महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-24, verse-14

तदहृष्टमिवाकूजं गतोत्सवमिवाभवत् ।
नगरं हास्तिनपुरं सस्त्रीवृद्धकुमारकम् ॥१४॥

14. tadahṛṣṭamivākūjaṁ gatotsavamivābhavat ,
nagaraṁ hāstinapuraṁ sastrīvṛddhakumārakam.

14. tat ahṛṣṭam iva akūjam gatotsavam iva abhavat
nagaram hāstinapuram sastrīvṛddhakumārakam

14. The city of Hastinapura, with its women, old people, and children, became as if joyless, silent, and devoid of celebration.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• अहृष्टम् (ahṛṣṭam) - unjoyful, sad, cheerless

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अकूजम् (akūjam) - silent, without sound or chirping

• गतोत्सवम् (gatotsavam) - having lost its festivity, devoid of celebration

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

• नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

• हास्तिनपुरम् (hāstinapuram) - Hastinapura

• सस्त्रीवृद्धकुमारकम् (sastrīvṛddhakumārakam) - with women, old people, and children

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अहृष्टम् (ahṛṣṭam) - unjoyful, sad, cheerless

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ahṛṣṭa

ahṛṣṭa - not pleased, sad, cheerless, unjoyful

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+hṛṣṭa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• hṛṣṭa – joyful, delighted, pleased, thrilled
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root hṛṣ
  Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अकूजम् (akūjam) - silent, without sound or chirping

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of akūja

akūja - not singing, silent, not chirping

Compound type : nan-tatpurusha (a+kūja)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kūja – sound, chirping, singing
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kūj (class 1)

गतोत्सवम् (gatotsavam) - having lost its festivity, devoid of celebration

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of gatotsava

gatotsava - one whose festival is gone, devoid of festivity

Compound type : bahuvrihi (gata+utsava)

• gata – gone, departed, passed away
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• utsava – festival, feast, celebration, joy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ut
  Root: su (class 5)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - it became, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

imperfect tense, 3rd singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

नगरम् (nagaram) - city, town

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

हास्तिनपुरम् (hāstinapuram) - Hastinapura

(proper noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of hāstinapura

hāstinapura - name of a city, Hastinapura

सस्त्रीवृद्धकुमारकम् (sastrīvṛddhakumārakam) - with women, old people, and children

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sastrīvṛddhakumārakam

sastrīvṛddhakumārakam - consisting of women, old men, and children; together with women, old men, and children

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+strī+vṛddha+kumāraka)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)
• vṛddha – old, aged, grown
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  from root vṛdh
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)
• kumāraka – a young boy, child
  noun (masculine)