महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-142, verse-41

ततः सत्यप्रतिज्ञो वै स पक्षी प्रहसन्निव ।
तमग्निं त्रिः परिक्रम्य प्रविवेश महीपते ॥४१॥

41. tataḥ satyapratijño vai sa pakṣī prahasanniva ,
tamagniṁ triḥ parikramya praviveśa mahīpate.

41. tataḥ satyapratijñaḥ vai saḥ pakṣī prahasan iva
tam agnim triḥ parikramya praviveśa mahīpate

41. mahīpate tataḥ saḥ satyapratijñaḥ vai pakṣī
prahasan iva tam agnim triḥ parikramya praviveśa

41. O King, then that bird, truly devoted to its promise (satyapratijña), as if smiling, circumambulated that fire three times and entered it.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सत्यप्रतिज्ञः (satyapratijñaḥ) - true to his promise (true to one's promise, having a true promise)

• वै (vai) - truly (emphasis) (indeed, certainly, surely)

• सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

• पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird (bird, winged creature)

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - as if smiling (laughing, smiling)

• इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as it were)

• तम् (tam) - that (him, that)

• अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

• त्रिः (triḥ) - three times (three times, thrice)

• परिक्रम्य (parikramya) - having circumambulated (having gone around, having circumambulated)

• प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

• महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (O king, O lord of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

From 'tad' (that) with the suffix '-tas'

सत्यप्रतिज्ञः (satyapratijñaḥ) - true to his promise (true to one's promise, having a true promise)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satyapratijña

satyapratijña - true to one's promise, whose promise is true

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+pratijñā)

• satya – truth, reality, true, real
  noun (neuter)
• pratijñā – promise, vow, declaration
  noun (feminine)

वै (vai) - truly (emphasis) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पक्षी (pakṣī) - bird (bird, winged creature)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pakṣin

pakṣin - bird, winged, having wings

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - as if smiling (laughing, smiling)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasant

has - to laugh, to smile

Present Active Participle

Root has (1st class, P) with upasarga pra- and present participle suffix -at

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

इव (iva) - as if (like, as if, as it were)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - that (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अग्निम् (agnim) - fire

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

त्रिः (triḥ) - three times (three times, thrice)

(indeclinable)

परिक्रम्य (parikramya) - having circumambulated (having gone around, having circumambulated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root kram (1st class, P) with upasarga pari- and suffix -ya

Prefix: pari

Root: kram (class 1)

प्रविवेश (praviveśa) - entered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of praviś

Perfect Tense, 3rd Person Singular

Root viś (6th class, P) with upasarga pra- and perfect tense endings

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

महीपते (mahīpate) - O King (O king, O lord of the earth)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, sovereign, lord of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)