महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-96, verse-15

एवमेतत्तदा वृत्तं तस्य यज्ञे महात्मनः ।
पश्यतां चापि नस्तत्र नकुलोऽन्तर्हितस्तदा ॥१५॥

15. evametattadā vṛttaṁ tasya yajñe mahātmanaḥ ,
paśyatāṁ cāpi nastatra nakulo'ntarhitastadā.

15. evam etat tadā vṛttam tasya yajñe mahātmanaḥ
paśyatām ca api naḥ tatra nakulaḥ antarhitaḥ tadā

15. evam etat tadā tasya mahātmanaḥ yajñe vṛttam ca
api naḥ paśyatām tatra nakulaḥ tadā antarhitaḥ

15. Thus, this indeed occurred then at the (Vedic ritual) of that great-souled (ātman) one. And as we watched there, the mongoose then disappeared.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• एतत् (etat) - this

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, transpired

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the (Vedic ritual)

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

• पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, while seeing

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• नः (naḥ) - of us, to us

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - mongoose

• अन्तर्हितः (antarhitaḥ) - disappeared, concealed, hidden

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, transpired

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, past, done

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (to be, to happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तस्य (tasya) - of him, his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the (Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - (Vedic ritual), sacrifice, worship, offering

From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

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

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, magnificent (person)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, noble
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those seeing, while seeing

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, beholding

Present Active Participle

From root dṛś (to see), changed to paś in present stem

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - of us, to us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

नकुलः (nakulaḥ) - mongoose

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - mongoose

अन्तर्हितः (antarhitaḥ) - disappeared, concealed, hidden

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarhita

antarhita - disappeared, hidden, vanished

Past Passive Participle

From root dhā with prefix antar

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)