महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-320, verse-21

स ददर्श द्विधा कृत्वा पर्वताग्रं शुकं गतम् ।
शशंसुरृषयस्तस्मै कर्म पुत्रस्य तत्तदा ॥२१॥

21. sa dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgraṁ śukaṁ gatam ,
śaśaṁsurṛṣayastasmai karma putrasya tattadā.

21. saḥ dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgram śukam gatam
śaśaṃsuḥ ṛṣayaḥ tasmai karma putrasya tat tadā

21. saḥ dadarśa śukam dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgram gatam
tadā ṛṣayaḥ tasmai putrasya tat karma śaśaṃsuḥ

21. He saw that Shuka had passed, having split the mountain peak in two. The sages then recounted to him that deed (karma) of his son.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Vyasa) (he, that)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts (split in half) (in two parts, in two ways)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having split (having done, having made)

• पर्वताग्रम् (parvatāgram) - the mountain peak (mountain peak)

• शुकम् (śukam) - Shuka (parrot, Shuka)

• गतम् (gatam) - having gone/passed through (gone, departed, reached)

• शशंसुः (śaśaṁsuḥ) - they recounted (they told, they related)

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - the sages (sages, seers)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Vyasa) (to him, for him)

• कर्म (karma) - that deed (action, deed, ritual, consequence of action)

• पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of his son (Shuka) (of the son)

• तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that, that (neuter))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Vyasa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of 'dadarśa'.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

द्विधा (dvidhā) - in two parts (split in half) (in two parts, in two ways)

(indeclinable)

From dvi (two) + suffix -dhā.

Note: Adverb modifying 'kṛtvā'.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having split (having done, having made)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root kṛ- (to do, make) + suffix -tvā.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Describes Shuka's action.

पर्वताग्रम् (parvatāgram) - the mountain peak (mountain peak)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parvatāgra

parvatāgra - mountain peak, summit of a mountain

Compound type : tatpurusha (parvata+agra)

• parvata – mountain, hill
  noun (masculine)
• agra – tip, peak, top, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'kṛtvā'.

शुकम् (śukam) - Shuka (parrot, Shuka)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - a parrot, a sage (son of Vyasa)

Note: Object of the participle 'gatam'.

गतम् (gatam) - having gone/passed through (gone, departed, reached)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

From root gam- (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes 'śukam'.

शशंसुः (śaśaṁsuḥ) - they recounted (they told, they related)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of śaṃs

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - the sages (sages, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - a seer, an inspired poet, sage, saint

Note: Subject of 'śaśaṃsuḥ'.

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (Vyasa) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Indirect object of 'śaśaṃsuḥ'.

कर्म (karma) - that deed (action, deed, ritual, consequence of action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, rite, duty, destiny (as consequence of action)

From root kṛ- (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Direct object of 'śaśaṃsuḥ'.

पुत्रस्य (putrasya) - of his son (Shuka) (of the son)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Qualifies 'karma'.

तत् (tat) - that (deed) (that, that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)