महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-306, verse-32

ततोऽन्वचिन्तयमहं भूयो देवीं सरस्वतीम् ।
मनसा स च मे प्रश्नो दध्नो घृतमिवोद्धृतम् ॥३२॥

32. tato'nvacintayamahaṁ bhūyo devīṁ sarasvatīm ,
manasā sa ca me praśno dadhno ghṛtamivoddhṛtam.

32. tataḥ anvacintayam aham bhūyaḥ devīm sarasvatīm
manasā saḥ ca me praśnaḥ dadhnaḥ ghṛtam iva uddhṛtam

32. aham tataḥ bhūyaḥ manasā devīm sarasvatīm anvacintayam
ca saḥ me praśnaḥ dadhnaḥ ghṛtam iva uddhṛtam

32. Thereafter, I reflected again upon the goddess Sarasvatī with my mind. And that question of mine was clarified, just as ghee is drawn from curds.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

• अन्वचिन्तयम् (anvacintayam) - I reflected (I reflected, I pondered)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

• देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess (goddess)

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvatī (Sarasvatī (name of a goddess))

• मनसा (manasā) - with my mind (by the mind, mentally)

• सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)

• दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curds (from curds, of curds)

• घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee (ghee, clarified butter)

• इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

• उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - extracted (extracted, drawn out, lifted up)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereafter (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

From pronominal base 'tad' (that) with the suffix -tas (ablative sense or adverbial).

अन्वचिन्तयम् (anvacintayam) - I reflected (I reflected, I pondered)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of cint

Imperfect Active, First Person, Singular

From the root 'cit' (to perceive, understand), formed with the Cāya suffix (class 10) to 'cintayati'. 'anu' is a prefix.

Prefix: anu

Root: cit (class 10)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

Comparative form of 'bahu' (much), used adverbially.

देवीम् (devīm) - the goddess (goddess)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, divine woman

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - Sarasvatī (Sarasvatī (name of a goddess))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī (goddess of knowledge, arts, and music); a river

मनसा (manasā) - with my mind (by the mind, mentally)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, intellect, thought, understanding

सः (saḥ) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun

प्रश्नः (praśnaḥ) - question (question, inquiry)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

From pra- (prefix) + root 'śrī' (to ask, question).

Prefix: pra

Root: śrī (class 9)

दध्नः (dadhnaḥ) - from curds (from curds, of curds)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of dadhi

dadhi - curds, yogurt

Note: Also genitive singular of dadhi. Ablative fits 'from curds'.

घृतम् (ghṛtam) - ghee (ghee, clarified butter)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ghṛta

ghṛta - ghee, clarified butter; sprinkled, anointed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'ghṛ' (to sprinkle, shine).

Root: ghṛ (class 1)

Note: Can also be accusative singular. Here it is a subject of the implicit verb 'is extracted'.

इव (iva) - just as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

उद्धृतम् (uddhṛtam) - extracted (extracted, drawn out, lifted up)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - extracted, drawn out, lifted, rescued

Past Passive Participle

From ud- (up, out) + root 'hṛ' (to carry, take).

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ghṛtam' in the simile.