महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-26, verse-3

स गत्वा राजशार्दूलः पाञ्चालानां पुरं महत् ।
पाञ्चालान्विविधोपायैः सान्त्वयामास पाण्डवः ॥३॥

3. sa gatvā rājaśārdūlaḥ pāñcālānāṁ puraṁ mahat ,
pāñcālānvividhopāyaiḥ sāntvayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ.

3. sa gatvā rājaśārdūlaḥ pāñcālānām puram mahat
pāñcālān vividha-upāyaiḥ sāntvayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ

3. The Pāṇḍava (Bhīma), who was a lion among kings, went to the great city of the Pañcālas and pacified them using various strategies.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• राजशार्दूलः (rājaśārdūlaḥ) - Bhīma, who is compared to a lion among kings (lion among kings, excellent king)

• पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Pañcālas

• पुरम् (puram) - city, town, stronghold

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

• पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Pañcālas (people)

• विविध-उपायैः (vividha-upāyaiḥ) - by various means, by various strategies

• सान्त्वयामास (sāntvayāmāsa) - he consoled, he pacified

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍavas (son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Absolutive (gerund)

राजशार्दूलः (rājaśārdūlaḥ) - Bhīma, who is compared to a lion among kings (lion among kings, excellent king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājaśārdūla

rājaśārdūla - lion among kings, best of kings

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpuruṣa (rājan+śārdūla)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, lion, best among
  noun (masculine)

पाञ्चालानाम् (pāñcālānām) - of the Pañcālas

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāñcāla

pāñcāla - belonging to the Pañcālas (a people/country); a king of the Pañcālas

पुरम् (puram) - city, town, stronghold

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress

महत् (mahat) - great, large, important

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

पाञ्चालान् (pāñcālān) - the Pañcālas (people)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāñcāla

pāñcāla - belonging to the Pañcālas (a people/country); a king of the Pañcālas

विविध-उपायैः (vividha-upāyaiḥ) - by various means, by various strategies

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividhopāya

vividhopāya - various means or expedients

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vividha+upāya)

• vividha – various, diverse, manifold
  adjective
• upāya – means, method, resource, strategy
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: upa

सान्त्वयामास (sāntvayāmāsa) - he consoled, he pacified

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of sāntvaya

Denominative verb from sāntva (adj. 'conciliatory')

Root: sāntv

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Bhīma, one of the Pāṇḍavas (son of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu