महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-139, verse-16

अथाख्यातमुतथ्याय
ततः पत्न्यवमर्दनम् ॥१६॥

16. athākhyātamutathyāya
tataḥ patnyavamardanam.

16. atha ākhyātam utathyāya
tataḥ patnyavamardanam

16. atha tataḥ patnyavamardanam
utathyāya ākhyātam

16. Then, the abduction of his wife was reported to Utathya.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, so

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - it was reported (reported, told, narrated)

• उतथ्याय (utathyāya) - to the sage Utathya (to Utathya)

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

• पत्न्यवमर्दनम् (patnyavamardanam) - the abduction of (Utathya's) wife (the violation/abduction of the wife)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now, so

(indeclinable)

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - it was reported (reported, told, narrated)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - reported, told, narrated, proclaimed

Past Passive Participle

root khyā (to tell) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

उतथ्याय (utathyāya) - to the sage Utathya (to Utathya)

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of utathya

utathya - Utathya (name of a Vedic sage)

ततः (tataḥ) - thence, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

पत्न्यवमर्दनम् (patnyavamardanam) - the abduction of (Utathya's) wife (the violation/abduction of the wife)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patnyavamardana

patnyavamardana - violation of a wife, abduction of a wife, oppressing a wife

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (patnī+avamardana)

• patnī – wife, mistress of a house
  noun (feminine)
• avamardana – crushing, trampling, oppressing, violating, abduction
  noun (neuter)
  verbal noun
  root mṛd (to crush) with prefix ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: mṛd (class 9)