महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-11, verse-20

पर्यगृह्णत तं विद्वान्सूतो गावल्गणिस्तदा ।
मैवमित्यब्रवीच्चैनं शमयन्सान्त्वयन्निव ॥२०॥

20. paryagṛhṇata taṁ vidvānsūto gāvalgaṇistadā ,
maivamityabravīccainaṁ śamayansāntvayanniva.

20. paryagṛhṇata tam vidvān sūtaḥ gāvalgaṇiḥ tadā mā
evam iti abravīt ca enam śamayan sāntvayan iva

20. tadā vidvān sūtaḥ gāvalgaṇiḥ tam paryagṛhṇata ca
enam śamayan sāntvayan iva mā evam iti abravīt

20. Then, the wise charioteer (sūta), Sanjaya (Gāvalgaṇi), held him, and, as if pacifying and comforting him, said, 'Not so!'

Words meanings summery:

• पर्यगृह्णत (paryagṛhṇata) - grasped, seized, embraced

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise one, a knower

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - charioteer, bard, son (of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇa woman)

• गावल्गणिः (gāvalgaṇiḥ) - Sanjaya (son of Gavalgaṇa)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• मा (mā) - not, don't

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing direct speech)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• च (ca) - and

• एनम् (enam) - him, this one

• शमयन् (śamayan) - pacifying, calming

• सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting, conciliating

• इव (iva) - as if, like

Words meanings and morphology

पर्यगृह्णत (paryagṛhṇata) - grasped, seized, embraced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryagrah

Prefixes: pari+a

Root: grah (class 9)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise one, a knower

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing

Present Active Participle

Root: vid (class 2)

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - charioteer, bard, son (of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇa woman)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, son of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇa woman

गावल्गणिः (gāvalgaṇiḥ) - Sanjaya (son of Gavalgaṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāvalgaṇi

gāvalgaṇi - Sanjaya (son of Gavalgaṇa)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not, don't

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so (introducing direct speech)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: bru (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, he/she/it (anaphoric pronoun)

शमयन् (śamayan) - pacifying, calming

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śamayant

śamayant - pacifying, calming

Present Active Participle (causative)

From causative stem of root śam

Root: śam (class 1)

सान्त्वयन् (sāntvayan) - comforting, conciliating

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayant

sāntvayant - comforting, conciliating

Present Active Participle (causative)

From causative stem of root sāntv or denominative from sāntva

Root: sāntv (class 10)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)