महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-143, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततस्तं लुब्धकः पश्यन्कृपयाभिपरिप्लुतः ।
कपोतमग्नौ पतितं वाक्यं पुनरुवाच ह ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatastaṁ lubdhakaḥ paśyankṛpayābhipariplutaḥ ,
kapotamagnau patitaṁ vākyaṁ punaruvāca ha.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca | tataḥ tam lubdhakaḥ paśyan kṛpayā
abhipariplutaḥ | kapotam agnau patitam vākyam punaḥ uvāca ha

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ kṛpayā abhipariplutaḥ lubdhakaḥ
agnau patitam tam kapotam paśyan punaḥ vākyam uvāca ha

1. Bhishma said: Then, seeing that pigeon fallen into the fire, the fowler, overwhelmed with compassion, spoke again.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

• तम् (tam) - that pigeon (him, that)

• लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - fowler, hunter

• पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, looking

• कृपया (kṛpayā) - by compassion, with pity

• अभिपरिप्लुतः (abhipariplutaḥ) - overwhelmed, immersed, flooded

• कपोतम् (kapotam) - pigeon, dove

• अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire

• पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, dropped

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, words

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ह (ha) - indeed, verily (emphasizing particle)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru patriarch)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd conjugation), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from that

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb derived from 'tad'

तम् (tam) - that pigeon (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Masculine form of 'tad'.

लुब्धकः (lubdhakaḥ) - fowler, hunter

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lubdhaka

lubdhaka - fowler, hunter, covetous

Derived from 'lubh' (to covet, desire)

पश्यन् (paśyan) - seeing, looking

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of root 'dṛś' (to see), with 'paśya' stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the fowler.

कृपया (kṛpayā) - by compassion, with pity

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of kṛpā

kṛpā - compassion, pity, mercy

अभिपरिप्लुतः (abhipariplutaḥ) - overwhelmed, immersed, flooded

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhiparipluta

abhiparipluta - overwhelmed, immersed, flooded, covered

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'plu' (to float, swim) with prefixes 'abhi' and 'pari'

Prefixes: abhi+pari

Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Functions as an adjective describing the fowler.

कपोतम् (kapotam) - pigeon, dove

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kapota

kapota - pigeon, dove

Note: Object of 'paśyan'.

अग्नौ (agnau) - in the fire

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

पतितम् (patitam) - fallen, dropped

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, dropped, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root 'pat' (to fall)

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Adjective describing 'kapotam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, statement, words

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, sentence, words

Note: Object of 'uvāca'.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (2nd conjugation), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, verily (emphasizing particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'uvāca' to mark direct speech or narrative.