महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-190, verse-28

सा तद्वचः श्रुत्वावतीर्य वापीं न्यमज्जत् ।
न पुनरुदमज्जत् ॥२८॥

28. sā tadvacaḥ śrutvāvatīrya vāpīṁ nyamajjat ,
na punarudamajjat.

28. sā tadvacaḥ śrutvā avatīrya vāpīm
nyamajjat na punaḥ udamajjat

28. Hearing his words, she descended into the step-well and sank beneath the water, but she did not emerge again.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - she (the queen) (she, that (feminine))

• तद्वचः (tadvacaḥ) - his words (the king's command) (that word, his word)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended (having descended, having entered)

• वापीम् (vāpīm) - the step-well (step-well, pond)

• न्यमज्जत् (nyamajjat) - she sank (she sank, she plunged)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

• उदमज्जत् (udamajjat) - she emerged (she emerged, she rose up)

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - she (the queen) (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Refers to the queen.

तद्वचः (tadvacaḥ) - his words (the king's command) (that word, his word)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tadvacas

tadvacas - that word

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tad+vacas)

• tad – that
  pronoun (neuter)
• vacas – word, speech
  noun (neuter)
  Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Compound for 'that word'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

अवतीर्य (avatīrya) - having descended (having descended, having entered)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from ava-√tṛ (to cross down), with -ya suffix for absolutive when prefixed

Prefix: ava

Root: tṛ (class 1)

वापीम् (vāpīm) - the step-well (step-well, pond)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vāpī

vāpī - large step-well, pond, tank

न्यमज्जत् (nyamajjat) - she sank (she sank, she plunged)

(verb)

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

root √majj (to sink) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Prefix 'ni' followed by 'a' of imperfect conjugation often results in 'nya'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further, moreover)

(indeclinable)

उदमज्जत् (udamajjat) - she emerged (she emerged, she rose up)

(verb)

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

root √majj (to sink) with prefix ut

Prefix: ut

Root: majj (class 6)

Note: Prefix 'ut' before a consonant 'm' results in 'ud'. Sandhi with 'punaḥ' changes 'u' to 'ru'.