महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-250, verse-11

नारद उवाच ।
एवमुक्ता महाबाहो मृत्युः परपुरंजय ।
न व्याजहार तस्थौ च प्रह्वा भगवदुन्मुखी ॥११॥

11. nārada uvāca ,
evamuktā mahābāho mṛtyuḥ parapuraṁjaya ,
na vyājahāra tasthau ca prahvā bhagavadunmukhī.

11. nāradaḥ uvāca evam uktā mahābāho mṛtyuḥ parapuraṃjaya
na vyājahāra tasthau ca prahvā bhagavaddunmukhī

11. nāradaḥ uvāca mahābāho parapuraṃjaya evam uktā mṛtyuḥ
na vyājahāra ca prahvā bhagavaddunmukhī tasthau

11. Nārada said: O mighty-armed one, O conqueror of enemy cities, thus addressed, Death did not speak, but stood humbly, facing the Lord.

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्ता (uktā) - addressed, spoken to

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified)

• परपुरंजय (parapuraṁjaya) - O conqueror of enemy cities

• न (na) - not

• व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood, remained

• च (ca) - and

• प्रह्वा (prahvā) - humble, submissive

• भगवद्दुन्मुखी (bhagavaddunmukhī) - facing the Lord, having her face towards the Lord

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a celestial sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect (liṭ)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्ता (uktā) - addressed, spoken to

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak), past passive participle, feminine nominative singular

Root: vac (class 2)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, having great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the listener, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra if this is from Mahābhārata.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (personified)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, personified Death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

परपुरंजय (parapuraṁjaya) - O conqueror of enemy cities

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of parapuraṃjaya

parapuraṁjaya - conqueror of hostile cities

From para (other) + pura (city) + √ji (to conquer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (para+pura+jaya)

• para – other, hostile, enemy
  adjective
• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• jaya – conquering, victory
  noun (masculine)
  From √ji (to conquer)
  Root: ji (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

व्याजहार (vyājahāra) - spoke, uttered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of hṛ

Perfect (liṭ)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice. From √hṛ with prefixes vi-ā-.

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

तस्थौ (tasthau) - stood, remained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of sthā

Perfect (liṭ)

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रह्वा (prahvā) - humble, submissive

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prahva

prahva - bowed down, humble, submissive

Feminine nominative singular

Prefix: pra

Root: hvā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Mṛtyu (Death).

भगवद्दुन्मुखी (bhagavaddunmukhī) - facing the Lord, having her face towards the Lord

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhagavaddunmukha

bhagavaddunmukha - facing the Lord, having face turned towards the Lord

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhagavat+unmukha)

• bhagavat – Lord, divine, illustrious, glorious
  noun (masculine)
• unmukha – having the face turned towards, facing
  adjective (masculine)
  From ud- (up, forth) + mukha (face)
  Prefix: ud

Note: Qualifies Mṛtyu (Death).