महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-344, verse-8

तत्तच्च धर्मसंयुक्तं तयोः कथयतोस्तदा ।
व्यतीता सा निशा कृत्स्ना सुखेन दिवसोपमा ॥८॥

8. tattacca dharmasaṁyuktaṁ tayoḥ kathayatostadā ,
vyatītā sā niśā kṛtsnā sukhena divasopamā.

8. tat tat ca dharma-saṃyuktam tayoḥ kathayatoḥ
tadā vyatītā sā niśā kṛtsnā sukhena divasopamā

8. As those two conversed then about various topics related to (natural law) dharma, that entire night passed pleasantly, seeming like a day.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - various (used repetitively as "that and that") (that, it)

• तत् (tat) - various (used repetitively as "that and that") (that, it)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• धर्म-संयुक्तम् (dharma-saṁyuktam) - endowed with (natural law) dharma (connected with (dharma), righteous, lawful)

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - as those two were speaking (of those two, by those two)

• कथयतोः (kathayatoḥ) - as those two were speaking (of the two speaking, by the two speaking (genitive/locative dual))

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

• व्यतीता (vyatītā) - passed (passed, elapsed)

• सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine nominative singular))

• निशा (niśā) - night

• कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire (whole, entire, complete)

• सुखेन (sukhena) - comfortably, pleasantly (happily, easily, with pleasure)

• दिवसोपमा (divasopamā) - seeming like a day (resembling a day, like a day)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - various (used repetitively as "that and that") (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'tad'

Note: Used in conjunction with the second tat.

तत् (tat) - various (used repetitively as "that and that") (that, it)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

neuter nominative/accusative singular of 'tad'

Note: Used in conjunction with the first tat.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

धर्म-संयुक्तम् (dharma-saṁyuktam) - endowed with (natural law) dharma (connected with (dharma), righteous, lawful)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of dharma-saṃyukta

dharma-saṁyukta - connected with dharma, righteous

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+saṃyukta)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃyukta – joined, connected, endowed with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yuj (to join) with prefix sam-
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Modifies the implied subject of discussion.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - as those two were speaking (of those two, by those two)

(pronoun)

masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

genitive/locative dual of 'tad'

Note: Genitive in relation to the action of speaking.

कथयतोः (kathayatoḥ) - as those two were speaking (of the two speaking, by the two speaking (genitive/locative dual))

(adjective)

masculine, dual of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

From root kath (10th class, to tell, to speak)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Genitive absolute construction.

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

(indeclinable)

व्यतीता (vyatītā) - passed (passed, elapsed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vyatīta

vyatīta - passed, elapsed, gone by

Past Passive Participle

From root i (to go) with prefixes vi- and ati-

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Acts as the verb 'passed'.

सा (sā) - that (she, that (feminine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

feminine nominative singular of 'tad'

निशा (niśā) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niśā

niśā - night

कृत्स्ना (kṛtsnā) - entire (whole, entire, complete)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna

kṛtsna - whole, entire, complete

सुखेन (sukhena) - comfortably, pleasantly (happily, easily, with pleasure)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sukha

sukha - happiness, pleasure, ease

Note: Adverbial.

दिवसोपमा (divasopamā) - seeming like a day (resembling a day, like a day)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of divasopamā

divasopamā - resembling a day

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (divasa+upamā)

• divasa – day
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• upamā – comparison, resemblance, simile
  noun (feminine)
  From root mā with prefix upa-
  Prefix: upa
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective for niśā.