महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-263, verse-32

भीष्म उवाच ।
निर्वेदाद्देवतानां च प्रसादात्स द्विजोत्तमः ।
वनं प्रविश्य सुमहत्तप आरब्धवांस्तदा ॥३२॥

32. bhīṣma uvāca ,
nirvedāddevatānāṁ ca prasādātsa dvijottamaḥ ,
vanaṁ praviśya sumahattapa ārabdhavāṁstadā.

32. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca nirvedāt devatānām ca prasādāt saḥ
dvijottamaḥ vanam praviśya sumahat tapaḥ ārabdhavān tadā

32. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tadā saḥ dvijottamaḥ nirvedāt ca devatānām
prasādāt sumahat vanam praviśya tapaḥ ārabdhavān

32. Bhīṣma said: Then, that excellent Brahmin, motivated by detachment and by the grace of the deities, entered a vast forest and began to perform intense austerity (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the narrator) (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• निर्वेदात् (nirvedāt) - from detachment (from disillusionment, from detachment)

• देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace (from grace, by favor, through kindness)

• सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

• द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - that excellent Brahmin (best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

• वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest, wood)

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - vast (very great, immense)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - intense austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

• आरब्धवान् (ārabdhavān) - began to perform (began, undertaken, commenced)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the narrator) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru prince)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

निर्वेदात् (nirvedāt) - from detachment (from disillusionment, from detachment)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of nirveda

nirveda - detachment, disillusionment, renunciation

Prefix: nir

Root: vid (class 6)

देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace (from grace, by favor, through kindness)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - grace, favor, clearness, serenity

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - that excellent Brahmin (best of the twice-born (Brahmins))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born, chief Brahmin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born, Brahmin, bird
  noun (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective

वनम् (vanam) - a forest (forest, wood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - having entered

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root viś with prefix pra, absolutive suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

सुमहत् (sumahat) - vast (very great, immense)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, immense, mighty

Compound type : prādi-samāsa (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective

Note: Adjectival form of 'mahat' (stem 'mahat'), here in neuter singular accusative to agree with 'vanam'.

तपः (tapaḥ) - intense austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance, heat

Root: tap (class 1)

आरब्धवान् (ārabdhavān) - began to perform (began, undertaken, commenced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārabdhavat

ā-rabh - to begin, undertake

Past Active Participle

root rabh with prefix ā, suffixed with -vat to form an active participle

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

Note: Functions adjectivally to describe the subject (dvijottamaḥ) but carries verb-like meaning.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)