महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-83, verse-12

तत्रागम्य पितुः पुत्र श्राद्धकर्म समारभम् ।
माता मे जाह्नवी चैव साहाय्यमकरोत्तदा ॥१२॥

12. tatrāgamya pituḥ putra śrāddhakarma samārabham ,
mātā me jāhnavī caiva sāhāyyamakarottadā.

12. tatra āgamya pituḥ putra śrāddhakarma samārabham
mātā me jāhnavī ca eva sāhāyyam akarot tadā

12. putra tatra pituḥ śrāddhakarma āgamya samārabham
tadā me mātā jāhnavī ca eva sāhāyyam akarot

12. Having arrived there, O son, I commenced the ancestral ritual (śrāddhakarma) for my father. My mother Janhavi herself then offered assistance.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then

• आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, having arrived

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

• पुत्र (putra) - O son

• श्राद्धकर्म (śrāddhakarma) - ancestral ritual, funeral rites

• समारभम् (samārabham) - I began, I commenced

• माता (mātā) - mother

• मे (me) - my, to me, for me

• जाह्नवी (jāhnavī) - Janhavi (name of the river Ganges)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam) - help, assistance

• अकरोत् (akarot) - she did, she made

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, then

(indeclinable)

Locative case of the pronominal stem 'tad' used as an indeclinable

आगम्य (āgamya) - having come, having arrived

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund) with prefix

Derived from ā-√gam (to go) + -ya suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

पुत्र (putra) - O son

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

श्राद्धकर्म (śrāddhakarma) - ancestral ritual, funeral rites

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddhakarma

śrāddhakarma - ancestral ritual, funeral rites

Compound type : tatpurusha (śrāddha+karma)

• śrāddha – faith, reverence; ancestral offering
  noun (neuter)
• karma – action, deed, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

समारभम् (samārabham) - I began, I commenced

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of samā-rabh

Imperfect Tense

First person singular, Parasmaipada, Imperfect Tense, from √rabh with prefixes sam- and ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

मे (me) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, myself

Enclitic form for Genitive or Dative singular

जाह्नवी (jāhnavī) - Janhavi (name of the river Ganges)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jāhnavī

jāhnavī - name of the river Ganges (daughter of Jahnu)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

साहाय्यम् (sāhāyyam) - help, assistance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāhāyya

sāhāyya - help, assistance

Derived from saha (with)

अकरोत् (akarot) - she did, she made

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense

Third person singular, Parasmaipada, Imperfect Tense, from √kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From the pronominal stem 'tad'