महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-187, verse-48

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्हितस्तात स देवः परमाद्भुतः ।
प्रजाश्चेमाः प्रपश्यामि विचित्रा बहुधाकृताः ॥४८॥

48. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
ityuktvāntarhitastāta sa devaḥ paramādbhutaḥ ,
prajāścemāḥ prapaśyāmi vicitrā bahudhākṛtāḥ.

48. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca | iti uktvā antarhitaḥ tāta sa devaḥ
paramādbhutaḥ | prajāḥ ca imāḥ prapaśyāmi vicitrāḥ bahudhākṛtāḥ

48. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Having spoken thus, dear child, that supremely wonderful god disappeared. And I clearly behold these manifold and diverse creatures."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

• अन्तर्हितः (antarhitaḥ) - disappeared, gone inside, concealed

• तात (tāta) - dear child (addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira) (dear child, father)

• स (sa) - that, he

• देवः (devaḥ) - the god (Vishnu) (god, deity)

• परमाद्भुतः (paramādbhutaḥ) - supremely wonderful, exceedingly marvelous

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, progeny, subjects

• च (ca) - and

• इमाः (imāḥ) - these

• प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I behold

• विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - diverse, various, variegated

• बहुधाकृताः (bahudhākṛtāḥ) - made in many ways, manifold

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - Mārkaṇḍeya (a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - name of a famous sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Irregular perfect tense form of root 'vac'

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, after speaking

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root 'vac' with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

अन्तर्हितः (antarhitaḥ) - disappeared, gone inside, concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of antarhita

antarhita - disappeared, hidden, concealed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from antar + root dhā (to place) + kta (passive participle suffix)

Prefix: antar

Root: dhā (class 3)

तात (tāta) - dear child (addressed to Yudhiṣṭhira) (dear child, father)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tāta

tāta - father; son; term of endearment, dear one

स (sa) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

देवः (devaḥ) - the god (Vishnu) (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

परमाद्भुतः (paramādbhutaḥ) - supremely wonderful, exceedingly marvelous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramādbhuta

paramādbhuta - supremely wonderful, exceedingly marvelous

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+adbhuta)

• parama – supreme, highest, most excellent
  adjective
• adbhuta – wonderful, marvelous, astonishing
  adjective

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, progeny, subjects

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - progeny, creatures, subjects, people

Derived from pra + root jan (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इमाः (imāḥ) - these

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of idam

idam - this, these

प्रपश्यामि (prapaśyāmi) - I see, I behold

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

Present tense

Formed from pra + root dṛś (to see), with the root changing to paśya in the present system

Prefix: pra

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - diverse, various, variegated

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - variegated, diverse, strange, wonderful

Prefix: vi

Root: cit

Note: Agrees with `prajāḥ`.

बहुधाकृताः (bahudhākṛtāḥ) - made in many ways, manifold

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bahudhākṛta

bahudhākṛta - made in many ways, manifold, diversified

Past Passive Participle

Formed from bahudhā (in many ways) + root kṛ (to do, make) + kta (passive participle suffix)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (bahudhā+kṛta)

• bahudhā – in many ways, manifold
  indeclinable
• kṛta – made, done, performed
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root kṛ + kta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with `prajāḥ`.