महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-132, verse-14

उद्दालकस्तं तु तदा निशम्य सूतेन वादेऽप्सु तथा निमज्जितम् ।
उवाच तां तत्र ततः सुजातामष्टावक्रे गूहितव्योऽयमर्थः ॥१४॥

14. uddālakastaṁ tu tadā niśamya; sūtena vāde'psu tathā nimajjitam ,
uvāca tāṁ tatra tataḥ sujātā;maṣṭāvakre gūhitavyo'yamarthaḥ.

14. uddālakaḥ tam tu tadā niśamya
sūtena vāde apsu tathā nimajjitam
uvāca tām tatra tataḥ sujātām
aṣṭāvakre gūhitavyaḥ ayam arthaḥ

14. Uddālaka, upon hearing then that Kahoḍa was thus immersed in the water during the debate by Bandin (the son of a charioteer), said to Sujātā, "This matter concerning Aṣṭāvakra must be kept hidden."

Words meanings summery:

• उद्दालकः (uddālakaḥ) - Uddālaka (a proper name)

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard, having perceived, having learned

• सूतेन (sūtena) - by Bandin, who was the son of a charioteer (by the charioteer, by the bard)

• वादे (vāde) - in the debate, in the argument, in the discussion

• अप्सु (apsu) - in the water, in the waters

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

• निमज्जितम् (nimajjitam) - immersed, drowned, plunged

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke, he declared

• ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that, afterwards

• सुजाताम् (sujātām) - Sujātā (a proper name)

• अष्टावक्रे (aṣṭāvakre) - concerning Aṣṭāvakra, regarding Aṣṭāvakra

• गूहितव्यः (gūhitavyaḥ) - to be hidden, must be concealed

• अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - this particular matter/fact (matter, meaning, purpose, affair)

Words meanings and morphology

उद्दालकः (uddālakaḥ) - Uddālaka (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddālaka

uddālaka - Uddālaka (name of a famous Vedic sage, Kahoḍa's guru and Aṣṭāvakra's maternal grandfather)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

निशम्य (niśamya) - having heard, having perceived, having learned

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root śam (to hear, to observe) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: śam (class 4)

सूतेन (sūtena) - by Bandin, who was the son of a charioteer (by the charioteer, by the bard)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, minstrel, a mixed caste

वादे (vāde) - in the debate, in the argument, in the discussion

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vāda

vāda - debate, discussion, argument, dispute, doctrine

Root: vad (class 1)

अप्सु (apsu) - in the water, in the waters

(noun)

Locative, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner, similarly

(indeclinable)

निमज्जितम् (nimajjitam) - immersed, drowned, plunged

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nimajjita

nimajjita - immersed, plunged, drowned, sunk

Past Passive Participle

From root majj (to sink, plunge) with prefix ni, suffix -ita

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke, he declared

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - her, that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that, afterwards

(indeclinable)

सुजाताम् (sujātām) - Sujātā (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sujātā

sujātā - Sujātā (name of Kahoḍa's wife and Aṣṭāvakra's mother)

अष्टावक्रे (aṣṭāvakre) - concerning Aṣṭāvakra, regarding Aṣṭāvakra

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (name of a Vedic sage, literally 'eight-curved' or 'eight-bent')

Note: Used here to indicate a topic or relation, 'concerning Aṣṭāvakra'.

गूहितव्यः (gūhitavyaḥ) - to be hidden, must be concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gūhitavya

gūhitavya - to be hidden, to be concealed, fit to be kept secret

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root guh (to hide) with suffix -tavya

Root: guh (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, he

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - this particular matter/fact (matter, meaning, purpose, affair)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - purpose, meaning, wealth, object, cause, motive, matter