महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-4, verse-20

जग्राह पाणिं विधिना तस्य ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमः ।
सा च तं पतिमासाद्य परं हर्षमवाप ह ॥२०॥

20. jagrāha pāṇiṁ vidhinā tasya brahmarṣisattamaḥ ,
sā ca taṁ patimāsādya paraṁ harṣamavāpa ha.

20. jagrāha pāṇim vidhinā tasya brahmarṣisattamaḥ
sā ca tam patim āsādya param harṣam avāpa ha

20. brahmarṣisattamaḥ tasya pāṇim vidhinā jagrāha
ca sā tam patim āsādya param harṣam avāpa ha

20. That foremost Brahmin sage accepted her hand according to custom. And she, having obtained him as a husband, attained great joy.

Words meanings summery:

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, grasped, accepted

• पाणिम् (pāṇim) - her hand (in marriage) (hand)

• विधिना (vidhinā) - by ritual, by custom, according to rule

• तस्य (tasya) - referring to the daughter (the bride) (his, of that)

• ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमः (brahmarṣisattamaḥ) - the sage Jamadagni (the best of Brahmin sages, foremost Brahmin sage)

• सा (sā) - referring to the daughter (the bride) (she, that)

• च (ca) - and

• तम् (tam) - referring to her husband (the sage) (him, that)

• पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached

• परम् (param) - great, supreme, excellent

• हर्षम् (harṣam) - joy, delight

• अवाप (avāpa) - obtained, reached, attained

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

जग्राह (jagrāha) - took, grasped, accepted

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, active voice

Root: grah (class 9)

पाणिम् (pāṇim) - her hand (in marriage) (hand)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand

विधिना (vidhinā) - by ritual, by custom, according to rule

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, ordinance, method, custom

तस्य (tasya) - referring to the daughter (the bride) (his, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Here 'tasya' refers to 'her' (the daughter), hence feminine genitive singular. While 'tad' is neuter by default, its inflected forms take on gender from context. Sanskrit has 'tasya' for both masculine and neuter genitive singular. However, in this context, it clearly refers to the Kanyā, so it is implicitly feminine, though the form itself isn't uniquely feminine.

ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तमः (brahmarṣisattamaḥ) - the sage Jamadagni (the best of Brahmin sages, foremost Brahmin sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmarṣisattama

brahmarṣisattama - the best of brahmin sages

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahmarṣi+sattama)

• brahmarṣi – brahmin sage
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

सा (sā) - referring to the daughter (the bride) (she, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - referring to her husband (the sage) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पतिम् (patim) - husband, lord

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - master, lord, husband

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from ā- √sad (to sit, approach), with -ya suffix for upasarga-prefixed roots

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

परम् (param) - great, supreme, excellent

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, supreme, highest, excellent

हर्षम् (harṣam) - joy, delight

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, pleasure

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

अवाप (avāpa) - obtained, reached, attained

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, active voice (with ā- prefix)

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)