महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-95, verse-12

ततः कर्मान्तरे राजन्नगस्त्यस्य महात्मनः ।
कथेयमभिनिर्वृत्ता मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् ॥१२॥

12. tataḥ karmāntare rājannagastyasya mahātmanaḥ ,
katheyamabhinirvṛttā munīnāṁ bhāvitātmanām.

12. tataḥ karmāntare rājan agastyasya mahātmanaḥ
kathā iyam abhinirvṛttā munīnām bhāvitātmanām

12. Then, O King, after the completion of the rites of the great-souled Agastya, this story took place among the sages whose souls were purified (bhāvitātman).

Words meanings summery:

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

• कर्मान्तरे (karmāntare) - after the completion of the rites (at the end of an action, in the interval of actions)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• अगस्त्यस्य (agastyasya) - of Agastya

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the noble

• कथा (kathā) - story, narrative, tale

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• अभिनिर्वृत्ता (abhinirvṛttā) - this story arose/took place (arisen, accomplished, happened)

• मुनीनाम् (munīnām) - of sages, of ascetics

• भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of the sages whose souls were purified (bhāvitātman) (of those whose souls are purified, of those whose selves are developed)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

कर्मान्तरे (karmāntare) - after the completion of the rites (at the end of an action, in the interval of actions)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of karmāntara

karmāntara - interval of actions, end of a rite, another action

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karman+antara)

• karman – action, deed, ritual, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• antara – interval, middle, within, other
  noun (neuter)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

अगस्त्यस्य (agastyasya) - of Agastya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of agastya

agastya - Agastya (name of a revered Vedic sage)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled, of the noble

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, the great self

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

कथा (kathā) - story, narrative, tale

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, narrative, tale, conversation

Root: kath (class 10)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अभिनिर्वृत्ता (abhinirvṛttā) - this story arose/took place (arisen, accomplished, happened)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of abhinirvṛtta

abhinirvṛtta - produced, arisen, happened, accomplished, completed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'vṛt' with prefixes 'abhi-' and 'nir-'

Prefixes: abhi+nir

Root: vṛt (class 1)

मुनीनाम् (munīnām) - of sages, of ascetics

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, saint

Root: man (class 4)

भावितात्मनाम् (bhāvitātmanām) - of the sages whose souls were purified (bhāvitātman) (of those whose souls are purified, of those whose selves are developed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of bhāvitātman

bhāvitātman - one whose soul is purified, one whose mind is cultivated or developed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhāvita+ātman)

• bhāvita – purified, cultivated, manifested, caused to be
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) in the causative sense, meaning 'to cause to be' or 'to purify/cultivate'
  Root: bhū (class 1)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)