महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-71, verse-4

सिकता वपन्सव्यसाची राजानमनुगच्छति ।
माद्रीपुत्रः सहदेवो मुखमालिप्य गच्छति ॥४॥

4. sikatā vapansavyasācī rājānamanugacchati ,
mādrīputraḥ sahadevo mukhamālipya gacchati.

4. sikatā vapan savyasācī rājānam anugacchati
mādrīputraḥ sahadevaḥ mukham ālipya gacchati

4. Savyasācī (Arjuna) follows the king, scattering sand. Sahadeva, the son of Mādrī, goes with his face smeared.

Words meanings summery:

• सिकता (sikatā) - sand, gravel

• वपन् (vapan) - scattering, sowing, throwing

• सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (ambidextrous, left-handed archer)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (king)

• अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

• माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Sahadeva (son of Mādrī)

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

• मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

• आलिप्य (ālipya) - having smeared, smearing

• गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, walks, moves

Words meanings and morphology

सिकता (sikatā) - sand, gravel

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sikatā

sikatā - sand, gravel

Note: Can also be plural. Here singular, as object of scattering.

वपन् (vapan) - scattering, sowing, throwing

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vapat

vapat - scattering, sowing, throwing

Present Active Participle

from √vap (class 1) + śatṛ suffix

Root: vap (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Savyasācī.

सव्यसाची (savyasācī) - Arjuna (ambidextrous, left-handed archer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - left-handed, ambidextrous (an epithet of Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – shooting, letting go
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from √sac
  Root: sac

Note: An epithet of Arjuna.

राजानम् (rājānam) - Yudhiṣṭhira (king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira.

अनुगच्छति (anugacchati) - follows, goes after

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anugam

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

माद्रीपुत्रः (mādrīputraḥ) - Sahadeva (son of Mādrī)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mādrīputra

mādrīputra - son of Mādrī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mādrī+putra)

• mādrī – Mādrī (mother of Nakula and Sahadeva)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Sahadeva here.

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (name of one of the younger Pāṇḍava brothers)

मुखम् (mukham) - face, mouth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mukha

mukha - face, mouth, front, entrance

Note: Object of 'ālipya'.

आलिप्य (ālipya) - having smeared, smearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from ā-√lip + -ya suffix

Prefix: ā

Root: lip (class 6)

गच्छति (gacchati) - goes, walks, moves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gam

Present Active

Present 3rd person singular active

Root: gam (class 1)