महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-31, verse-6

तमूचुस्ते ततो वाक्यं यमुनामवगाहितुम् ।
पुष्पाणामुदकुम्भस्य चार्थे गत इति प्रभो ॥६॥

6. tamūcuste tato vākyaṁ yamunāmavagāhitum ,
puṣpāṇāmudakumbhasya cārthe gata iti prabho.

6. tam ūcuḥ te tataḥ vākyam yamunām avagāhitum
puṣpāṇām udakumbhasya ca arthe gataḥ iti prabho

6. tataḥ te tam vākyam ūcuḥ "prabho yamunām avagāhitum puṣpāṇām ca udakumbhasya arthe gataḥ" iti.

6. Then they told him, "O lord, he has gone to the Yamunā to collect flowers and a pot of water."

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (him, that)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• ते (te) - the people previously asked by the king (they)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

• यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamunā river

• अवगाहितुम् (avagāhitum) - to go into (the river) (to descend into, to immerse oneself in)

• पुष्पाणाम् (puṣpāṇām) - of flowers

• उदकुम्भस्य (udakumbhasya) - of a water-pot

• च (ca) - and

• अर्थे (arthe) - for the purpose of, for the sake of

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

• इति (iti) - introduces a direct quote (thus, so, denoting quotation)

• प्रभो (prabho) - addressing the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O lord!, O master!)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, him

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect Past Tense

Irregular perfect form of root vac (to speak), 3rd person plural, parasmaipada.

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - the people previously asked by the king (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, this, they, those

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, sentence, statement, word

Derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac

Note: Object of 'ūcuḥ'.

यमुनाम् (yamunām) - the Yamunā river

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yamunā

yamunā - the Yamunā river (a sacred river in India)

Note: Object of 'avagāhitum'.

अवगाहितुम् (avagāhitum) - to go into (the river) (to descend into, to immerse oneself in)

(verb)

active, infinitive of avagāh

infinitive

From root gāh (to plunge) with prefix ava- (down, into) + tumun suffix.

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose.

पुष्पाणाम् (puṣpāṇām) - of flowers

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of puṣpa

puṣpa - flower, blossom

Root: puṣ

Note: Pertains to 'arthe'.

उदकुम्भस्य (udakumbhasya) - of a water-pot

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of udakumbha

udakumbha - water-pot, pitcher for water

Compound 'uda' (water) + 'kumbha' (pot).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (udas+kumbha)

• udas – water
  noun (neuter)
• kumbha – pot, pitcher
  noun (masculine)

Note: Pertains to 'arthe'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction.

Note: Connects 'puṣpāṇām' and 'udakumbhasya'.

अर्थे (arthe) - for the purpose of, for the sake of

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object

Root: arth (class 10)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gam

gam - to go, move

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) + kta suffix

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective, indicating the state of the subject (Bhīṣma).

इति (iti) - introduces a direct quote (thus, so, denoting quotation)

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - addressing the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (O lord!, O master!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, ruler

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū