महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-60, verse-9

युधिष्ठिरस्तु निश्चेष्टो गतसत्त्व इवाभवत् ।
न तं सूतं प्रत्युवाच वचनं साध्वसाधु वा ॥९॥

9. yudhiṣṭhirastu niśceṣṭo gatasattva ivābhavat ,
na taṁ sūtaṁ pratyuvāca vacanaṁ sādhvasādhu vā.

9. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ tu niśceṣṭaḥ gata-sattvaḥ iva abhavat
na tam sūtam pratyuvāca vacanam sādhu asādhu vā

9. Yudhishthira, however, became motionless, as if his vital spirit had departed. He did not reply to that charioteer with a single word, whether good or bad.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• निश्चेष्टः (niśceṣṭaḥ) - motionless, inactive

• गत-सत्त्वः (gata-sattvaḥ) - having lost his spirit/vitality, deprived of courage

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became, he was

• न (na) - not, no

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• सूतम् (sūtam) - the charioteer (Pratikamin) (charioteer, bard)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he spoke in return

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

• साधु (sādhu) - good, proper, virtuous

• असाधु (asādhu) - bad, improper, unvirtuous

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (son of Pandu and Kunti, eldest of the Pandavas)

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

निश्चेष्टः (niśceṣṭaḥ) - motionless, inactive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niśceṣṭa

niśceṣṭa - motionless, inactive, inert

Literally 'without movement'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+ceṣṭā)

• nis – without, free from
  indeclinable
• ceṣṭā – movement, effort, action
  noun (feminine)

गत-सत्त्वः (gata-sattvaḥ) - having lost his spirit/vitality, deprived of courage

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata-sattva

gata-sattva - having lost one's spirit/courage/vitality

Literally 'gone is the sattva'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+sattva)

• gata – gone, departed, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root: gam (class 1)
• sattva – being, existence, vital spirit, courage, goodness (sattva)
  noun (neuter)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became, he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

सूतम् (sūtam) - the charioteer (Pratikamin) (charioteer, bard)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, son of a kṣatriya father and brāhmaṇa mother

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - he replied, he spoke in return

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying

साधु (sādhu) - good, proper, virtuous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, virtuous, proper, righteous, excellent

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

असाधु (asādhu) - bad, improper, unvirtuous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of asādhu

asādhu - bad, improper, unrighteous, not good

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+sādhu)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• sādhu – good, proper, virtuous
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)