महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-22, verse-16

तया चाहमनुज्ञातो भवांश्चापि प्रकीर्तितः ।
श्रावितश्चापि तद्वाक्यं गृहमभ्यागतः प्रभो ॥१६॥

16. tayā cāhamanujñāto bhavāṁścāpi prakīrtitaḥ ,
śrāvitaścāpi tadvākyaṁ gṛhamabhyāgataḥ prabho.

16. tayā ca aham anujñātaḥ bhavān ca api prakīrtitaḥ
śrāvitaḥ ca api tat vākyam gṛham abhyāgataḥ prabho

16. aham tayā ca anujñātaḥ ca bhavān api prakīrtitaḥ
ca api tat vākyam śrāvitaḥ gṛham abhyāgataḥ prabho

16. And I was permitted by her; you were also mentioned. Having heard her words, I returned home, O lord.

Words meanings summery:

• तया (tayā) - by that woman (by her, by that)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - was permitted (permitted, approved)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (Aṣṭāvakra, addressed with respect) (your honor, you)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ) - were mentioned (mentioned, praised)

• श्रावितः (śrāvitaḥ) - having been informed (lit. 'made to hear') (made to hear, informed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - her statement/words (word, statement)

• गृहम् (gṛham) - to my home (to home, house)

• अभ्यागतः (abhyāgataḥ) - I returned (having come, returned)

• प्रभो (prabho) - O king/lord (O lord)

Words meanings and morphology

तया (tayā) - by that woman (by her, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (the speaker) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - was permitted (permitted, approved)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed, approved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from anu- + √jñā (to know)

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions as a predicate here.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (Aṣṭāvakra, addressed with respect) (your honor, you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific), your honor

Present Active Participle (from bhū, used as pronoun)

Derived from √bhū (to be, to exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

प्रकीर्तितः (prakīrtitaḥ) - were mentioned (mentioned, praised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prakīrtita

prakīrtita - proclaimed, mentioned, praised, celebrated

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra- + √kīrt (to mention, proclaim)

Prefix: pra

Root: kīrt (class 10)

श्रावितः (śrāvitaḥ) - having been informed (lit. 'made to hear') (made to hear, informed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrāvita

śrāvita - made to hear, caused to be heard, informed, narrated

Past Passive Participle (causal)

Derived from the causal of √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Refers to the speaker ('aham').

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that (statement) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Modifies 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - her statement/words (word, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, statement, sentence, word

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrāvitaḥ'.

गृहम् (gṛham) - to my home (to home, house)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, home

Note: Denotes motion towards a place.

अभ्यागतः (abhyāgataḥ) - I returned (having come, returned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyāgata

abhyāgata - come, arrived, returned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from abhi- + ā- + √gam (to go)

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speaker ('aham').

प्रभो (prabho) - O king/lord (O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king

Note: Addressing the listener (King Janaka in context).