महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-43, verse-3

स कदाचित्सभामध्ये धार्तराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
स्फाटिकं तलमासाद्य जलमित्यभिशङ्कया ॥३॥

3. sa kadācitsabhāmadhye dhārtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ,
sphāṭikaṁ talamāsādya jalamityabhiśaṅkayā.

3. saḥ kadācit sabhāmadhye dhārtarāṣṭraḥ mahīpatiḥ
sphāṭikam talam āsādya jalam iti abhiśaṅkayā

3. One day, that king, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Duryodhana), having come upon a crystal floor in the assembly hall, mistook it for water out of apprehension.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Duryodhana) (he, that)

• कदाचित् (kadācit) - one day (once, sometime, one day)

• सभामध्ये (sabhāmadhye) - in the assembly hall (in the assembly, in the hall)

• धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - Duryodhana, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, lord of the earth)

• स्फाटिकम् (sphāṭikam) - made of crystal (crystal, made of crystal, crystal-like)

• तलम् (talam) - floor (of the hall) (surface, floor, flat ground)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having come upon (having reached, having obtained, having come upon)

• जलम् (jalam) - water

• इति (iti) - (indicating thought) 'it is' (thus, so, indicating direct speech/thought)

• अभिशङ्कया (abhiśaṅkayā) - out of apprehension, by mistaking (it for water) (with suspicion, out of apprehension, by mistake)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Duryodhana) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to Duryodhana.

कदाचित् (kadācit) - one day (once, sometime, one day)

(indeclinable)

From 'kadā' (when) + 'cid' (particle of indefiniteness)

Note: An adverb of time.

सभामध्ये (sabhāmadhye) - in the assembly hall (in the assembly, in the hall)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of sabhāmadhya

sabhāmadhya - middle of an assembly, in the assembly

Compound (locative of a compound)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sabhā+madhya)

• sabhā – assembly, council, hall, assembly hall
  noun (feminine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)

धार्तराष्ट्रः (dhārtarāṣṭraḥ) - Duryodhana, the son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son/descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Vṛddhi derivative from Dhṛtarāṣṭra

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king (Duryodhana) (king, lord of the earth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king, sovereign

Compound

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, owner, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Co-refers with 'dhārtarāṣṭraḥ'.

स्फाटिकम् (sphāṭikam) - made of crystal (crystal, made of crystal, crystal-like)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sphāṭika

sphāṭika - made of crystal, crystalline, quartz

Derived from 'sphaṭa' (crystal) + '-ika' suffix.

तलम् (talam) - floor (of the hall) (surface, floor, flat ground)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tala

tala - surface, plane, flat ground, floor, bottom

Note: Object of 'āsādya'.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having come upon (having reached, having obtained, having come upon)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From 'ā' (towards) + root 'sad' (to sit, approach)

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Connects to 'abhiprāyān'.

जलम् (jalam) - water

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jala

jala - water

Note: Predicative nominative with 'iti'.

इति (iti) - (indicating thought) 'it is' (thus, so, indicating direct speech/thought)

(indeclinable)

अभिशङ्कया (abhiśaṅkayā) - out of apprehension, by mistaking (it for water) (with suspicion, out of apprehension, by mistake)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of abhiśaṅkā

abhiśaṅkā - suspicion, apprehension, fear, doubt, mistake

From 'abhi' + root 'śaṅk' (to doubt)

Prefix: abhi

Root: śaṅk (class 1)