महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-84, verse-45

ततोऽग्निर्देवता दृष्ट्वा बभूव व्यथितस्तदा ।
किमागमनमित्येवं तानपृच्छत पावकः ॥४५॥

45. tato'gnirdevatā dṛṣṭvā babhūva vyathitastadā ,
kimāgamanamityevaṁ tānapṛcchata pāvakaḥ.

45. tataḥ agniḥ devatāḥ dṛṣṭvā babhūva vyathitaḥ
tadā kim āgamanam iti evam tān apṛcchat pāvakaḥ

45. tataḥ agniḥ devatāḥ dṛṣṭvā vyathitaḥ babhūva
tadā pāvakaḥ tān evaṃ kim āgamanam iti apṛcchat

45. Thereupon, Agni, having seen the deities, became distressed. "What is the purpose of your arrival?" thus the fire asked them.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (from that, thence, thereafter)

• अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (the deity) (fire, god of fire)

• देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• बभूव (babhūva) - he became

• व्यथितः (vyathitaḥ) - distressed, agitated, troubled

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• किम् (kim) - what (is) (what?, why?)

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• तान् (tān) - the deities (them (masculine plural))

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked

• पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Agni (the deity) (the fire, Agni)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - thereupon (from that, thence, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

ablative of tad

अग्निः (agniḥ) - Agni (the deity) (fire, god of fire)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agni

agni - fire, god of fire

देवताः (devatāḥ) - deities, gods

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (krt)

Absolutive (tvā) of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Expresses prior action to babhūva.

बभूव (babhūva) - he became

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root bhū, Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the first clause.

व्यथितः (vyathitaḥ) - distressed, agitated, troubled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyathita

vyathita - distressed, agitated, troubled

Past Passive Participle

Root vyath (to tremble, be distressed), P.P.P.

Root: vyath (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective for Agni.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what (is) (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which (interrogative pronoun/adverb)

Note: Predicate nominative for āgamanam.

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - coming, approach, arrival

action noun

Derived from gam with ā- prefix

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of the implied verb "is" in the question.

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

Note: Reinforces iti.

तान् (tān) - the deities (them (masculine plural))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Object of apṛcchat. Refers to devatāḥ.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he asked

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Root prach, 6th class, imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: apṛcchat from prach, 6th class.

पावकः (pāvakaḥ) - Agni (the deity) (the fire, Agni)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāvaka

pāvaka - purifying, pure; fire, Agni

Derived from root pū (to purify)

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Subject of apṛcchat.