महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-258, verse-8

स तथेति चिरेणोक्त्वा स्वभावाच्चिरकारिकः ।
विमृश्य चिरकारित्वाच्चिन्तयामास वै चिरम् ॥८॥

8. sa tatheti cireṇoktvā svabhāvāccirakārikaḥ ,
vimṛśya cirakāritvāccintayāmāsa vai ciram.

8. saḥ tathā iti cireṇa uktvā svabhāvāt cirakārikaḥ
vimṛśya cirakāritvāt cintayāmāsa vai ciram

8. saḥ svabhāvāt cirakārikaḥ cireṇa tathā iti
uktvā cirakāritvāt vimṛśya vai ciram cintayāmāsa

8. He, being by nature slow to act, said "so be it" after a long time. Then, reflecting due to his deliberate nature, he pondered for a very long time.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way

• इति (iti) - thus, so, this much

• चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, slowly, with delay

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• स्वभावात् (svabhāvāt) - by nature, by innate disposition

• चिरकारिकः (cirakārikaḥ) - slow in action, dilatory, hesitant

• विमृश्य (vimṛśya) - having reflected, having pondered

• चिरकारित्वात् (cirakāritvāt) - because of being slow in action, due to his deliberate nature

• चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he pondered

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Pronominal stem 'tad'.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that way

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

इति (iti) - thus, so, this much

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle.

चिरेण (cireṇa) - after a long time, slowly, with delay

(adjective)

Instrumental, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting, slow

Note: Used adverbially.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(verb)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form.

स्वभावात् (svabhāvāt) - by nature, by innate disposition

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svabhāva

svabhāva - own nature, innate disposition, character

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+bhāva)

• sva – own, one's own
  pronoun/adjective
• bhāva – being, state, nature, disposition
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root bhū with suffix -a
  Root: bhū (class 1)

चिरकारिकः (cirakārikaḥ) - slow in action, dilatory, hesitant

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of cirakārika

cirakārika - slow in action, dilatory, hesitant

Compound type : karmadhāraya (cira+kārika)

• cira – long, lasting
  adjective
• kārika – one who acts, doer
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

विमृश्य (vimṛśya) - having reflected, having pondered

(verb)

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form.

चिरकारित्वात् (cirakāritvāt) - because of being slow in action, due to his deliberate nature

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of cirakāritva

cirakāritva - the state or quality of being slow in action, dilatoriness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+kāritva)

• cira – long, lasting
  adjective
• kāritva – the state of acting, agency (derived from kārin + tva)
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from kārin with suffix -tva
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

चिन्तयामास (cintayāmāsa) - he thought, he pondered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of cintay

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Periphrastic perfect formation.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time

(adjective)

Accusative, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting

Note: Used adverbially of time.