महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-96, verse-8

केचिद्बिसान्यखनंस्तत्र राजन्नन्ये मृणालान्यखनंस्तत्र विप्राः ।
अथापश्यन्पुष्करं ते ह्रियन्तं ह्रदादगस्त्येन समुद्धृतं वै ॥८॥

8. kecidbisānyakhanaṁstatra rāja;nnanye mṛṇālānyakhanaṁstatra viprāḥ ,
athāpaśyanpuṣkaraṁ te hriyantaṁ; hradādagastyena samuddhṛtaṁ vai.

8. kecit bisāni akhanan tatra rājan
anye mṛṇālāni akhanan tatra viprāḥ
atha apaśyan puṣkaram te hriyamāṇam
hradāt agastyena samuddhṛtam vai

8. rājan,
kecit tatra bisāni akhanan.
anye viprāḥ tatra mṛṇālāni akhanan.
atha te hradāt agastyena samuddhṛtam hriyamāṇam puṣkaram vai apaśyan.

8. O King, some of them dug up lotus stalks there, while other Brahmins dug up lotus roots there. Then they saw a lotus being carried away from the lake, indeed, lifted out by Agastya.

Words meanings summery:

• केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

• बिसानि (bisāni) - lotus stalks, lotus fibers

• अखनन् (akhanan) - they dug

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• अन्ये (anye) - others

• मृणालानि (mṛṇālāni) - lotus roots, lotus fibers

• अखनन् (akhanan) - they dug

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, sages

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

• अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw

• पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - a lotus, a lotus flower

• ते (te) - the Brahmins and other sages (they)

• ह्रियमाणम् (hriyamāṇam) - being carried, being taken away

• ह्रदात् (hradāt) - from the lake, from the pond

• अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya

• समुद्धृतम् (samuddhṛtam) - lifted up, extracted, drawn out

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

Words meanings and morphology

केचित् (kecit) - some (people)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kimcid

kimcid - some, someone, certain

बिसानि (bisāni) - lotus stalks, lotus fibers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bisa

bisa - lotus stalk, lotus fiber

अखनन् (akhanan) - they dug

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of khan

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Root 'khan' (1st conjugation, parasmaipada), third person plural active imperfect form, with augment 'a'.

Root: khan (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

अन्ये (anye) - others

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

मृणालानि (mṛṇālāni) - lotus roots, lotus fibers

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of mṛṇāla

mṛṇāla - lotus root, lotus fiber

अखनन् (akhanan) - they dug

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of khan

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Root 'khan' (1st conjugation, parasmaipada), third person plural active imperfect form, with augment 'a'.

Root: khan (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired, learned

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, now

(indeclinable)

अपश्यन् (apaśyan) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect (Laṅ)

Root 'paś' (derived from 'dṛś', 1st conjugation, parasmaipada), third person plural active imperfect form, with augment 'a'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पुष्करम् (puṣkaram) - a lotus, a lotus flower

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of puṣkara

puṣkara - lotus, lotus flower, a blue lotus, a lake

ते (te) - the Brahmins and other sages (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

ह्रियमाणम् (hriyamāṇam) - being carried, being taken away

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hriyamāṇa

hriyamāṇa - being carried, being taken away, being borne

Present Passive Participle

From root 'hṛ' (to carry, take) with the suffix '-yamāṇa'.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

ह्रदात् (hradāt) - from the lake, from the pond

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of hrada

hrada - lake, pond, deep pool

अगस्त्येन (agastyena) - by Agastya

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (name of a revered Vedic sage)

समुद्धृतम् (samuddhṛtam) - lifted up, extracted, drawn out

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of samuddhṛta

samuddhṛta - lifted up, drawn out, extracted, saved

Past Passive Participle

From root 'dhṛ' (to hold) with upasargas 'sam' and 'ud'.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)