महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-170, verse-5

तदहं प्रेक्ष्य दैत्यानां पुरमद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
अपृच्छं मातलिं राजन्किमिदं दृश्यतेति वै ॥५॥

5. tadahaṁ prekṣya daityānāṁ puramadbhutadarśanam ,
apṛcchaṁ mātaliṁ rājankimidaṁ dṛśyateti vai.

5. tat aham prekṣya daityānām puram adbhutadarśanam
apṛccham mātaliṃ rājan kim idam dṛśyate iti vai

5. O King, when I saw that city of the Daityas, which was wondrous to behold, I asked Mātali, 'What is this that is appearing before us?'

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that city (referring to the city of Daityas) (that, it)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, after seeing

• दैत्यानाम् (daityānām) - of the Daityas, of the demons

• पुरम् (puram) - city, fortress, abode

• अद्भुतदर्शनम् (adbhutadarśanam) - of wondrous sight, wonderful to behold

• अपृच्छम् (apṛccham) - I asked

• मातलिं (mātaliṁ) - Mātali, the charioteer of Indra (Mātali)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed by Sañjaya) (O King!)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• इदम् (idam) - this

• दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

• इति (iti) - thus, saying

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that city (referring to the city of Daityas) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

प्रेक्ष्य (prekṣya) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from verbal root √īkṣ (to see) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

दैत्यानाम् (daityānām) - of the Daityas, of the demons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of daitya

daitya - a descendant of Diti, a class of demons, titan

पुरम् (puram) - city, fortress, abode

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town, fortress, dwelling

अद्भुतदर्शनम् (adbhutadarśanam) - of wondrous sight, wonderful to behold

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of adbhutadarśana

adbhutadarśana - having a wonderful appearance, wondrous to behold

Compound type : karmadhāraya (adbhuta+darśana)

• adbhuta – wonderful, astonishing, marvellous, miraculous
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
• darśana – sight, appearance, vision, looking at
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from verbal root √dṛś (to see)
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'puram'.

अपृच्छम् (apṛccham) - I asked

(verb)

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

Root: prach (class 6)

मातलिं (mātaliṁ) - Mātali, the charioteer of Indra (Mātali)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - name of Indra's charioteer

राजन् (rājan) - O King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed by Sañjaya) (O King!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, how

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here, present

दृश्यते (dṛśyate) - is seen, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इति (iti) - thus, saying

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)