand in marriage. Then, he questioned her father further for his own reasons.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - King Shantanu (he)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• पितरम् (pitaram) - her father (father)

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of the maiden (of her)

• वरयामास (varayāmāsa) - he chose, he asked for marriage

• ताम् (tām) - the maiden (her, that)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he inquired thoroughly, he questioned

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

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of the maiden (of her)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - her father (father)

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मकारणात् (ātmakāraṇāt) - for King Shantanu's own reasons (for his own sake, on account of oneself)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - King Shantanu (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund)

पितरम् (pitaram) - her father (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of the maiden (of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वरयामास (varayāmāsa) - he chose, he asked for marriage

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vṛ

Perfect active (Causative/Denominative stem)

Formed from 'vara' (boon/choice) or causative of 'vṛ'

Root: vṛ (class 9)

ताम् (tām) - the maiden (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he inquired thoroughly, he questioned

(verb)

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

Prefix: pari

Root: pṛch (class 6)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of the maiden (of her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पितरम् (pitaram) - her father (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मकारणात् (ātmakāraṇāt) - for King Shantanu's own reasons (for his own sake, on account of oneself)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of ātmakāraṇa

ātmakāraṇa - reason for oneself, one's own cause

Compound type : Tatpurusha (ātman+kāraṇa)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, motive
  noun (neuter)