महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-27

अथ तां देवीं स राजाब्रवीत् ।
साध्ववतर वापीसलिलमिति ॥२७॥

27. atha tāṁ devīṁ sa rājābravīt ,
sādhvavatara vāpīsalilamiti.

27. atha tām devīm saḥ rājā abravīt
sādhu avatara vāpīsalilam iti

27. Then, that king said to the queen, 'Please, enter the water of the step-well.'

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• ताम् (tām) - that (queen) (her, that (feminine))

• देवीम् (devīm) - the queen (queen, goddess)

• सः (saḥ) - that (king) (he, that (masculine))

• राजा (rājā) - the king (king)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• साधु (sādhu) - please, properly (encouragingly) (good, well, properly)

• अवतर (avatara) - enter! (descend, enter)

• वापीसलिलम् (vāpīsalilam) - the water of the step-well (water of the step-well)

• इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, in this manner)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (queen) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to devī.

देवीम् (devīm) - the queen (queen, goddess)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, queen, royal lady

Note: The king's beloved.

सः (saḥ) - that (king) (he, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Sandhi with 'rājā' and 'abravīt' becomes 'sa rājābravīt'.

राजा (rājā) - the king (king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Sandhi with 'abravīt' forms 'rājābravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

root √brū (to speak)

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Sandhi with 'rājā' creates 'rājābravīt'.

साधु (sādhu) - please, properly (encouragingly) (good, well, properly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used as an exclamation 'Good!', or to politely ask.

अवतर (avatara) - enter! (descend, enter)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of avatṛ

root √tṛ (to cross, pass over) with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

वापीसलिलम् (vāpīsalilam) - the water of the step-well (water of the step-well)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vāpīsalila

vāpīsalila - water of the step-well

Compound type : genitive tatpuruṣa (vāpī+salila)

• vāpī – large step-well, pond
  noun (feminine)
• salila – water
  noun (neuter)

इति (iti) - (marks direct speech) (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)