महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-169, verse-28

मातलिरुवाच ।
आसीदिदं पुरा पार्थ देवराजस्य नः पुरम् ।
ततो निवातकवचैरितः प्रच्याविताः सुराः ॥२८॥

28. mātaliruvāca ,
āsīdidaṁ purā pārtha devarājasya naḥ puram ,
tato nivātakavacairitaḥ pracyāvitāḥ surāḥ.

28. mātaliḥ uvāca āsīt idam purā pārtha devarājasya naḥ
puram tataḥ nivātakavacaiḥ itaḥ pracyāvitāḥ surāḥ

28. Matali said: 'O Pārtha, this was formerly our city, the capital of the king of gods. From here, the gods were then driven away by the Nivātakavacas.'

Words meanings summery:

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• आसीत् (āsīt) - it was

• इदम् (idam) - this

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)

• देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods (Indra)

• नः (naḥ) - our

• पुरम् (puram) - city, capital

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

• निवातकवचैः (nivātakavacaiḥ) - by the Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)

• इतः (itaḥ) - from here

• प्रच्याविताः (pracyāvitāḥ) - driven away, dislodged

• सुराः (surāḥ) - gods

Words meanings and morphology

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Matali (Indra's charioteer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Matali (the charioteer of Indra)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

आसीत् (āsīt) - it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √as

Root: as (class 2)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, that

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in the past

(indeclinable)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kunti), an epithet of Arjuna

देवराजस्य (devarājasya) - of the king of gods (Indra)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devarāja

devarāja - king of gods (Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+rāja)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

नः (naḥ) - our

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

पुरम् (puram) - city, capital

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress, capital

ततः (tataḥ) - then, from there

(indeclinable)

निवातकवचैः (nivātakavacaiḥ) - by the Nivātakavacas (a class of demons)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of nivātakavaca

nivātakavaca - a class of powerful demons

इतः (itaḥ) - from here

(indeclinable)

प्रच्याविताः (pracyāvitāḥ) - driven away, dislodged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pracyāvita

pracyāvita - driven away, dislodged, removed

Past Passive Participle

derived from √cyu (to fall, to move) with upasarga pra

Prefix: pra

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'surāḥ'.

सुराः (surāḥ) - gods

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity