महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-45, verse-20

तं तथा भाषमाणं तु धर्मराजं युधिष्ठिरम् ।
नोवाच भगवान्किंचिद्ध्यानमेवान्वपद्यत ॥२०॥

20. taṁ tathā bhāṣamāṇaṁ tu dharmarājaṁ yudhiṣṭhiram ,
novāca bhagavānkiṁciddhyānamevānvapadyata.

20. tam tathā bhāṣamāṇam tu dharmarājam yudhiṣṭhiram
na uvāca bhagavān kiñcit dhyānam eva anvapatyata

20. tu bhagavān tathā bhāṣamāṇam tam dharmarājam
yudhiṣṭhiram kiñcit na uvāca eva dhyānam anvapatyata

20. But Bhagavan said nothing to Yudhishthira, the king of righteousness (dharma), who was speaking thus. He simply resorted to meditation (dhyāna).

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

• भाषमाणम् (bhāṣamāṇam) - speaking, talking

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Yudhishthira, known as the king of righteousness (dharma) (king of righteousness (dharma))

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira

• न (na) - not

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - Bhagavan, the Lord

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little

• ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna), contemplation

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

• अन्वपत्यत (anvapatyata) - he resorted to, he took up

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

भाषमाणम् (bhāṣamāṇam) - speaking, talking

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhāṣamāṇa

bhāṣamāṇa - speaking, talking

Present Middle Participle

Present participle of the root bhāṣ (to speak), middle voice

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

धर्मराजम् (dharmarājam) - Yudhishthira, known as the king of righteousness (dharma) (king of righteousness (dharma))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of righteousness (dharma); Yama (god of death); an epithet of Yudhishthira

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (eldest of the Pandavas)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Perfect verb form

Irregular perfect tense form of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Bhagavan, the Lord

(proper noun/adjective)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, anything, a little

(indeclinable/pronoun)

ध्यानम् (dhyānam) - meditation (dhyāna), contemplation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhyāna

dhyāna - meditation, contemplation, deep thought (dhyāna)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed

(indeclinable)

अन्वपत्यत (anvapatyata) - he resorted to, he took up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Imperfect (Laṅ) of anu-pad

Imperfect verb form

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice, from root pad with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: pad (class 4)