महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-164, verse-1

अर्जुन उवाच ।
ततस्तामवसं प्रीतो रजनीं तत्र भारत ।
प्रसादाद्देवदेवस्य त्र्यम्बकस्य महात्मनः ॥१॥

1. arjuna uvāca ,
tatastāmavasaṁ prīto rajanīṁ tatra bhārata ,
prasādāddevadevasya tryambakasya mahātmanaḥ.

1. arjuna uvāca | tataḥ tām avasaṃ prītaḥ rajanīm tatra
bhārata | prasādāt devadevasya tryambakasya mahātmanaḥ

1. Arjuna said: "Then, O Bhārata, I stayed that night there, delighted by the grace of the great-souled god of gods, Tryambaka."

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• ताम् (tām) - that (night) (that, her)

• अवसं (avasaṁ) - I stayed, I dwelt

• प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - delighted (Arjuna) (pleased, delighted)

• रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

• तत्र (tatra) - in that place (where the encounter with Shiva took place) (there, in that place)

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the listener of the Mahābhārata narration) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

• प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace, by the favor

• देवदेवस्य (devadevasya) - of the god of gods (Shiva) (of the god of gods)

• त्र्यम्बकस्य (tryambakasya) - of Tryambaka (an epithet of Shiva) (of Tryambaka)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (Shiva) (of the great-souled one, of the noble-minded one)

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुन (arjuna) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of a Pāṇḍava prince)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular Perfect active of √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (night) (that, her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, she

Feminine accusative singular of 'tad'

Note: Refers to `rajanīm`.

अवसं (avasaṁ) - I stayed, I dwelt

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √vas

Imperfect Active

1st person singular Imperfect active of √vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

प्रीतः (prītaḥ) - delighted (Arjuna) (pleased, delighted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √prī (to please)

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject 'I' (Arjuna).

रजनीम् (rajanīm) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rajanī

rajanī - night

Root: raj

Note: Object of the verb 'avasaṃ'.

तत्र (tatra) - in that place (where the encounter with Shiva took place) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the listener of the Mahābhārata narration) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian

Root: bhṛ

Note: A common vocative address in the Mahābhārata.

प्रसादात् (prasādāt) - by the grace, by the favor

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of prasāda

prasāda - grace, favor, serenity, clearness

Derived from pra-√sad (to be calm, to be gracious)

Prefix: pra

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Indicates the cause of Arjuna's delight.

देवदेवस्य (devadevasya) - of the god of gods (Shiva) (of the god of gods)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devadeva

devadeva - god of gods, supreme deity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+deva)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Shiva.

त्र्यम्बकस्य (tryambakasya) - of Tryambaka (an epithet of Shiva) (of Tryambaka)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tryambaka

tryambaka - Tryambaka (an epithet of Shiva, 'three-eyed')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tri+ambaka)

• tri – three
  numeral
• ambaka – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: An epithet of Shiva.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (Shiva) (of the great-souled one, of the noble-minded one)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'devadevasya' and 'tryambakasya', referring to Shiva.