महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-191, verse-5

स मामश्वो भूत्वा
तत्रावहद्यत्र बभूवोलूकः ॥५॥

5. sa māmaśvo bhūtvā
tatrāvahadyatra babhūvolūkaḥ.

5. sa mām aśvaḥ bhūtvā tatra
avahat yatra babhūva ulūkaḥ

5. He, transforming into a horse, carried me to the place where the owl resided.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (the king/person talking) (he, that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• अश्वः (aśvaḥ) - horse

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - transforming into (having become, being)

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अवहत् (avahat) - carried, bore

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• बभूव (babhūva) - resided, was present (was, became, existed)

• उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - owl

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (the king/person talking) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Sandhi form of saḥ.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अश्वः (aśvaḥ) - horse

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aśva

aśva - horse, steed

Note: Predicate nominative with `bhūtvā`.

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - transforming into (having become, being)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'bhū' with suffix -tvā, indicating an action completed before the main verb.

Root: bhū (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अवहत् (avahat) - carried, bore

(verb)

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

Root: vah (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Note: Relative adverb indicating location.

बभूव (babhūva) - resided, was present (was, became, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

उलूकः (ulūkaḥ) - owl

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ulūka

ulūka - owl

Note: Subject of `babhūva`.