महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-1, verse-38

सोऽथ शब्दं मृदुं कृत्वा लीयमान इवाण्डजः ।
न्यग्रोधस्य ततः शाखां प्रार्थयामास भारत ॥३८॥

38. so'tha śabdaṁ mṛduṁ kṛtvā līyamāna ivāṇḍajaḥ ,
nyagrodhasya tataḥ śākhāṁ prārthayāmāsa bhārata.

38. सः अथ शब्दम् मृदुम् कृत्वा लीयमानः इव अण्डजः
न्यग्रोधस्य ततः शाखाम् प्रार्थयामास भारत

38. भारत अथ सः अण्डजः इव लीयमानः मृदुम् शब्दम्
कृत्वा ततः न्यग्रोधस्य शाखाम् प्रार्थयामास

38. O Bhārata, then, making a soft sound, like a bird preparing to hide, he approached the branch of the banyan tree.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (सः) - that bird (the crow-killer) (he, that one)

• अथ (अथ) - then, thereupon, now

• शब्दम् (शब्दम्) - sound, noise, word

• मृदुम् (मृदुम्) - soft, gentle, mild

• कृत्वा (कृत्वा) - having done, having made

• लीयमानः (लीयमानः) - preparing to hide or conceal itself (hiding, concealing, disappearing, being dissolved)

• इव (इव) - like, as if, as

• अण्डजः (अण्डजः) - a bird (egg-born, bird, snake)

• न्यग्रोधस्य (न्यग्रोधस्य) - of the banyan tree

• ततः (ततः) - then, thereupon, from there

• शाखाम् (शाखाम्) - branch

• प्रार्थयामास (प्रार्थयामास) - he sought, he requested, he approached

• भारत (भारत) - vocative address to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (सः) - that bird (the crow-killer) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of तद्

तद् - that, he, she, it

अथ (अथ) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

शब्दम् (शब्दम्) - sound, noise, word

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of शब्द

शब्द - sound, noise, word, voice

मृदुम् (मृदुम्) - soft, gentle, mild

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of मृदु

मृदु - soft, gentle, mild, tender

कृत्वा (कृत्वा) - having done, having made

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ with suffix -tvā.

Root: कृ (class 8)

लीयमानः (लीयमानः) - preparing to hide or conceal itself (hiding, concealing, disappearing, being dissolved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of लीयमान

लीयमान - hiding, concealing, disappearing, being dissolved

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root lī with passive suffix -yamāna.

Root: ली (class 4)

इव (इव) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अण्डजः (अण्डजः) - a bird (egg-born, bird, snake)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of अण्डज

अण्डज - egg-born (e.g., bird, snake, fish)

Compound type : tatpurusha (अण्ड+ज)

• अण्ड – egg
  noun (neuter)
• ज – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root jan (to be born).
  Root: जन् (class 4)

न्यग्रोधस्य (न्यग्रोधस्य) - of the banyan tree

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of न्यग्रोध

न्यग्रोध - banyan tree, Ficus indica

ततः (ततः) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

शाखाम् (शाखाम्) - branch

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of शाखा

शाखा - branch, limb, division

प्रार्थयामास (प्रार्थयामास) - he sought, he requested, he approached

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of प्रार्थयामास

Periphrastic Perfect

Formed from the desiderative stem of root arth (to ask) with prefix pra, and the auxiliary root ās in the perfect.

Prefix: प्रा

Root: अर्थ् (class 10)

भारत (भारत) - vocative address to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Arjuna (O descendant of Bharata, O Bhārata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of भारत

भारत - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, India