महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-278, verse-19

पाणिमध्यगतं दृष्ट्वा भार्गवं तमुमापतिः ।
आस्यं विवृत्य ककुदी पाणिं संप्राक्षिपच्छनैः ॥१९॥

19. pāṇimadhyagataṁ dṛṣṭvā bhārgavaṁ tamumāpatiḥ ,
āsyaṁ vivṛtya kakudī pāṇiṁ saṁprākṣipacchanaiḥ.

19. pāṇimadhyagatam dṛṣṭvā bhārgavam tam umāpatiḥ
āsyām vivṛtya kakudī pāṇim samprākṣipat śanaiḥ

19. umāpatiḥ pāṇimadhyagatam tam bhārgavam dṛṣṭvā
āsyam vivṛtya śanaiḥ pāṇim kakudī samprākṣipat

19. Having seen that Bhārgava (Uśanas) was held within his hand, Umāpati (Shiva) opened his mouth, and then gently placed the hand-sized sage (Uśanas) on the hump (of Nandi).

Words meanings summery:

• पाणिमध्यगतम् (pāṇimadhyagatam) - Bhārgava, held within Shiva's hand (who had gone into the middle of the hand, held in the hand)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

• भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - Uśanas/Śukra, son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava, son of Bhṛgu)

• तम् (tam) - him (Bhārgava/Uśanas) (him, that)

• उमापतिः (umāpatiḥ) - Lord of Umā (Shiva)

• आस्यम् (āsyam) - the mouth, the face

• विवृत्य (vivṛtya) - having opened, having uncovered

• ककुदी (kakudī) - on the hump of Nandi (Shiva's bull) (on the hump)

• पाणिम् (pāṇim) - the hand-sized sage (Bhārgava/Uśanas) (used as a descriptor for the tiny form of Bhārgava) (the hand)

• सम्प्राक्षिपत् (samprākṣipat) - gently placed (Uśanas) (threw, cast, inserted, placed)

• शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently, softly

Words meanings and morphology

पाणिमध्यगतम् (pāṇimadhyagatam) - Bhārgava, held within Shiva's hand (who had gone into the middle of the hand, held in the hand)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇimadhyagata

pāṇimadhyagata - gone into the middle of the hand, held in hand

Compound: `pāṇi` (hand) + `madhya` (middle) + `gata` (gone, attained, past passive participle of `gam`)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇi+madhya+gata)

• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated in
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root `gam` + `kta` suffix
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `bhārgavam`.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, perceiving

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root `dṛś` + `tvā` suffix

Root: dṛś (class 1)

भार्गवम् (bhārgavam) - Uśanas/Śukra, son of Bhṛgu (Bhārgava, son of Bhṛgu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhārgava

bhārgava - descendant of Bhṛgu; epithet for Uśanas/Śukra

patronymic from `bhṛgu`

तम् (tam) - him (Bhārgava/Uśanas) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

उमापतिः (umāpatiḥ) - Lord of Umā (Shiva)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of umāpati

umāpati - Lord of Umā, husband of Umā; a name of Shiva

compound of `umā` (Umā) and `pati` (lord, husband)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (umā+pati)

• umā – Umā, a name of Pārvatī, wife of Shiva
  proper noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

आस्यम् (āsyam) - the mouth, the face

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āsya

āsya - mouth, face

विवृत्य (vivṛtya) - having opened, having uncovered

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from `vi` + root `vṛ` + `tya` suffix

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

ककुदी (kakudī) - on the hump of Nandi (Shiva's bull) (on the hump)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kakud

kakud - hump (of a bull), peak, summit

पाणिम् (pāṇim) - the hand-sized sage (Bhārgava/Uśanas) (used as a descriptor for the tiny form of Bhārgava) (the hand)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

Note: Here used metaphorically or metonymically to refer to Bhārgava in his small form, as he was in Shiva's hand.

सम्प्राक्षिपत् (samprākṣipat) - gently placed (Uśanas) (threw, cast, inserted, placed)

(verb)

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

Imperfect

Root `kṣip` with prefixes `sam` + `pra`, Imperfect Tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: kṣip (class 6)

शनैः (śanaiḥ) - slowly, gently, softly

(indeclinable)