महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-106, verse-22

स दृष्ट्वा तेजसो राशिं पुराणमृषिसत्तमम् ।
प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमौ कार्यमस्मै न्यवेदयत् ॥२२॥

22. sa dṛṣṭvā tejaso rāśiṁ purāṇamṛṣisattamam ,
praṇamya śirasā bhūmau kāryamasmai nyavedayat.

22. sa dṛṣṭvā tejasaḥ rāśiṃ purāṇam ṛṣi-sattamam
praṇamya śirasā bhūmau kāryam asmai nyavedayat

22. Seeing that ancient, radiant being, the foremost among sages, he bowed his head to the ground and humbly presented his objective to him.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he, that

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - of splendor, of energy, of light

• राशिं (rāśiṁ) - mass, heap, abundance, collection

• पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient, old

• ऋषि-सत्तमम् (ṛṣi-sattamam) - referring to Kapila (the best among sages, the foremost sage)

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - the task, purpose, action to be done

• अस्मै (asmai) - to him

• न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - he submitted, he informed

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive form from root dṛś, suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तेजसः (tejasaḥ) - of splendor, of energy, of light

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, radiance, energy, light, glory

राशिं (rāśiṁ) - mass, heap, abundance, collection

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāśi

rāśi - heap, mass, collection, quantity

पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old, former; a Puraṇa (sacred text)

Note: Adjective for ṛṣisattamam

ऋषि-सत्तमम् (ṛṣi-sattamam) - referring to Kapila (the best among sages, the foremost sage)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣisattama

ṛṣisattama - best among sages, foremost sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (ṛṣi+sattama)

• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of 'sat' (good, excellent)

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive form with upasarga 'pra-', suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, soil

कार्यम् (kāryam) - the task, purpose, action to be done

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be made; task, business, purpose, effect

gerundive

Gerundive of root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्मै (asmai) - to him

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

न्यवेदयत् (nyavedayat) - he submitted, he informed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vid

Causative of ni-vid, imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (from nivedayati)

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 7)