महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-2, verse-17

प्राक्षिपन्सागरे तच्च पुरुषा राजशासनात् ।
अघोषयंश्च नगरे वचनादाहुकस्य च ॥१७॥

17. prākṣipansāgare tacca puruṣā rājaśāsanāt ,
aghoṣayaṁśca nagare vacanādāhukasya ca.

17. prākṣipan sāgare tat ca puruṣāḥ rājaśāsanāt
aghoṣayan ca nagare vacanāt āhukasya ca

17. puruṣāḥ rājaśāsanāt tat ca sāgare prākṣipan
nagare ca āhukasya vacanāt aghoṣayan

17. And men, by the king's command, threw that into the ocean. And they also proclaimed in the city on the instruction of Āhuka.

Words meanings summery:

• प्राक्षिपन् (prākṣipan) - they threw, they cast

• सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean, into the ocean

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons

• राजशासनात् (rājaśāsanāt) - from the king's command, by royal decree

• अघोषयन् (aghoṣayan) - they proclaimed, they announced

• च (ca) - and, also

• नगरे (nagare) - in the city

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the instruction, on the statement

• आहुकस्य (āhukasya) - of Āhuka

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

प्राक्षिपन् (prākṣipan) - they threw, they cast

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pra-kṣip

Imperfect Active

3rd person plural, parasmaipada

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣip (class 6)

सागरे (sāgare) - in the ocean, into the ocean

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Also nominative singular neuter. Context implies accusative.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, human being

राजशासनात् (rājaśāsanāt) - from the king's command, by royal decree

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of rājaśāsana

rājaśāsana - royal command, king's order, royal decree

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+śāsana)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śāsana – command, rule, decree, instruction
  noun (neuter)
  From root śās- 'to command, instruct'
  Root: śās (class 2)

अघोषयन् (aghoṣayan) - they proclaimed, they announced

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of ghoṣay

Causative Imperfect Active

3rd person plural, parasmaipada. Formed from root ghuṣ- (1st class) with suffix -āp (causative) and augment a-.

Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

नगरे (nagare) - in the city

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

वचनात् (vacanāt) - from the word, by the instruction, on the statement

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying, instruction

From root vac- 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

आहुकस्य (āhukasya) - of Āhuka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of Āhuka

Āhuka - Name of a Yadava chief, father of Ugrasena

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)