महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-128, verse-8

तच्च लक्षणमस्यासीत्सौवर्णं पार्श्व उत्तरे ।
तस्मिन्पुत्रशते चाग्र्यः स बभूव गुणैर्युतः ॥८॥

8. tacca lakṣaṇamasyāsītsauvarṇaṁ pārśva uttare ,
tasminputraśate cāgryaḥ sa babhūva guṇairyutaḥ.

8. tat ca lakṣaṇam asya āsīt sauvarṇam pārśve uttare
tasmin putraśate ca agryaḥ saḥ babhūva guṇaiḥ yutaḥ

8. And he had a golden mark on his left side. Among those hundred sons, he (Jantu) became the most excellent, endowed with virtues.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that (mark) (that, it)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - a distinguishing mark (mark, sign, characteristic, attribute)

• अस्य (asya) - of him (Jantu) (of him, his)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

• सौवर्णम् (sauvarṇam) - golden (colored) (golden, made of gold)

• पार्श्वे (pārśve) - on the side (on the side, in the flank)

• उत्तरे (uttare) - on the left (side) (in the upper, in the northern, in the left)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - among those (hundred sons) (in that, among those)

• पुत्रशते (putraśate) - among the hundred sons (in the hundred sons, among the hundred sons)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अग्र्यः (agryaḥ) - the foremost, most excellent (foremost, principal, best)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Jantu) (he, that)

• बभूव (babhūva) - became (became, was, happened)

• गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - with virtues, by means of good qualities (by virtues, by qualities)

• युतः (yutaḥ) - endowed with (virtues) (endowed with, joined, possessed of)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that (mark) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to a specific distinguishing mark.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

लक्षणम् (lakṣaṇam) - a distinguishing mark (mark, sign, characteristic, attribute)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, attribute

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

अस्य (asya) - of him (Jantu) (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

आसीत् (āsīt) - was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of as

Root 'as' (2nd class), imperfect active, 3rd person singular.

Root: as (class 2)

सौवर्णम् (sauvarṇam) - golden (colored) (golden, made of gold)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sauvarṇa

sauvarṇa - golden, made of gold, relating to gold

Derived from 'suvarṇa' (gold).

Note: Agrees with 'lakṣaṇam'.

पार्श्वे (pārśve) - on the side (on the side, in the flank)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārśva

pārśva - side, flank

उत्तरे (uttare) - on the left (side) (in the upper, in the northern, in the left)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - upper, northern, later, superior, left (side)

Note: Agrees with 'pārśve'.

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - among those (hundred sons) (in that, among those)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the collection 'putraśata'.

पुत्रशते (putraśate) - among the hundred sons (in the hundred sons, among the hundred sons)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of putraśata

putraśata - a hundred sons

Compound type : dvigu (putra+śata)

• putra – son
  noun (masculine)
• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)

Note: Locative singular, referring to the collection of sons.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अग्र्यः (agryaḥ) - the foremost, most excellent (foremost, principal, best)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of agrya

agrya - foremost, chief, best, principal

Derived from 'agra' (front/chief) with the suffix '-ya'.

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Jantu).

सः (saḥ) - he (Jantu) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers back to Jantu.

बभूव (babhūva) - became (became, was, happened)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (Lit) of bhū

Root 'bhū' (1st class), perfect active, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

गुणैः (guṇaiḥ) - with virtues, by means of good qualities (by virtues, by qualities)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, strand, thread

Note: Used with 'yutaḥ' to mean 'endowed with'.

युतः (yutaḥ) - endowed with (virtues) (endowed with, joined, possessed of)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yuta

yuta - joined, united, endowed with, possessed of

Past Passive Participle

From root yu 'to join'.

Root: yu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ' (Jantu).