महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-198, verse-16

बाढमित्येव संहृष्टो विप्रो वचनमब्रवीत् ।
अग्रतस्तु द्विजं कृत्वा स जगाम गृहान्प्रति ॥१६॥

16. bāḍhamityeva saṁhṛṣṭo vipro vacanamabravīt ,
agratastu dvijaṁ kṛtvā sa jagāma gṛhānprati.

16. bāḍham iti eva saṃhṛṣṭaḥ vipraḥ vacanam abravīt
agrataḥ tu dvijam kṛtvā saḥ jagāma gṛhān prati

16. The brahmin (vipra), greatly delighted, said, 'Yes, certainly!' And placing the brahmin (dvija) ahead, he (the hunter) went towards his home.

Words meanings summery:

• बाढम् (bāḍham) - Yes, certainly (yes, certainly, well)

• इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quote) (thus, so)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

• संहृष्टः (saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted (greatly delighted, rejoiced)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, sage)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word (response) (word, speech, saying)

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

• अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - ahead (of him) (in front of, before, ahead)

• तु (tu) - and, then (but, indeed)

• द्विजम् (dvijam) - brahmin (brahmin, twice-born)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed (having done, having made, having placed)

• सः (saḥ) - he (the hunter) (he, that)

• जगाम (jagāma) - went

• गृहान् (gṛhān) - home (plural used as singular) (houses, homes)

• प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, to, opposite)

Words meanings and morphology

बाढम् (bāḍham) - Yes, certainly (yes, certainly, well)

(indeclinable)

Note: Exclamatory word.

इति (iti) - thus (marking the end of a quote) (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks the end of direct speech.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Note: Reinforces bāḍham.

संहृष्टः (saṁhṛṣṭaḥ) - greatly delighted (greatly delighted, rejoiced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃhṛṣṭa

saṁhṛṣṭa - greatly delighted, much pleased, rejoiced

Past Passive Participle

From root hṛṣ (to rejoice) with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for vipraḥ.

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, sage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - brahmin, inspired one, sage, priest

Note: Subject of abravīt.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word (response) (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech, declaration

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active Indicative

Augmented form of vac (Class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

अग्रतः (agrataḥ) - ahead (of him) (in front of, before, ahead)

(indeclinable)

Formed with suffix -tas from agra (front)

तु (tu) - and, then (but, indeed)

(indeclinable)

द्विजम् (dvijam) - brahmin (brahmin, twice-born)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, brahmin, bird, snake, tooth

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of kṛtvā.

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having placed (having done, having made, having placed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Expresses prior action of the main verb jagāma.

सः (saḥ) - he (the hunter) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Subject of jagāma.

जगाम (jagāma) - went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect Active Indicative

Reduplicated form

Root: gam (class 1)

गृहान् (gṛhān) - home (plural used as singular) (houses, homes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of gṛha

gṛha - house, home, dwelling

Note: Object of motion with prati.

प्रति (prati) - towards (towards, to, opposite)

(indeclinable)

Note: Preposition governing accusative.