महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-69, verse-4

ददृशुस्ते महाकायं कृकलासमवस्थितम् ।
तस्य चोद्धरणे यत्नमकुर्वंस्ते सहस्रशः ॥४॥

4. dadṛśuste mahākāyaṁ kṛkalāsamavasthitam ,
tasya coddharaṇe yatnamakurvaṁste sahasraśaḥ.

4. dadṛśuḥ te mahākāyam kṛkalāsam avasthitam
tasya ca uddharaṇe yatnam akurvan te sahasraśaḥ

4. te mahākāyam kṛkalāsam avasthitam dadṛśuḥ ca
te tasya uddharaṇe sahasraśaḥ yatnam akurvan

4. They saw a huge-bodied lizard situated there. And they made thousands of attempts to pull it out.

Words meanings summery:

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• ते (te) - they

• महाकायम् (mahākāyam) - huge-bodied, gigantic

• कृकलासम् (kṛkalāsam) - chameleon, lizard, monitor lizard

• अवस्थितम् (avasthitam) - fixed, lodged (in the well) (situated, standing, placed, present)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (lizard) (of that, its, of him)

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• उद्धरणे (uddharaṇe) - in the act of pulling it out (from the well) (in lifting out, in extracting, in pulling up)

• यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

• अकुर्वन् (akurvan) - they did, they made, they performed

• ते (te) - they

• सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - numerous times (by thousands, in thousands, thousands of times)

Words meanings and morphology

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

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

Perfect Indicative

3rd person plural, active voice. Reduplication da-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the water-seekers.

महाकायम् (mahākāyam) - huge-bodied, gigantic

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahākāya

mahākāya - huge-bodied, gigantic

Compound of mahat (great) and kāya (body).

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (mahat+kāya)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• kāya – body, collection, group
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: Agrees with kṛkalāsam.

कृकलासम् (kṛkalāsam) - chameleon, lizard, monitor lizard

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛkalāsa

kṛkalāsa - chameleon, lizard, monitor lizard

अवस्थितम् (avasthitam) - fixed, lodged (in the well) (situated, standing, placed, present)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avasthita

avasthita - situated, standing, placed, fixed, firm, present

Past Passive Participle

From ava- √sthā (to stand, remain) + kta suffix

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with kṛkalāsam.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (lizard) (of that, its, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the kṛkalāsa.

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

उद्धरणे (uddharaṇe) - in the act of pulling it out (from the well) (in lifting out, in extracting, in pulling up)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of uddharaṇa

uddharaṇa - lifting up, pulling out, extracting, liberation

From ud- √hṛ (to take out, lift up) + ḷyuṭ suffix

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

यत्नम् (yatnam) - effort, exertion, endeavor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatna

yatna - effort, exertion, endeavor, attempt

From √yat (to strive) + -na suffix

Root: yat (class 1)

अकुर्वन् (akurvan) - they did, they made, they performed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect Indicative

3rd person plural, active voice. Augment a- for past tense.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the water-seekers.

सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - numerous times (by thousands, in thousands, thousands of times)

(indeclinable)

From sahasra (thousand) + śas suffix (indicating manner or distribution)