महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-300, verse-3

अहःक्षयमथो बुद्ध्वा निशि स्वप्नमनास्तथा ।
चोदयामास भगवानव्यक्तोऽहंकृतं नरम् ॥३॥

3. ahaḥkṣayamatho buddhvā niśi svapnamanāstathā ,
codayāmāsa bhagavānavyakto'haṁkṛtaṁ naram.

3. ahaḥ-kṣayam atho buddhvā niśi svapna-manāḥ tathā
codayām āsa bhagavān avyaktaḥ ahaṃkṛtam naram

3. atho niśi ahaḥ-kṣayam buddhvā tathā svapna-manāḥ,
avyaktaḥ bhagavān aham-kṛtam naram codayām āsa

3. Then, having understood the end of the day, and thus having his mind inclined towards sleep at night, the glorious, unmanifest Lord (Bhagavān) impelled the ego-imbued (ahaṃkṛta) individual (nara).

Words meanings summery:

• अहः-क्षयम् (ahaḥ-kṣayam) - the end of the day

• अथो (atho) - then, thus, moreover

• बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having known, having understood, having perceived

• निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

• स्वप्न-मनाः (svapna-manāḥ) - having a mind set on sleep, sleepy-minded

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

• चोदयाम् (codayām) - impelled, urged (part of a periphrastic perfect verb)

• आस (āsa) - was, became (auxiliary verb)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the glorious one, the divine lord

• अव्यक्तः (avyaktaḥ) - The ultimate unmanifest reality or principle. (the unmanifest, the unrevealed)

• अहंकृतम् (ahaṁkṛtam) - ego-imbued, imbued with the sense of 'I'

• नरम् (naram) - the man, the individual being

Words meanings and morphology

अहः-क्षयम् (ahaḥ-kṣayam) - the end of the day

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaḥ-kṣaya

ahaḥ-kṣaya - end of day, destruction of day

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ahan+kṣaya)

• ahan – day
  noun (neuter)
• kṣaya – end, destruction, loss
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)

अथो (atho) - then, thus, moreover

(indeclinable)

बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā) - having known, having understood, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Root: budh (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form.

निशि (niśi) - at night, in the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of niś

niś - night

स्वप्न-मनाः (svapna-manāḥ) - having a mind set on sleep, sleepy-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svapna-manas

svapna-manas - having the mind on sleep, sleepy

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svapna+manas)

• svapna – sleep, dream
  noun (masculine/neuter)
  Root: svap (class 2)
• manas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, similarly

(indeclinable)

चोदयाम् (codayām) - impelled, urged (part of a periphrastic perfect verb)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of codayā

codayā - urging, impelling (verbal noun)

verbal noun

Derived from the causative of root 'cud' (to urge, impel)

Root: cud (class 10)

Note: Used as the first part of the periphrastic perfect verb 'codayāmāsa'.

आस (āsa) - was, became (auxiliary verb)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb used for the periphrastic perfect 'codayāmāsa'.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the glorious one, the divine lord

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, glorious, divine, illustrious; a god, the Lord

अव्यक्तः (avyaktaḥ) - The ultimate unmanifest reality or principle. (the unmanifest, the unrevealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyakta

avyakta - unmanifest, not distinct, imperceptible

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vyakta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyakta – manifest, distinct, apparent
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'añj' with prefix 'vi'.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Used here as a noun referring to the unmanifest Lord.

अहंकृतम् (ahaṁkṛtam) - ego-imbued, imbued with the sense of 'I'

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ahaṃkṛta

ahaṁkṛta - ego-made, self-conscious, imbued with the sense of 'I'

Compound formed with 'aham' (I) and 'kṛta' (made).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aham+kṛta)

• aham – I, ego
  pronoun
• kṛta – made, done, created
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'kṛ' (to do, make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'naram'.

नरम् (naram) - the man, the individual being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human, individual being, spirit