महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-10, chapter-8, verse-138

यथाप्रतिज्ञं तत्कर्म कृत्वा द्रौणायनिः प्रभो ।
दुर्गमां पदवीं कृत्वा पितुरासीद्गतज्वरः ॥१३८॥

138. yathāpratijñaṁ tatkarma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho ,
durgamāṁ padavīṁ kṛtvā piturāsīdgatajvaraḥ.

138. yathāpratijñam tat karma kṛtvā drauṇāyaniḥ prabho
| durgamām padavīm kṛtvā pituḥ āsīt gatajvaraḥ

138. prabho,
drauṇāyaniḥ yathāpratijñam tat karma kṛtvā,
pituḥ durgamām padavīm kṛtvā gatajvaraḥ āsīt

138. O lord (prabho), the son of Droṇa (Drauṇāyaniḥ), having performed that deed as promised, and having secured an inaccessible path to heaven for his father, became free from distress.

Words meanings summery:

• यथाप्रतिज्ञम् (yathāpratijñam) - according to promise, as vowed

• तत् (tat) - that specific deed (the massacre) (that)

• कर्म (karma) - the specific act of avenging his father's death (deed, action, (karma))

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having carried out (having done, having made)

• द्रौणायनिः (drauṇāyaniḥ) - Aśvatthāman (son of Droṇa)

• प्रभो (prabho) - vocative address to the listener (O lord, O master)

• दुर्गमाम् (durgamām) - a difficult-to-attain, high spiritual state (difficult to go, inaccessible, hard to attain)

• पदवीम् (padavīm) - a high spiritual state or destiny (for his father) (path, road, track, state, position, rank)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having secured, having established (having done, having made)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - for his father (Droṇa) (of the father, from the father)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, became

• गतज्वरः (gatajvaraḥ) - relieved of mental anguish and resentment (free from fever, relieved of distress)

Words meanings and morphology

यथाप्रतिज्ञम् (yathāpratijñam) - according to promise, as vowed

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+pratijñā)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• pratijñā – promise, vow, declaration
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: jñā (class 9)

तत् (tat) - that specific deed (the massacre) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

कर्म (karma) - the specific act of avenging his father's death (deed, action, (karma))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - deed, action, work, fate, ritual

From root kṛ (to do, to make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having carried out (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from root kṛ + suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

द्रौणायनिः (drauṇāyaniḥ) - Aśvatthāman (son of Droṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of drauṇāyani

drauṇāyani - descendant of Droṇa, son of Droṇa

Taddhita derivation from Droṇa

प्रभो (prabho) - vocative address to the listener (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful

From prefix pra + root bhū (to be, to become)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

दुर्गमाम् (durgamām) - a difficult-to-attain, high spiritual state (difficult to go, inaccessible, hard to attain)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of durgama

durgama - difficult of access, inaccessible, hard to pass, difficult to attain

From prefix dur + root gam (to go)

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (dur+gama)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
• gama – going, motion, access
  noun (masculine)
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

पदवीम् (padavīm) - a high spiritual state or destiny (for his father) (path, road, track, state, position, rank)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of padavī

padavī - path, road, track, course, rank, state, condition

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having secured, having established (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Formed from root kṛ + suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पितुः (pituḥ) - for his father (Droṇa) (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Can also be ablative singular. Here interpreted as genitive to indicate 'for his father'.

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (luṅ) of as

Imperfect Active

Root as, 2nd class, 'adādi' group

Root: as (class 2)

गतज्वरः (gatajvaraḥ) - relieved of mental anguish and resentment (free from fever, relieved of distress)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gatajvara

gatajvara - free from fever, free from trouble/anxiety

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+jvara)

• gata – gone, departed, past
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)
• jvara – fever, distress, passion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jvar (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'drauṇāyaniḥ'.