महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-144, verse-25

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अनुज्ञातो धर्मराज्ञा पुत्रं सस्मार राक्षसम् ।
घटोत्कचश्च धर्मात्मा स्मृतमात्रः पितुस्तदा ।
कृताञ्जलिरुपातिष्ठदभिवाद्याथ पाण्डवान् ॥२५॥

25. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
anujñāto dharmarājñā putraṁ sasmāra rākṣasam ,
ghaṭotkacaśca dharmātmā smṛtamātraḥ pitustadā ,
kṛtāñjalirupātiṣṭhadabhivādyātha pāṇḍavān.

25. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca anujñātaḥ dharmarājñā
putram sasmāra rākṣasam ghaṭotkacaḥ ca
dharmātmā smṛtamātraḥ pituḥ tadā kṛtāñjaliḥ
upa atiṣṭhat abhivādya atha pāṇḍavān

25. Vaiśampāyana said: Having received permission from Yudhishthira, the king upholding righteousness (dharma), Bhīma remembered his Rākṣasa son. And Ghaṭotkaca, whose spirit (ātman) was righteous (dharma), as soon as his father remembered him, then stood before them with folded hands, after respectfully greeting the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, ordered, commanded

• धर्मराज्ञा (dharmarājñā) - by Yudhishthira, the king upholding righteousness (dharma) (by the king of righteousness, by the virtuous king)

• पुत्रम् (putram) - son

• सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered

• राक्षसम् (rākṣasam) - Rākṣasa (demon)

• घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghatotkaca (son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbī)

• च (ca) - and, also

• धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - whose spirit (ātman) was righteous (dharma) (righteous soul, virtuous nature)

• स्मृतमात्रः (smṛtamātraḥ) - as soon as remembered, merely remembered

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, from the father

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, having made a reverence

• उप (upa) - prefix indicating approach (near, to, towards)

• अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - stood, approached

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted respectfully

• अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and then

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a celebrated sage, pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, ordered, commanded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed, ordered, commanded

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of anu-√jñā (to permit, to allow)

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

धर्मराज्ञा (dharmarājñā) - by Yudhishthira, the king upholding righteousness (dharma) (by the king of righteousness, by the virtuous king)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharmarājan

dharmarājan - king of righteousness, virtuous king

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rājan)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

पुत्रम् (putram) - son

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

सस्मार (sasmāra) - remembered

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)

राक्षसम् (rākṣasam) - Rākṣasa (demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa, demon, giant

घटोत्कचः (ghaṭotkacaḥ) - Ghatotkaca (son of Bhīma and Hiḍimbī)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ghaṭotkaca

ghaṭotkaca - Ghatotkaca

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

धर्मात्मा (dharmātmā) - whose spirit (ātman) was righteous (dharma) (righteous soul, virtuous nature)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmātman

dharmātman - righteous soul, virtuous, whose nature is dharma

Compound type : bahuvrihi (dharma+ātman)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• ātman – soul, self, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

स्मृतमात्रः (smṛtamātraḥ) - as soon as remembered, merely remembered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛtamātra

smṛtamātra - merely remembered, as soon as remembered

Compound type : tatpurusha (smṛta+mātra)

• smṛta – remembered, recollected
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √smṛ (to remember).
  Root: smṛ (class 1)
• mātra – only, merely, as soon as
  indeclinable (neuter)

पितुः (pituḥ) - of the father, from the father

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

कृताञ्जलिः (kṛtāñjaliḥ) - with folded hands, having made a reverence

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtāñjali

kṛtāñjali - one who has folded hands, reverential

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+añjali)

• kṛta – done, made
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of the root √kṛ (to do, to make).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• añjali – folded hands, a gesture of reverence
  noun (masculine)

उप (upa) - prefix indicating approach (near, to, towards)

(indeclinable)

अतिष्ठत् (atiṣṭhat) - stood, approached

(verb)

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

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: This verb form is combined with the prefix 'upa' to form 'upātiṣṭhat' in sandhi.

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted respectfully

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Absolutive form of abhi-√vad (to salute, to greet)

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, thereupon, and then

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas