महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-137, verse-15

तमापतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य शूलहस्तं जिघांसया ।
यवक्रीः सहसोत्थाय प्राद्रवद्येन वै सरः ॥१५॥

15. tamāpatantaṁ saṁprekṣya śūlahastaṁ jighāṁsayā ,
yavakrīḥ sahasotthāya prādravadyena vai saraḥ.

15. tam āpatantam samprekṣya śūlahastam jighāṃsayā
yavakrīḥ sahasā utthāya prādravat yena vai saraḥ

15. Upon seeing him, approaching with a trident in hand and a desire to kill, Yavakrī suddenly rose and fled towards the lake.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (the rakṣasa) (him, that)

• आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching (him) (approaching, falling towards)

• सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having carefully observed (having seen, having observed)

• शूलहस्तम् (śūlahastam) - (the rakṣasa) holding a trident (trident-in-hand, one who holds a trident)

• जिघांसया (jighāṁsayā) - with a desire to kill (Yavakrī) (with a desire to kill, with murderous intent)

• यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakrī (Yavakrī (a proper name))

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, by force)

• उत्थाय (utthāya) - having stood up (from his seat or position) (having risen, having stood up)

• प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he fled (ran away) (he ran, he fled)

• येन (yena) - to which (place) (by which, to which, where)

• वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, surely)

• सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond, large body of water)

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (the rakṣasa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

आपतन्तम् (āpatantam) - approaching (him) (approaching, falling towards)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āpatat

āpatat - approaching, falling towards

Present Active Participle

Derived from √pat (to fall) with prefix ā (towards, upon)

Prefix: ā

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tam'.

सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - having carefully observed (having seen, having observed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam and pra

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

शूलहस्तम् (śūlahastam) - (the rakṣasa) holding a trident (trident-in-hand, one who holds a trident)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śūlahasta

śūlahasta - trident-in-hand, one who holds a trident

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śūla+hasta)

• śūla – trident, spear
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'tam'.

जिघांसया (jighāṁsayā) - with a desire to kill (Yavakrī) (with a desire to kill, with murderous intent)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of jighāṃsā

jighāṁsā - desire to kill, murderous intent

Desiderative nominalization of √han (to kill)

Root: han (class 2)

यवक्रीः (yavakrīḥ) - Yavakrī (Yavakrī (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yavakrī

yavakrī - Yavakrī (name of a sage)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly (suddenly, quickly, by force)

(indeclinable)

Instrumental case of sahas used as an adverb

उत्थाय (utthāya) - having stood up (from his seat or position) (having risen, having stood up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √sthā (to stand) with prefix ut (up)

Prefix: ud

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्राद्रवत् (prādravat) - he fled (ran away) (he ran, he fled)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pradrav

Derived from √dru (to run) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: dru (class 1)

येन (yena) - to which (place) (by which, to which, where)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Used adverbially to mean "where".

वै (vai) - indeed (emphatic) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सरः (saraḥ) - the lake (lake, pond, large body of water)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, large body of water

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: The destination of Yavakrī's flight.