महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-24, verse-24

प्रादुरास्तां ततस्तस्य करौ जलजसंनिभौ ।
ततः स विस्मितो भ्रातुर्दर्शयामास तौ करौ ॥२४॥

24. prādurāstāṁ tatastasya karau jalajasaṁnibhau ,
tataḥ sa vismito bhrāturdarśayāmāsa tau karau.

24. prādurāstām tataḥ tasya karau jalajasaṃnibhau
tataḥ saḥ vismitaḥ bhrātuḥ darśayāmāsa tau karau

24. tataḥ tasya jalajasaṃnibhau karau prādurāstām
tataḥ saḥ vismitaḥ bhrātuḥ tau karau darśayāmāsa

24. Then his two hands, resembling lotuses, appeared. Thereupon, astonished, he showed those two hands to his brother.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रादुरास्ताम् (prādurāstām) - appeared, became manifest, arose

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, therefrom, thereupon)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the subject whose hands appeared) (his, of him, of that)

• करौ (karau) - his two hands (two hands)

• जलजसंनिभौ (jalajasaṁnibhau) - (hands) resembling lotuses (resembling lotuses, like lotuses)

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, therefrom, thereupon)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the person whose hands appeared) (he, that (person))

• विस्मितः (vismitaḥ) - astonished (by the appearance of his hands) (astonished, amazed, surprised)

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - to his brother (of the brother, to the brother)

• दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - he showed (his hands) (he showed)

• तौ (tau) - those two (hands) (those two, them two)

• करौ (karau) - those two hands (that appeared) (two hands)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रादुरास्ताम् (prādurāstām) - appeared, became manifest, arose

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of prādur-ās

imperfect past tense

Root 'ās' (to sit, to exist) in the sense of 'to be' or 'to become', combined with the indeclinable 'prādur' (out, forth, manifest). Third person, dual number, active voice.

Root: ās (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon (then, therefrom, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun 'tad' with an ablative suffix, used adverbially.

तस्य (tasya) - his (referring to the subject whose hands appeared) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular genitive.

करौ (karau) - his two hands (two hands)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root: kṛ

जलजसंनिभौ (jalajasaṁnibhau) - (hands) resembling lotuses (resembling lotuses, like lotuses)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of jalajasaṃnibha

jalajasaṁnibha - resembling a lotus

Compound adjective, meaning 'one who resembles a lotus'. Masculine dual nominative, agreeing with 'karau'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ja+saṃnibha)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  suffix -ja from root jan
  Derived from root 'jan' (to be born) with the kṛt suffix -ḍa (resulting in -ja).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)
  From root 'bhā' (to shine, appear) with prefix 'sam' and suffix 'a'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhā (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (then, therefrom, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

Derived from the pronoun 'tad' with an ablative suffix, used adverbially.

सः (saḥ) - he (the person whose hands appeared) (he, that (person))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular nominative.

विस्मितः (vismitaḥ) - astonished (by the appearance of his hands) (astonished, amazed, surprised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vismita

vismita - astonished, amazed, surprised

past passive participle

From root 'smi' (to smile, wonder) with prefix 'vi' and past passive participle suffix -ta. Masculine singular nominative, agreeing with 'saḥ'.

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - to his brother (of the brother, to the brother)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Masculine singular dative/genitive case. Here used in a dative sense with a verb of showing.

Note: Used in a dative sense 'to the brother'.

दर्शयामास (darśayāmāsa) - he showed (his hands) (he showed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of darśayāṁ-kṛ

periphrastic perfect

Periphrastic perfect form of the causative of root 'dṛś' (to see), formed with 'darśayām' (absolutive of the causative stem) and the perfect form of 'kṛ' (to do/make). Third person singular active.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तौ (tau) - those two (hands) (those two, them two)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine dual accusative, agreeing with 'karau'.

करौ (karau) - those two hands (that appeared) (two hands)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Root: kṛ

Note: Object of 'darśayāmāsa'.