महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-92, verse-9

ततः समेत्य नकुलं पर्यपृच्छन्त ते द्विजाः ।
कुतस्त्वं समनुप्राप्तो यज्ञं साधुसमागमम् ॥९॥

9. tataḥ sametya nakulaṁ paryapṛcchanta te dvijāḥ ,
kutastvaṁ samanuprāpto yajñaṁ sādhusamāgamam.

9. tataḥ sametya nakulam paryapṛcchanta te dvijāḥ
kutaḥ tvam samanuprāptaḥ yajñam sādhusamāgamam

9. tataḥ te dvijāḥ nakulam sametya paryapṛcchanta
tvam kutaḥ sādhusamāgamam yajñam samanuprāptaḥ

9. Thereupon, those Brahmins approached the mongoose and asked, 'From where have you arrived at this `Vedic ritual` (yajña), which is an assembly of virtuous people?'

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

• समेत्य (sametya) - having come together, having approached

• नकुलम् (nakulam) - the mongoose

• पर्यपृच्छन्त (paryapṛcchanta) - they asked

• ते (te) - those

• द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - Brahmins, twice-born ones

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• समनुप्राप्तः (samanuprāptaḥ) - arrived, having reached

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual

• साधुसमागमम् (sādhusamāgamam) - assembly of virtuous people, gathering of good people

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from there

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' with 'tasil' suffix.

समेत्य (sametya) - having come together, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from prefixes 'sam-' and 'ā-' + root 'i' with suffix 'ya'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

नकुलम् (nakulam) - the mongoose

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

पर्यपृच्छन्त (paryapṛcchanta) - they asked

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of pari-√prach

Imperfect

3rd person plural imperfect active form of '√prach' with prefix 'pari-'. Formed by 'pari' + 'apṛcchanta'.

Prefix: pari

Root: prach (class 6)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

द्विजाः (dvijāḥ) - Brahmins, twice-born ones

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, bird, tooth)

कुतः (kutaḥ) - whence, from where

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'kim' with 'tasil' suffix.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

समनुप्राप्तः (samanuprāptaḥ) - arrived, having reached

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samanuprāpta

sam-anu-pra-√āp - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From prefixes 'sam-', 'anu-', 'pra-' + root 'āp' with 'kta' suffix. Functions as an adjective here, agreeing with 'tvam'.

Prefixes: sam+anu+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Often used with an active sense when referring to an agent, as 'having arrived'.

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, offering

साधुसमागमम् (sādhusamāgamam) - assembly of virtuous people, gathering of good people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sādhusamāgama

sādhusamāgama - assembly of good people, meeting of virtuous ones

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sādhu+samāgama)

• sādhu – good, virtuous, saintly, upright
  adjective/noun (masculine)
• samāgama – assembly, meeting, coming together
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'sam-ā-√gam' (to come together).
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: gam (class 1)