महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-161, verse-16

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तथा तु तं चिन्तयतां सिताश्वमस्त्रार्थिनं वासवमभ्युपेतम् ।
मासोऽथ कृच्छ्रेण तदा व्यतीतस्तस्मिन्नगे भारत भारतानाम् ॥१६॥

16. tathā tu taṁ cintayatāṁ sitāśva;mastrārthinaṁ vāsavamabhyupetam ,
māso'tha kṛcchreṇa tadā vyatīta;stasminnage bhārata bhāratānām.

16. tathā tu tam cintayatām sitāśvam
astrārthinam vāsavam abhyupetam
māsaḥ atha kṛcchreṇa tadā vyatītaḥ
tasmin nage bhārata bhāratānām

16. O Bhārata, while the descendants of Bharata were thus contemplating him — Arjuna (Sitāśva), who had approached Indra (Vāsava) as a seeker of celestial weapons — a month then passed with great difficulty on that mountain.

Words meanings summery:

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तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, in that manner, so)

तु (tu) - indeed, now (but, indeed, however)

तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

चिन्तयताम् (cintayatām) - while they (the Bhāratas) were contemplating (Arjuna) (of those contemplating, while they were thinking)

सिताश्वम् (sitāśvam) - Arjuna, known as the white-horsed one (the white-horsed one, Arjuna)

अस्त्रार्थिनम् (astrārthinam) - a seeker of celestial weapons (the seeker of weapons)

वासवम् (vāsavam) - to Indra (Vāsava) (to Indra, to Vāsava)

अभ्युपेतम् (abhyupetam) - who had approached (approached, attained)

मासः (māsaḥ) - a month

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

कृच्छ्रेण (kṛcchreṇa) - with great difficulty (with difficulty, laboriously, with trouble)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

व्यतीतः (vyatītaḥ) - passed (passed, elapsed)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - on that

नगे (nage) - on that mountain (on the mountain, in the tree)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (addressing Janamejaya or a member of the Bharata lineage) (O Bhārata, O descendant of Bharata)

भारतानाम् (bhāratānām) - of the descendants of Bharata (the Pāṇḍavas and their allies/family) (of the Bhāratas, of the descendants of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

तथा (tathā) - thus (thus, in that manner, so)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed, now (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

चिन्तयताम् (cintayatām) - while they (the Bhāratas) were contemplating (Arjuna) (of those contemplating, while they were thinking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of cintayat

cintayat - contemplating, thinking, pondering

Present Active Participle

From cintay (causative of cit), śatṛ affix

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: Functions as a noun here meaning 'of those contemplating'.

सिताश्वम् (sitāśvam) - Arjuna, known as the white-horsed one (the white-horsed one, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sitāśva

sitāśva - white-horsed, Arjuna (as an epithet)

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sita+aśva)

sita – white, fair
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From root śvit (to be white), or from si (to bind)
Root: śvit (class 1)
aśva – horse
noun (masculine)

Note: In apposition to tam.

अस्त्रार्थिनम् (astrārthinam) - a seeker of celestial weapons (the seeker of weapons)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of astrārthin

astrārthin - seeker of weapons

Compound

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (astra+arthin)

astra – weapon, missile
noun (neuter)
From root as (to throw)
Root: as (class 4)
arthin – seeker, desiring, supplicant
adjective (masculine)
From artha (purpose, object) + in

Note: In apposition to tam.

वासवम् (vāsavam) - to Indra (Vāsava) (to Indra, to Vāsava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsava

vāsava - Indra (a name), belonging to Vasu (gods)

Note: Object of abhyupetam.

अभ्युपेतम् (abhyupetam) - who had approached (approached, attained)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhyupeta

abhyupeta - approached, arrived at, come near

Past Passive Participle

abhi + upa + i + kta