महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-160, verse-25

अस्तं प्राप्य ततः संध्यामतिक्रम्य दिवाकरः ।
उदीचीं भजते काष्ठां दिशमेष विभावसुः ॥२५॥

25. astaṁ prāpya tataḥ saṁdhyāmatikramya divākaraḥ ,
udīcīṁ bhajate kāṣṭhāṁ diśameṣa vibhāvasuḥ.

25. astam prāpya tataḥ sandhyām atikramya divākaraḥ
udīcīm bhajate kāṣṭhām diśam eṣaḥ vibhāvasuḥ

25. Having reached the western horizon and then passed the evening twilight, this Sun (Divākara) approaches the northern quarter, the northern region.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्तम् (astam) - setting, western horizon

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

• सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - twilight, evening, conjunction

• अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having passed over, having transcended

• दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - sun, day-maker

• उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern, northern direction

• भजते (bhajate) - resorts to, approaches, serves

• काष्ठाम् (kāṣṭhām) - region, direction, quarter

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

• विभावसुः (vibhāvasuḥ) - the sun, fire, rich in light

Words meanings and morphology

अस्तम् (astam) - setting, western horizon

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asta

asta - setting, west, home, end

Note: Object of `prāpya`

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √āp (class 5) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom, afterwards

(indeclinable)

सन्ध्याम् (sandhyām) - twilight, evening, conjunction

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sandhyā

sandhyā - twilight, evening, junction of day and night

Note: Object of `atikramya`

अतिक्रम्य (atikramya) - having passed over, having transcended

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from √kram (class 1) with prefix ati-.

Prefix: ati

Root: kram (class 1)

दिवाकरः (divākaraḥ) - sun, day-maker

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of divākara

divākara - the sun (lit. 'day-maker')

Compound: divā (day, by day) + kara (maker, doer)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (divā+kara)

• divā – by day, daily
  indeclinable
• kara – maker, doer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √kṛ (class 8).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of `bhajate`

उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern, northern direction

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udīcī

udīcī - northern, north direction

Note: Agrees with `kāṣṭhām` and `diśam`

भजते (bhajate) - resorts to, approaches, serves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of bhaj

Root bhaj (class 1) in present tense, ātmanepada.

Root: bhaj (class 1)

काष्ठाम् (kāṣṭhām) - region, direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāṣṭhā

kāṣṭhā - quarter of the world, direction, region, extremity

Note: Object of `bhajate`

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter, region

Note: Object of `bhajate`, in apposition to `kāṣṭhām`

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Note: Refers to `vibhāvasuḥ`

विभावसुः (vibhāvasuḥ) - the sun, fire, rich in light

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu

vibhāvasu - the sun; fire; rich in light

Note: Subject of the sentence, synonymous with `divākaraḥ`