महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-17

अकस्माच्च प्रहसति तथाकस्मात्प्ररोदिति ।
न चास्य वयसा तुल्यः पृथिव्यामभवत्तदा ॥१७॥

17. akasmācca prahasati tathākasmātpraroditi ,
na cāsya vayasā tulyaḥ pṛthivyāmabhavattadā.

17. akasmāt ca prahasati tathā akasmāt praroditi na
ca asya vayasā tulyaḥ pṛthivyām abhavat tadā

17. akasmāt ca prahasati tathā akasmāt praroditi ca
tadā asya vayasā tulyaḥ pṛthivyām na abhavat

17. He would suddenly laugh, and likewise, he would suddenly cry. And at that time, there was no one on earth comparable to him in age.

Words meanings summery:

• अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, without cause

• च (ca) - and, also

• प्रहसति (prahasati) - laughs, laughs loudly

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

• अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, without cause

• प्ररोदिति (praroditi) - cries, weeps loudly

• न (na) - not, no

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

• वयसा (vayasā) - by age, in age

• तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal, similar, comparable

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became, existed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, without cause

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

प्रहसति (prahasati) - laughs, laughs loudly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prahas

root has (hasane) with prefix pra; class 1 verbal root

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

(indeclinable)

अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly, without cause

(indeclinable)

प्ररोदिति (praroditi) - cries, weeps loudly

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of prarud

root rud (rodane) with prefix pra; class 2 verbal root

Prefix: pra

Root: rud (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

वयसा (vayasā) - by age, in age

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vayas

vayas - age, youth, vigor, food

तुल्यः (tulyaḥ) - equal, similar, comparable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tulya

tulya - equal, similar, comparable, like

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (he).

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, on the ground

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, world, ground

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

class 1 verbal root (bhū - sattāyām)

Root: bhū (class 1)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)