महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-22, verse-18

भीष्म उवाच ।
अष्टावक्रस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रतिगृह्य च तां प्रभो ।
कन्यां परमधर्मात्मा प्रीतिमांश्चाभवत्तदा ॥१८॥

18. bhīṣma uvāca ,
aṣṭāvakrastathetyuktvā pratigṛhya ca tāṁ prabho ,
kanyāṁ paramadharmātmā prītimāṁścābhavattadā.

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca aṣṭāvakraḥ tathā iti uktvā pratigṛhya ca tām
prabho kanyām parama-dharmātmā prītimān ca abhavat tadā

18. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca prabho,
parama-dharmātmā aṣṭāvakraḥ tathā iti uktvā ca tām kanyām pratigṛhya tadā ca prītimān abhavat

18. Bhishma said: 'O lord, Aṣṭāvakra, the most righteous (dharma) soul, having said "So be it" and accepted that maiden, then became very joyful.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the narrator) (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (the sage) (Aṣṭāvakra)

• तथा (tathā) - 'so be it' (so, thus, in that manner)

• इति (iti) - marks quotation of 'tathā' (thus, so, denoting quotation)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (the words 'so be it') (having said, having spoken)

• प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (the maiden) (having accepted, having received)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ताम् (tām) - that (maiden) (her, that)

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

• कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (daughter, maiden)

• परम-धर्मात्मा (parama-dharmātmā) - Aṣṭāvakra, who embodied supreme righteousness (a soul of supreme righteousness, most righteous person)

• प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - became joyful (joyful, delighted)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

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

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (the narrator) (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahabharata)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect form of √vac (class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (the sage) (Aṣṭāvakra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage, lit. 'eight-crooked')

Note: Subject of the main verb 'abhavat'.

तथा (tathā) - 'so be it' (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - marks quotation of 'tathā' (thus, so, denoting quotation)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (the words 'so be it') (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from √vac (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (the maiden) (having accepted, having received)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from prati- + √grah (to seize, accept) with suffix -ya (after a prefix)

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (maiden) (her, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, her

Note: Modifies 'kanyām'.

प्रभो (prabho) - O king/lord (addressing Janaka) (O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king

कन्याम् (kanyām) - the maiden (daughter, maiden)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - daughter, maiden, virgin girl

Note: Object of 'pratigṛhya'.

परम-धर्मात्मा (parama-dharmātmā) - Aṣṭāvakra, who embodied supreme righteousness (a soul of supreme righteousness, most righteous person)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama-dharmātman

parama-dharmātman - one whose soul (ātman) is supremely righteous (dharma)

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (parama+dharma+ātman)

• parama – supreme, highest
  adjective
• dharma – righteousness, natural law, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for Aṣṭāvakraḥ.

प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - became joyful (joyful, delighted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prītimat

prītimat - joyful, delighted, possessing joy

Derived from prīti (joy) + -mat (possessive suffix)

Note: Predicate adjective for Aṣṭāvakraḥ.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - became (became, was)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular imperfect active of √bhū (class 1)

Root: bhū (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)