महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-165, verse-22

ततस्तान्राक्षसेन्द्रश्च द्विजानाह पुनर्वचः ।
नानादिगागतान्राजन्राक्षसान्प्रतिषिध्य वै ॥२२॥

22. tatastānrākṣasendraśca dvijānāha punarvacaḥ ,
nānādigāgatānrājanrākṣasānpratiṣidhya vai.

22. tataḥ tān rākṣasendraḥ ca dvijān āha punaḥ vacaḥ
nānādigāgatān rājan rākṣasān pratiṣidhya vai

22. rājan,
tataḥ rākṣasendraḥ nānādigāgatān rākṣasān pratiṣidhya vai,
punaḥ tān dvijān vacaḥ āha ca.

22. Then, indeed having restrained the Rākṣasas who had arrived from various directions, that king of Rākṣasas spoke words again to those Brahmins, O King!

Words meanings summery:

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

• तान् (tān) - those (Brahmins) (those)

• राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the king of demons, Rāvaṇa (the king of Rākṣasas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born (Brahmins)

• आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

• नानादिगागतान् (nānādigāgatān) - having come from various directions, arrived from different quarters

• राजन् (rājan) - O King! (narrator addressing the listener/reader) (O king!)

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - Rākṣasas, demons

• प्रतिषिध्य (pratiṣidhya) - having prohibited, having restrained

• वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (Brahmins) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Brahmins, direct object of 'āha'.

राक्षसेन्द्रः (rākṣasendraḥ) - the king of demons, Rāvaṇa (the king of Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rākṣasendra

rākṣasendra - chief of Rākṣasas, king of Rākṣasas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+indra)

• rākṣasa – demon, Rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, king
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'āha'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunctive particle.

द्विजान् (dvijān) - the twice-born (Brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  Derived from root √jan (to be born) with suffix -a.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Direct object of 'āha' (to whom he spoke).

आह (āha) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: ah (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, further

(indeclinable)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Note: Direct object of 'āha'.

नानादिगागतान् (nānādigāgatān) - having come from various directions, arrived from different quarters

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nānādigāgata

nānādigāgata - come from various directions

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nānādik+āgata)

• nānādik – various directions
  noun
• āgata – come, arrived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gam (to go) with upasarga 'ā' and suffix -ta.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasān'.

राजन् (rājan) - O King! (narrator addressing the listener/reader) (O king!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

Note: Vocative singular, used by the narrator to address the listener or reader.

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - Rākṣasas, demons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, Rākṣasa

Note: Direct object of the gerund 'pratiṣidhya'.

प्रतिषिध्य (pratiṣidhya) - having prohibited, having restrained

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root √sidh (to ward off) with upasarga 'prati' and suffix -ya (lYAP).

Prefix: prati

Root: sidh (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund) indicating a prior action.

वै (vai) - indeed, surely, verily

(indeclinable)