महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-273, verse-26

भीष्म उवाच ।
तथेति तां प्राह तदा ब्रह्महत्यां पितामहः ।
उपायतः स शक्रस्य ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहत ॥२६॥

26. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatheti tāṁ prāha tadā brahmahatyāṁ pitāmahaḥ ,
upāyataḥ sa śakrasya brahmahatyāṁ vyapohata.

26. bhīṣma uvāca tathā iti tām prāha tadā brahmahatyām
pitāmahaḥ upāyataḥ sa śakrasya brahmahatyām vyapohat

26. bhīṣma uvāca tadā pitāmahaḥ tām brahmahatyām 'tathā'
iti prāha sa upāyataḥ śakrasya brahmahatyām vyapohat

26. Bhishma said: "Then the Grandsire (pitāmaha) said to her, the Brahmahatyā, 'So be it.' He then skillfully removed Indra's sin of Brahmin-killing (brahmahatyā)."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, so be it

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation particle)

• ताम् (tām) - her

• प्राह (prāha) - he said, he declared

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the Brahmin-killing (sin), the personified sin of Brahmin-killing

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the Grandsire (Brahma)

• उपायतः (upāyataḥ) - by means, skillfully, by proper methods

• स (sa) - he

• शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra

• ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the sin of Brahmin-killing

• व्यपोहत् (vyapohat) - he removed, he dispelled

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name); dreadful, terrible

From root √bhī (to fear) + -ṣma suffix

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, Third Person Singular, Active Voice

From root √vac (to speak), perfect form.

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, so be it

(indeclinable)

From pronoun `tad` + suffix `thā`

Note: Quoted as 'So be it'.

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation particle)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Object of `prāha`.

प्राह (prāha) - he said, he declared

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, Third Person Singular, Active Voice

From root √vac (to speak) with upasarga `pra-`, perfect form.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From pronoun `tad` + suffix `dā`

ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the Brahmin-killing (sin), the personified sin of Brahmin-killing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmahatyā

brahmahatyā - the killing of a Brahmin, the sin of killing a Brahmin (often personified)

Brahma (Brahmin) + hatyā (killing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+hatyā)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bṛh (to grow, swell)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• hatyā – killing, murder
  noun (feminine)
  From root √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: In the first part, it's the direct object of `prāha` (addressed to her). In the second, it's the direct object of `vyapohat` (removed the sin).

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - the Grandsire (Brahma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, Grandsire (a common epithet for Brahma)

pitṛ (father) + maha (great, grand)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+maha)

• pitṛ – father
  noun (masculine)
• mahat – great, large, powerful
  adjective

Note: Subject of `prāha`.

उपायतः (upāyataḥ) - by means, skillfully, by proper methods

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of upāya

upāya - means, method, expedient, skill, approach

Upa- + √i (to go)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used adverbially here to mean 'by means of skill/strategy'.

स (sa) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Subject of `vyapohat`.

शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of Indra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - Indra, powerful, mighty

From root √śak (to be able, strong)

Root: śak (class 5)

ब्रह्महत्याम् (brahmahatyām) - the sin of Brahmin-killing

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brahmahatyā

brahmahatyā - the killing of a Brahmin, the sin of killing a Brahmin (often personified)

Brahma (Brahmin) + hatyā (killing)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (brahman+hatyā)

• brahman – Brahmin, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality (brahman)
  noun (masculine)
  From root √bṛh (to grow, swell)
  Root: bṛh (class 1)
• hatyā – killing, murder
  noun (feminine)
  From root √han (to strike, kill)
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Direct object of `vyapohat`.

व्यपोहत् (vyapohat) - he removed, he dispelled

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense, Third Person Singular, Active Voice

From root √vah (to carry, lead) with upasargas `vi-` and `apa-`.

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: vah (class 1)

Note: `vi-apa-vah` means to remove completely, to drive away.