महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-95, verse-33

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तथा कथयतामेव देवराजः पुरंदरः ।
ववर्ष सुमहातेजा दृष्ट्वा तस्य तपोबलम् ॥३३॥

33. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tathā kathayatāmeva devarājaḥ puraṁdaraḥ ,
vavarṣa sumahātejā dṛṣṭvā tasya tapobalam.

33. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tathā kathayatām eva devarājaḥ
purandaraḥ vavarṣa sumahātejāḥ dṛṣṭvā tasya tapobalam

33. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tathā kathayatām eva devarājaḥ
purandaraḥ sumahātejāḥ tasya tapobalam dṛṣṭvā vavarṣa

33. Vaiśampāyana said: Even as they were speaking, Indra, the king of the gods and one of great splendor, rained, having witnessed the power of his asceticism (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner)

• कथयताम् (kathayatām) - as they were speaking (of those speaking, while speaking)

• एव (eva) - even as, just as (indeed, certainly, just, only)

• देवराजः (devarājaḥ) - king of the gods (king of gods, Indra)

• पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra (destroyer of cities) (destroyer of cities (an epithet of Indra))

• ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained

• सुमहातेजाः (sumahātejāḥ) - of great splendor (of great splendor, very powerful)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having witnessed (having seen, after seeing)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

• तपोबलम् (tapobalam) - power of his asceticism (tapas) (power of asceticism, strength of penance)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampāyana (Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, so, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

कथयताम् (kathayatām) - as they were speaking (of those speaking, while speaking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, telling, narrating

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of √kath (10th class, 'kathayati'), genitive plural

Root: kath (class 10)

एव (eva) - even as, just as (indeed, certainly, just, only)

(indeclinable)

देवराजः (devarājaḥ) - king of the gods (king of gods, Indra)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devarāja

devarāja - king of gods, Indra

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+rāja)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

पुरन्दरः (purandaraḥ) - Indra (destroyer of cities) (destroyer of cities (an epithet of Indra))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of purandara

purandara - destroyer of cities, Indra

From pura (city) + √dṛ (to tear, split), agent noun

Compound type : tatpurusha (pura+dara)

• pura – city, fortress
  noun (neuter)
• dara – tearing, splitting, one who tears
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √dṛ
  Root: dṛ (class 6)

ववर्ष (vavarṣa) - rained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vṛṣ

Perfect Active

3rd person singular perfect active of √vṛṣ

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

सुमहातेजाः (sumahātejāḥ) - of great splendor (of great splendor, very powerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahātejas

sumahātejas - of great splendor, very powerful

From 'su' (good, very) + 'mahā' (great) + 'tejas' (splendor, energy)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahā+tejas)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• tejas – splendor, energy, power
  noun (neuter)
  From √tij (to be sharp)
  Root: tij (class 6)

Note: Agrees with Purandaraḥ.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having witnessed (having seen, after seeing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - his (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Agastya.

तपोबलम् (tapobalam) - power of his asceticism (tapas) (power of asceticism, strength of penance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapobala

tapobala - power of asceticism, strength of penance

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+bala)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
  From √tap (to heat, to perform penance)
  Root: tap (class 1)
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
  Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.