महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-135, verse-14

ग्रस्तमेव तदुद्दानं गृहीत्वास्त तथैव सः ।
सर्वानेव तु तांस्तत्र ते विदुर्ग्रथिता इति ॥१४॥

14. grastameva taduddānaṁ gṛhītvāsta tathaiva saḥ ,
sarvāneva tu tāṁstatra te vidurgrathitā iti.

14. grastam eva tad uddānam gṛhītvā āsta tathā eva
saḥ sarvān eva tu tān tatra te viduḥ grathitāḥ iti

14. saḥ grastam eva tad uddānam gṛhītvā tathā eva āsta
tu te tatra sarvān eva tān grathitāḥ iti viduḥ

14. He (Pratyutpannamati), upon finding himself in that very net (uddāna) which was already laden with a catch, remained exactly as he was (motionless). But there, they [the fishermen] considered all those [other fish] to be caught and tied up.

Words meanings summery:

• ग्रस्तम् (grastam) - seized, caught, swallowed, devoured

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

• तद् (tad) - that

• उद्दानम् (uddānam) - net, catch (of fish)

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having found himself in (having taken, having seized, having caught)

• आस्त (āsta) - he remained motionless (he remained, he was, he sat)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• सः (saḥ) - Pratyutpannamati (he)

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all those fish (all)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, all of them

• तु (tu) - but, however

• तान् (tān) - those other fish (those)

• तत्र (tatra) - at the location of the catch (there)

• ते (te) - the fishermen (they)

• विदुः (viduḥ) - they knew

• ग्रथिताः (grathitāḥ) - tied up, strung, caught

• इति (iti) - thus, so, marking a quote/thought

Words meanings and morphology

ग्रस्तम् (grastam) - seized, caught, swallowed, devoured

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grasta

grasta - seized, caught, swallowed, devoured

Past Passive Participle

From root gras (class 1) + kta suffix.

Root: gras (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, very

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

तद् (tad) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

उद्दानम् (uddānam) - net, catch (of fish)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uddāna

uddāna - tying, noose, net, the act of catching, a catch

From ud-dā (to tie up, bind) + -ana suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: dā (class 1)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having found himself in (having taken, having seized, having caught)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root grah (class 9) + -tvā suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Implies being caught in or taking position in the net.

आस्त (āsta) - he remained motionless (he remained, he was, he sat)

(verb)

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

root

Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha, class 2, ātmanepada

Root: ās (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverb

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

सः (saḥ) - Pratyutpannamati (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular

Note: Subject of 'āsta'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all those fish (all)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Masculine accusative plural

एव (eva) - indeed, only, all of them

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

तु (tu) - but, however

(indeclinable)

Particle

तान् (tān) - those other fish (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine accusative plural

Note: Object of 'viduḥ'.

तत्र (tatra) - at the location of the catch (there)

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from 'tad'

ते (te) - the fishermen (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative plural

Note: Subject of 'viduḥ'.

विदुः (viduḥ) - they knew

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect past (liṭ) of vid

root

Pāṇini Dhātupāṭha, class 2, parasmāipada (Perfect)

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Takes a complement 'grathitāḥ iti'.

ग्रथिताः (grathitāḥ) - tied up, strung, caught

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of grathita

grathita - tied, strung, bound, caught

Past Passive Participle

From root granth (class 9) + kta suffix.

Root: granth (class 9)

Note: Used predicatively with 'viduḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, so, marking a quote/thought

(indeclinable)

Particle, marks conclusion or quotation.