महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-42, verse-7

तान्यगृह्णात्ततो राजन्रुचिर्नलिनलोचना ।
तदा निमन्त्रकस्तस्या अङ्गेभ्यः क्षिप्रमागमत् ॥७॥

7. tānyagṛhṇāttato rājanrucirnalinalocanā ,
tadā nimantrakastasyā aṅgebhyaḥ kṣipramāgamat.

7. tāni agṛhṇāt tataḥ rājan ruciḥ nalinalocanā tadā
nimantrakaḥ tasyāḥ aṅgebhyaḥ kṣipram āgamat

7. rājan tataḥ nalinalocanā ruciḥ tāni agṛhṇāt tadā
tasyāḥ aṅgebhyaḥ nimantrakaḥ kṣipram āgamat

7. O king, then the lotus-eyed Ruci picked those flowers up. At that very moment, an inviter (or messenger) quickly emerged from her body.

Words meanings summery:

• तानि (tāni) - Refers to the 'puṣpāṇi' (flowers) from the previous verse. (those)

• अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - took, picked up, grasped

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• राजन् (rājan) - An address to the listener, common in epic narratives. (O king)

• रुचिः (ruciḥ) - Ruci, the name of the sister mentioned earlier. (Ruci (name), light, beauty)

• नलिनलोचना (nalinalocanā) - lotus-eyed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• निमन्त्रकः (nimantrakaḥ) - inviter, summoner, messenger

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - Possessive, referring to the woman whose flowers fell. (of her, from her)

• अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) - from the limbs, from the body parts

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• आगमत् (āgamat) - came, arrived

Words meanings and morphology

तानि (tāni) - Refers to the 'puṣpāṇi' (flowers) from the previous verse. (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of 'agṛhṇāt'.

अगृह्णात् (agṛhṇāt) - took, picked up, grasped

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular, imperfect tense of root grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Main verb for Ruci's action.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - An address to the listener, common in epic narratives. (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

रुचिः (ruciḥ) - Ruci, the name of the sister mentioned earlier. (Ruci (name), light, beauty)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ruci

ruci - light, luster, beauty, taste; (as proper noun) Ruci

Note: Subject of 'agṛhṇāt'.

नलिनलोचना (nalinalocanā) - lotus-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nalinalocana

nalinalocana - lotus-eyed, having eyes like lotuses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nalina+locana)

• nalina – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• locana – eye, seeing
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies 'ruciḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

निमन्त्रकः (nimantrakaḥ) - inviter, summoner, messenger

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimantraka

nimantraka - inviter, summoner, messenger

Derived from root mantr (to advise) with upasarga ni

Prefix: ni

Root: mantr (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'āgamat'.

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - Possessive, referring to the woman whose flowers fell. (of her, from her)

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

Note: Governs 'aṅgebhyaḥ' (often ablative or genitive can be used with 'from').

अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) - from the limbs, from the body parts

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, plural of aṅga

aṅga - limb, body part, component

Note: Indicates the source from which the inviter emerged.

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies 'āgamat'.

आगमत् (āgamat) - came, arrived

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active Indicative

3rd person singular, imperfect tense of root gam with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Main verb for the summoner's arrival.