महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-35

ते स्म तत्र यथाकामं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे दिवौकसः ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा तस्मै प्रतियान्ति यथागतम् ॥३५॥

35. te sma tatra yathākāmaṁ dṛṣṭvā sarve divaukasaḥ ,
praṇamya śirasā tasmai pratiyānti yathāgatam.

35. te sma tatra yathākāmam dṛṣṭvā sarve divaukasaḥ
praṇamya śirasā tasmai pratiyānti yathāgatam

35. All those celestial beings (divaukasaḥ), having seen him there, would bow their heads to him as they wished and then return the way they had come.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action/habit)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, according to desire

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - celestial beings, dwellers of heaven, gods

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, for him

• प्रतियान्ति (pratiyānti) - they return, they go back

• यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they came, in the manner they arrived

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to denote past action/habit)

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

यथाकामम् (yathākāmam) - as desired, according to desire

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+kāma)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

दिवौकसः (divaukasaḥ) - celestial beings, dwellers of heaven, gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of divaukas

divaukas - dweller in heaven, celestial being, god

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (div+okas)

• div – heaven, sky, day
  noun (feminine)
• okas – dwelling, house, abode
  noun (neuter)

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root nam with prefix pra and suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head, by the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head, top

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him, for him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रतियान्ति (pratiyānti) - they return, they go back

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of prati-yā

present indicative, 3rd person plural

Prefix: prati

Root: yā (class 2)

यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - as they came, in the manner they arrived

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+gata)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• gata – gone, arrived, passed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root gam with suffix -kta
  Root: gam (class 1)