महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-273, verse-19

गृहीत एव तु तया देवेन्द्रो भरतर्षभ ।
पितामहमुपागम्य शिरसा प्रत्यपूजयत् ॥१९॥

19. gṛhīta eva tu tayā devendro bharatarṣabha ,
pitāmahamupāgamya śirasā pratyapūjayat.

19. gṛhītaḥ eva tu tayā devendraḥ bharatarṣabha
pitāmaham upāgamya śirasā pratyapūjayat

19. bharatarṣabha,
devendraḥ tu tayā gṛhītaḥ eva pitāmaham upāgamya śirasā pratyapūjayat.

19. Indeed, O best of Bharatas, when the king of the gods (Devendra) was seized by her (brahmahatyā), he approached the Grandfather (Brahmā) and bowed with his head to worship him.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (by the sin) (seized, taken)

• एव (eva) - indeed, just (just, only, indeed)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• तया (tayā) - by her (referring to brahmahatyā) (by her, by that)

• देवेन्द्रः (devendraḥ) - king of the gods (Devendra) (king of gods, Indra)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of Bharatas)

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the Grandfather (Brahmā) (to the grandfather)

• उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with his head (with the head)

• प्रत्यपूजयत् (pratyapūjayat) - he worshipped, he bowed (in reverence) (he worshipped, he honored)

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीतः (gṛhītaḥ) - seized (by the sin) (seized, taken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhīta

gṛhīta - seized, taken, captured, accepted

Past Passive Participle

From root 'grah' (to seize, take).

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Refers to the state of Devendra.

एव (eva) - indeed, just (just, only, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

तया (tayā) - by her (referring to brahmahatyā) (by her, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Feminine singular instrumental of the demonstrative pronoun 'tad'.

Note: Indicates the agent of seizure.

देवेन्द्रः (devendraḥ) - king of the gods (Devendra) (king of gods, Indra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devendra

devendra - lord of gods, Indra

Compound of 'deva' (god) and 'indra' (lord, Indra).

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+indra)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• indra – lord, chief, Indra (the chief of the gods)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'pratyapūjayat'.

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull among Bharatas

Compound of 'bharata' (descendant of Bharata) and 'ṛṣabha' (bull, best).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king, a country
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, excellent one
  noun (masculine)

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - to the Grandfather (Brahmā) (to the grandfather)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Brahmā (as the great grandfather of all)

Compound of 'pitṛ' (father) and 'maha' (great).

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• maha – great, large, important
  adjective

Note: Object of 'upāgamya' (implicitly, as it's a gerund that governs accusative).

उपागम्य (upāgamya) - having approached

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

From prefixes 'upa-ā' + root 'gam' (to go) + suffix 'ya' (absolutive marker).

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with his head (with the head)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top

's'-stem noun.

Note: Indicates the instrument of bowing/worship.

प्रत्यपूजयत् (pratyapūjayat) - he worshipped, he bowed (in reverence) (he worshipped, he honored)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pratipūj

Imperfect tense, Active voice

From prefix 'prati' + root 'pūj' (to worship), causative stem.

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)