महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-135, verse-34

तं ददर्श यवक्रीस्तु यत्नवन्तं निबन्धने ।
प्रहसंश्चाब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुंगवः ॥३४॥

34. taṁ dadarśa yavakrīstu yatnavantaṁ nibandhane ,
prahasaṁścābravīdvākyamidaṁ sa munipuṁgavaḥ.

34. tam dadarśa yavakrītuḥ tu yatnavantam nibandhane
prahasan ca abravīt vākyam idam saḥ munipuṅgavaḥ

34. Yavakrīta saw him [Indra] diligently striving in that construction (nibandhana). The foremost among sages (muni) then spoke these words, laughing.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Indra in disguise) (him, that)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw (saw, beheld)

• यवक्रीतुः (yavakrītuḥ) - Yavakrīta

• तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing Yavakrīta as the subject) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

• यत्नवन्तम् (yatnavantam) - diligently striving (diligent, striving, making effort)

• निबन्धने (nibandhane) - in the construction [of the bridge] (in the act of binding, in construction, in the effort)

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing (Yavakrīta) (laughing, smiling)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (word, speech, statement)

• इदम् (idam) - these (words) (this)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Yavakrīta) (he, that)

• मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among sages (muni) (foremost among sages)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Indra in disguise) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ददर्श (dadarśa) - saw (saw, beheld)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, perfect tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

यवक्रीतुः (yavakrītuḥ) - Yavakrīta

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakrītu

yavakrītu - Name of a sage

तु (tu) - indeed (emphasizing Yavakrīta as the subject) (but, on the other hand, indeed)

(indeclinable)

यत्नवन्तम् (yatnavantam) - diligently striving (diligent, striving, making effort)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yatnavant

yatnavant - diligent, strenuous, full of effort

`matup` suffix applied to `yatna`

Note: Agrees with `tam` (Indra)

निबन्धने (nibandhane) - in the construction [of the bridge] (in the act of binding, in construction, in the effort)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nibandhana

nibandhana - binding, fastening, construction, effort, persistence

from root `bandh` with upasarga `ni`

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing (Yavakrīta) (laughing, smiling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling, deriding

Present Active Participle

from root `has` (to laugh) with upasarga `pra`, + `śatṛ` suffix, masculine nominative singular

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `saḥ munipuṅgavaḥ` (Yavakrīta)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Tense

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, imperfect tense

Root: brū (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - these (words) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with `vākyam`

सः (saḥ) - he (Yavakrīta) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुनिपुङ्गवः (munipuṅgavaḥ) - foremost among sages (muni) (foremost among sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of munipuṅgava

munipuṅgava - foremost among sages, excellent sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (muni+puṅgava)

• muni – sage, ascetic
  noun (masculine)
  Root: man (class 4)
• puṅgava – bull (as symbol of excellence), chief, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yavakrīta