महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-41, verse-3

स ददर्श तमासीनं विपुलस्य कलेवरम् ।
निश्चेष्टं स्तब्धनयनं यथालेख्यगतं तथा ॥३॥

3. sa dadarśa tamāsīnaṁ vipulasya kalevaram ,
niśceṣṭaṁ stabdhanayanaṁ yathālekhyagataṁ tathā.

3. sa dadarśa tam āsīnam vipulasya kalevaram
niśceṣṭam stabdhanayanam yathā ālekhyagatam tathā

3. He saw him seated—the body of a mighty one—motionless, with fixed eyes, just like a figure in a painting.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• आसीनम् (āsīnam) - seated, sitting

• विपुलस्य (vipulasya) - of the vast/mighty one

• कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body, form

• निश्चेष्टम् (niśceṣṭam) - motionless, inactive

• स्तब्धनयनम् (stabdhanayanam) - with fixed eyes, unmoving gaze

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

• आलेख्यगतम् (ālekhyagatam) - having gone into a painting, depicted in a picture

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

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated perfect form.

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of 'saw'.

आसीनम् (āsīnam) - seated, sitting

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsīna

āsīna - seated, sitting

Past Active Participle

Derived from √ās (to sit).

Root: ās (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tam'.

विपुलस्य (vipulasya) - of the vast/mighty one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vipula

vipula - vast, wide, great, mighty, huge

Note: Can also be neuter genitive. Here likely masculine as it describes a being.

कलेवरम् (kalevaram) - body, form

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kalevara

kalevara - body, frame, carcass

Note: Object of 'saw', or in apposition to 'tam'.

निश्चेष्टम् (niśceṣṭam) - motionless, inactive

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niśceṣṭa

niśceṣṭa - motionless, inactive, without effort

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tam' and 'kalevaram'.

स्तब्धनयनम् (stabdhanayanam) - with fixed eyes, unmoving gaze

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of stabdhanayana

stabdhanayana - having fixed eyes, with unmoving gaze

Compound type : bahuvrihi (stabdha+nayana)

• stabdha – fixed, stiff, rigid, arrested
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from √stambh (to prop, support, make stiff)
  Root: stambh (class 5)
• nayana – eye, leading, guiding
  noun (neuter)
  from √nī (to lead)
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tam' and 'kalevaram'.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)

आलेख्यगतम् (ālekhyagatam) - having gone into a painting, depicted in a picture

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ālekhyagata

ālekhyagata - gone into a picture, depicted in a painting

Compound type : tatpurusha (ālekhya+gata)

• ālekhya – painting, picture, drawing
  noun (neuter)
  Gerundive
  from ā-√likh (to write, draw)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: likh (class 6)
• gata – gone, arrived, situated, obtained
  participle
  Past Passive Participle
  from √gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Accusative singular, agreeing with 'tam' and 'kalevaram'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with 'yathā' to mean 'as...so'.