महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-320, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं ब्रह्मर्षिः सुमहातपाः ।
प्रातिष्ठत शुकः सिद्धिं हित्वा लोकांश्चतुर्विधान् ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
ityevamuktvā vacanaṁ brahmarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ ,
prātiṣṭhata śukaḥ siddhiṁ hitvā lokāṁścaturvidhān.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca iti evam uktvā vacanam brahmarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ
prātiṣṭhata śukaḥ siddhim hitvā lokān caturvidhān

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
iti evam vacanam uktvā,
sumahātapāḥ brahmarṣiḥ śukaḥ caturvidhān lokān hitvā siddhim prātiṣṭhata.

1. Bhishma said: Having spoken thus, Śuka, the brahmin sage (brahmarṣi) of great austerity, abandoned the four kinds of worlds and attained perfection (siddhi).

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - referring to Śuka as a brahmin sage (brahmin sage (brahmarṣi))

• सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of very great austerity

• प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he proceeded, he set out, he attained

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (name)

• सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, accomplishment, liberation (siddhi)

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• चतुर्विधान् (caturvidhān) - fourfold, of four kinds

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said

(verb)

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

perfect

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root vac (to speak) + tvā suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, utterance, word, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मर्षिः (brahmarṣiḥ) - referring to Śuka as a brahmin sage (brahmin sage (brahmarṣi))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmarṣi

brahmarṣi - a brahmin sage, a sage of the brahmin caste

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+ṛṣi)

• brahman – Brahman (the Absolute), brahmin (a priest)
  noun (neuter)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Śuka.

सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of very great austerity

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahātapā

sumahātapā - having very great austerity

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+mahā+tapas)

• su – good, excellent, very
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tapas – austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
  Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Agrees with brahmarṣiḥ and śukaḥ.

प्रातिष्ठत (prātiṣṭhata) - he proceeded, he set out, he attained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past (luṅ) of pratiṣṭhā

aorist

from root sthā (to stand) with prefix prati (Aorist 3rd singular middle)

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Śuka (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - a parrot; name of a sage, son of Vyāsa

सिद्धिम् (siddhim) - perfection, success, accomplishment, liberation (siddhi)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of siddhi

siddhi - accomplishment, success, perfection, supernatural power, liberation

Root: sidh (class 1)

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

absolutive

from root hā (to abandon) + tvā suffix

Root: hā (class 3)

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Root: lok (class 10)

Note: Object of hitvā.

चतुर्विधान् (caturvidhān) - fourfold, of four kinds

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of caturvidha

caturvidha - fourfold, of four kinds

Compound type : tatpurusha (catur+vidha)

• catur – four
  numeral
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with lokān.