महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-271, verse-58

भीष्म उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा स कौन्तेय वृत्रः प्राणानवासृजत् ।
योजयित्वा तथात्मानं परं स्थानमवाप्तवान् ॥५८॥

58. bhīṣma uvāca ,
evamuktvā sa kaunteya vṛtraḥ prāṇānavāsṛjat ,
yojayitvā tathātmānaṁ paraṁ sthānamavāptavān.

58. bhīṣma uvāca evam uktvā saḥ kaunteya vṛtraḥ prāṇān
avāsṛjat yojayitvā tathā ātmānam param sthānam avāptavān

58. bhīṣma uvāca kaunteya,
saḥ vṛtraḥ evam uktvā prāṇān avāsṛjat,
tathā ātmānam yojayitvā param sthānam avāptavān

58. Bhishma said: O son of Kunti, having spoken thus, Vritra relinquished his vital breaths, and having unified his individual self (ātman), he attained the supreme abode.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• सः (saḥ) - refers to Vritra (he, that)

• कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Addressing Yudhishthira, son of Kunti (O son of Kunti)

• वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - The demon Vritra (Vritra)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - his own life (vital breaths, life forces, life)

• अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - gave up his life (released, relinquished, gave up)

• योजयित्वा (yojayitvā) - having connected his self (ātman) with the supreme (having united, having joined, having connected)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his individual self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

• परम् (param) - referring to the supreme abode or state (supreme, highest, ultimate)

• स्थानम् (sthānam) - the supreme state of being or destination (abode, place, state, position)

• अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - attained, reached, obtained

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma, a proper name, son of Shantanu and Ganga, grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Class 2 verb (vac-ā-di group), Perfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √vac with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Gerund

सः (saḥ) - refers to Vritra (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

कौन्तेय (kaunteya) - Addressing Yudhishthira, son of Kunti (O son of Kunti)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kaunteya

kaunteya - son of Kunti

Patronymic derived from Kuntī

वृत्रः (vṛtraḥ) - The demon Vritra (Vritra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vṛtra

vṛtra - Vritra (a Vedic demon); obstacle, coverer

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - his own life (vital breaths, life forces, life)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

From pra- + √an (to breathe)

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

अवासृजत् (avāsṛjat) - gave up his life (released, relinquished, gave up)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of sṛj

Imperfect Active

Root √sṛj, Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular active, with augment 'a'

Root: sṛj (class 6)

योजयित्वा (yojayitvā) - having connected his self (ātman) with the supreme (having united, having joined, having connected)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Causative stem of √yuj (yoji-) + suffix -tvā

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Gerund

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Adverbial indeclinable

आत्मानम् (ātmānam) - his individual self (ātman) (the self, soul, spirit)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual self, essence

From √an (to breathe) + -man suffix

Root: an (class 2)

परम् (param) - referring to the supreme abode or state (supreme, highest, ultimate)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, ultimate, other, distant

Note: Accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'sthānam'

स्थानम् (sthānam) - the supreme state of being or destination (abode, place, state, position)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, abode, state, condition

From √sthā (to stand) + -ana suffix

Root: sthā (class 1)

अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - attained, reached, obtained

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avāpta

avāpta - obtained, reached, attained

Past Active Participle

Formed from ava- + √āp (to obtain) + suffix -tavat

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Acts as a finite verb here