महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-154, verse-20

अथाब्रवीद्द्रौपदीं च नकुलं च युधिष्ठिरः ।
मा भैष्ट राक्षसान्मूढाद्गतिरस्य मया हृता ॥२०॥

20. athābravīddraupadīṁ ca nakulaṁ ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
mā bhaiṣṭa rākṣasānmūḍhādgatirasya mayā hṛtā.

20. atha abravīt draupadīm ca nakulam ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
mā bhaiṣṭa rākṣasāt mūḍhāt gatiḥ asya mayā hṛtā

20. Then Yudhiṣṭhira spoke to Draupadī and Nakula, saying, 'Do not fear that foolish Rākṣasa; his speed (gati) has been taken away by me.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereafter

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula (proper noun)

• च (ca) - and

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun)

• मा (mā) - not, do not

• भैष्ट (bhaiṣṭa) - fear (plural imperative)

• राक्षसात् (rākṣasāt) - from the demon, from the Rākṣasa

• मूढात् (mūḍhāt) - from the foolish one, from the deluded one

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - speed, movement, course, destination

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

• मया (mayā) - by me

• हृता (hṛtā) - taken, carried away, stolen

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereafter

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Imperfect, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

द्रौपदीम् (draupadīm) - Draupadī (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadī

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Used after each item in a list.

नकुलम् (nakulam) - Nakula (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

मा (mā) - not, do not

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with aorist/imperative for prohibition.

भैष्ट (bhaiṣṭa) - fear (plural imperative)

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, imperative (luṅ) of bhī

Aorist, middle voice, imperative mood

2nd person plural aorist injunctive used with mā for prohibition.

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: This is an aorist injunctive used with 'mā' for prohibition, effectively an imperative.

राक्षसात् (rākṣasāt) - from the demon, from the Rākṣasa

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, Rākṣasa

Note: The source of fear.

मूढात् (mūḍhāt) - from the foolish one, from the deluded one

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mūḍha

mūḍha - foolish, deluded, stupid

Past Passive Participle

From root muh.

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasāt'.

गतिः (gatiḥ) - speed, movement, course, destination

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, movement, speed, course

From root gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Subject of passive verb 'hṛtā'.

अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasa.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'hṛtā'.

हृता (hṛtā) - taken, carried away, stolen

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛ - to take, to carry, to steal

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛ.

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'gatiḥ'.