महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-16, chapter-8, verse-61

प्रेक्षतस्त्वेव पार्थस्य वृष्ण्यन्धकवरस्त्रियः ।
जग्मुरादाय ते म्लेच्छाः समन्ताज्जनमेजय ॥६१॥

61. prekṣatastveva pārthasya vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ ,
jagmurādāya te mlecchāḥ samantājjanamejaya.

61. prekṣataḥ tu eva pārthasya vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ
jagmuḥ ādāya te mlecchāḥ samantāt janamejaya

61. janamejaya tu eva pārthasya prekṣataḥ te mlecchāḥ
samantāt vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ ādāya jagmuḥ

61. But, O Janamejaya, while Pārtha (Arjuna) merely watched, those barbarians (mleccha) from all sides seized and carried away the most excellent women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रेक्षतः (prekṣataḥ) - while Arjuna was watching (while looking on, of the one who was looking)

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

• पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna (of Pārtha)

• वृष्ण्यन्धकवरस्त्रियः (vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ) - the best women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they carried away

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

• ते (te) - those barbarians (those)

• म्लेच्छाः (mlecchāḥ) - barbarians, foreigners, impure people

• समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya

Words meanings and morphology

प्रेक्षतः (prekṣataḥ) - while Arjuna was watching (while looking on, of the one who was looking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of prekṣat

prekṣat - looking, seeing, watching

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle of root 'īkṣ' (to see) with upasarga 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as a nominal.

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, merely, indeed

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

पार्थस्य (pārthasya) - of Arjuna (of Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

Patronymic from Pṛthā.

वृष्ण्यन्धकवरस्त्रियः (vṛṣṇyandhakavarastriyaḥ) - the best women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vṛṣṇyandhakavarastrī

vṛṣṇyandhakavarastrī - the best women of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas

Compound of 'vṛṣṇi' (Vṛṣṇi clan), 'andhaka' (Andhaka clan), 'vara' (best), and 'strī' (woman).

Compound type : dvandva-tatpuruṣa (vṛṣṇi+andhaka+vara+strī)

• vṛṣṇi – name of a clan (Vṛṣṇi)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛṣ (class 1)
• andhaka – name of a clan (Andhaka)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: andh
• vara – excellent, best, choicest
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'vṛ' (to choose).
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• strī – woman, wife, female
  noun (feminine)
  Root: stṛ

Note: The compound itself functions as a noun in the accusative plural.

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went, they carried away

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect tense

3rd plural Perfect active of gam. Here used with 'ādāya' to mean 'carried away' or 'took away'.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used transitively in context with ādāya.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Absolutive (indeclinable participle) of 'dā' (to give/take) with upasarga 'ā'. The root 'dā' can mean both 'to give' and 'to take' depending on context and prefix.

Prefix: ā

Root: dā (class 3)

ते (te) - those barbarians (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the barbarians (mlecchāḥ).

म्लेच्छाः (mlecchāḥ) - barbarians, foreigners, impure people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mleccha

mleccha - barbarian, foreigner, non-Aryan

Root: mlecch (class 1)

समन्तात् (samantāt) - from all sides, all around

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'samanta' (all-round) + 'tasi' suffix.

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit