महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-81, verse-21

तमुवाच ततः पृष्टो मणिपूरपतिस्तदा ।
प्रसाद्य शिरसा विद्वानुलूपी पृच्छ्यतामिति ॥२१॥

21. tamuvāca tataḥ pṛṣṭo maṇipūrapatistadā ,
prasādya śirasā vidvānulūpī pṛcchyatāmiti.

21. tam uvāca tataḥ pṛṣṭaḥ maṇipūrapatiḥ tadā
prasādya śirasā vidvān ulūpī pṛcchyatām iti

21. tataḥ pṛṣṭaḥ vidvān maṇipūrapatiḥ tadā tam
uvāca śirasā prasādya ulūpī pṛcchyatām iti

21. Then, being questioned, the wise lord of Maṇipūra spoke to him. Having propitiated him by bowing his head, he said, 'Let Ulūpī be asked about this.'

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to Arjuna (to him, that (masculine))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - being questioned (by Arjuna) (questioned, asked)

• मणिपूरपतिः (maṇipūrapatiḥ) - King Babhruvāhana (the lord of Maṇipūra)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having appeased, having propitiated, having satisfied

• शिरसा (śirasā) - by bowing his head (with the head, by means of the head)

• विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise king (wise, learned, knowing)

• उलूपी (ulūpī) - Ulūpī, Arjuna's Naga wife (Ulūpī (proper name))

• पृच्छ्यताम् (pṛcchyatām) - let her be asked, she should be questioned

• इति (iti) - introducing/concluding a quote (thus, so, in this way)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to Arjuna (to him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Direct object of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada verb

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable particle

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - being questioned (by Arjuna) (questioned, asked)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - questioned, asked, interrogated

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root 'prach' (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

मणिपूरपतिः (maṇipūrapatiḥ) - King Babhruvāhana (the lord of Maṇipūra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maṇipūrapati

maṇipūrapati - lord/ruler of Maṇipūra

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (maṇipūra+pati)

• maṇipūra – name of a city/region, city of jewels
  proper noun (neuter)
• pati – lord, master, husband, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable particle

Note: Temporal adverb.

प्रसाद्य (prasādya) - having appeased, having propitiated, having satisfied

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive form of root 'sad' with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - by bowing his head (with the head, by means of the head)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, skull, top, peak

N-stem noun

Note: Used to express the means of propitiation.

विद्वान् (vidvān) - the wise king (wise, learned, knowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidvat

vidvat - wise, learned, knowing

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root 'vid' (to know)

Root: vid (class 2)

उलूपी (ulūpī) - Ulūpī, Arjuna's Naga wife (Ulūpī (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ulūpī

ulūpī - Ulūpī (name of a nāga princess, Arjuna's wife)

Note: Subject of the implied passive construction 'pṛcchyatām'.

पृच्छ्यताम् (pṛcchyatām) - let her be asked, she should be questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of prach

Imperative Passive

Imperative mood, 3rd person singular, passive voice, from root 'prach'

Root: prach (class 6)

इति (iti) - introducing/concluding a quote (thus, so, in this way)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable particle