महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-42, verse-2

अब्रवीच्च मुदा युक्तः पुनरागमनं प्रति ।
कथं नु त्यक्तदेहानां पुनस्तद्रूपदर्शनम् ॥२॥

2. abravīcca mudā yuktaḥ punarāgamanaṁ prati ,
kathaṁ nu tyaktadehānāṁ punastadrūpadarśanam.

2. abravīt ca mudā yuktaḥ punarāgamanam prati
katham nu tyaktadehānām punaḥ tat rūpa darśanam

2. saḥ mudā yuktaḥ ca punarāgamanam prati abravīt katham
nu tyaktadehānām punaḥ tat rūpa darśanam bhavati

2. And, filled with joy, he spoke regarding their reappearance, asking: 'How indeed is the form of those who have abandoned their bodies seen again?'

Words meanings summery:

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• च (ca) - and, also

• मुदा (mudā) - with joy, happily

• युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - filled with joy (endowed, filled, joined)

• पुनरागमनम् (punarāgamanam) - the reappearance of the ancestors (return, reappearance, coming again)

• प्रति (prati) - regarding, about (towards, regarding, concerning)

• कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

• नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle))

• त्यक्तदेहानाम् (tyaktadehānām) - of those who have abandoned bodies, of the deceased

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

• तत् (tat) - their (referring to the ancestors) (that, their)

• रूप (rūpa) - form, shape, appearance

• दर्शनम् (darśanam) - seeing, vision, appearance

Words meanings and morphology

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Imperfect Tense

Root bru with augment a- and ī insertion.

Root: bru (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मुदा (mudā) - with joy, happily

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of mud

mud - joy, delight, pleasure

From root mud (to rejoice)

Root: mud (class 1)

युक्तः (yuktaḥ) - filled with joy (endowed, filled, joined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, engaged, endowed with, filled with

Past Passive Participle

from root yuj with suffix kta

Root: yuj (class 7)

पुनरागमनम् (punarāgamanam) - the reappearance of the ancestors (return, reappearance, coming again)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of punarāgamana

punarāgamana - coming again, return, reappearance

Compound of punaḥ (again) and āgamana (arrival)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (punaḥ+āgamana)

• punaḥ – again, anew, furthermore
  indeclinable
• āgamana – coming, arrival, return
  noun (neuter)
  Noun of action
  from root gam with prefix ā and suffix lyuṭ
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Object of prati.

प्रति (prati) - regarding, about (towards, regarding, concerning)

(indeclinable)

Preposition/prefix

कथम् (katham) - how? in what manner?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

नु (nu) - indeed (emphasizing the question) (indeed, now, then (interrogative or emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

त्यक्तदेहानाम् (tyaktadehānām) - of those who have abandoned bodies, of the deceased

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tyaktadeha

tyaktadeha - having abandoned the body, whose body is abandoned, deceased

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tyakta+deha)

• tyakta – abandoned, given up, forsaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root tyaj (to abandon) with suffix kta
  Root: tyaj (class 1)
• deha – body, physical form
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dih (class 2)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - their (referring to the ancestors) (that, their)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

रूप (rūpa) - form, shape, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rūpa

rūpa - form, shape, appearance, beauty, nature

दर्शनम् (darśanam) - seeing, vision, appearance

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of darśana

darśana - seeing, looking, vision, appearance, perception, doctrine

Noun of action

From root dṛś (to see) with suffix lyuṭ

Root: dṛś (class 1)