महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-126, verse-46

ततः प्रहस्य भगवांस्तनुर्धर्मभृतां वरः ।
पुत्रमस्यानयत्क्षिप्रं तपसा च श्रुतेन च ॥४६॥

46. tataḥ prahasya bhagavāṁstanurdharmabhṛtāṁ varaḥ ,
putramasyānayatkṣipraṁ tapasā ca śrutena ca.

46. tataḥ prahasya bhagavān tanuḥ dharmabhṛtām varaḥ
putram asya ānayat kṣipram tapasā ca śrutena ca

46. tataḥ prahasya,
bhagavān tanuḥ dharmabhṛtām varaḥ,
asya putram tapasā ca śrutena ca kṣipram ānayat

46. Then, the revered one (bhagavan), who was the foremost among the upholders of natural law (dharma), smiled and quickly brought his son back through his asceticism (tapas) and sacred knowledge.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there, therefore)

• प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having smiled (having smiled, having laughed)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one (Ṛṣabha) (revered one, divine, fortunate)

• तनुः (tanuḥ) - (whose) form/person (is) (body, form, person)

• धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - among the upholders of natural law (dharma) (of the upholders of natural law, of those who maintain righteousness)

• वरः (varaḥ) - the best/foremost (best, excellent, desired, boon, chief)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - the son (son, child)

• अस्य (asya) - his (son) (of him, his, of this)

• आनयत् (ānayat) - brought back (brought, led)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

• तपसा (tapasā) - through his asceticism (tapas) (by asceticism, by heat, by penance)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• श्रुतेन (śrutena) - by (his) sacred knowledge (by hearing, by sacred knowledge, by revelation)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, from there, therefore)

(indeclinable)

formed from tad (that) with -tas suffix

प्रहस्य (prahasya) - having smiled (having smiled, having laughed)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed with prefix 'pra' and suffix '-ya' for prefixed roots

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the revered one (Ṛṣabha) (revered one, divine, fortunate)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, revered, divine

Root: bhaj

तनुः (tanuḥ) - (whose) form/person (is) (body, form, person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tanu

tanu - body, person, form, slender

Root: tan (class 8)

Note: Used predicatively, describing the Bhagavan's form or being.

धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - among the upholders of natural law (dharma) (of the upholders of natural law, of those who maintain righteousness)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmabhṛt

dharmabhṛt - upholder of natural law (dharma), maintainer of righteousness

Tatpurusha compound: dharma (natural law) + bhṛt (upholder)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+bhṛt)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, upholding, maintaining
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective from root bhṛ
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वरः (varaḥ) - the best/foremost (best, excellent, desired, boon, chief)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, desired, boon, chief

Root: vṛ

पुत्रम् (putram) - the son (son, child)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

अस्य (asya) - his (son) (of him, his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the king from previous verses.

आनयत् (ānayat) - brought back (brought, led)

(verb)

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

imperfect tense form

3rd person singular, imperfect active, with augment 'a' and prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, immediately)

(indeclinable)

accusative singular neuter of kṣipra used adverbially

Root: kṣip

तपसा (tapasā) - through his asceticism (tapas) (by asceticism, by heat, by penance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism (tapas), penance, heat, spiritual fervor

s-stem noun

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Refers to the spiritual power acquired through austerities.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

conjunction

श्रुतेन (śrutena) - by (his) sacred knowledge (by hearing, by sacred knowledge, by revelation)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, learned, revealed; sacred knowledge, revelation

Past Passive Participle (when adjective)

instrumental singular of śruta (neuter noun 'sacred knowledge')

Root: śru (class 5)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

conjunction