महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-238, verse-4

तस्मिन्नुच्चार्यमाणे तु गन्धर्वेण वचस्यथ ।
भूमेर्विवरमन्वैच्छं प्रवेष्टुं व्रीडयान्वितः ॥४॥

4. tasminnuccāryamāṇe tu gandharveṇa vacasyatha ,
bhūmervivaramanvaicchaṁ praveṣṭuṁ vrīḍayānvitaḥ.

4. tasmin uccāryamāṇe tu gandharveṇa vacasi atha
bhūmeḥ vivaram anvaiccham praveṣṭum vrīḍayā anvitaḥ

4. But as those words were being spoken by the Gandharva, I (Duryodhana), overcome with shame, wished to sink into the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, while that

• उच्चार्यमाणे (uccāryamāṇe) - being uttered, being spoken

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• गन्धर्वेण (gandharveṇa) - by Citrasena (by the Gandharva)

• वचसि (vacasi) - in the word, in the speech

• अथ (atha) - then, moreover

• भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

• विवरम् (vivaram) - hole, cavity, opening

• अन्वैच्छम् (anvaiccham) - I desired, I wished

• प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter

• व्रीडया (vrīḍayā) - by shame, with embarrassment

• अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - accompanied, filled, overcome

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, while that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Locative absolute with uccāryamāṇe and vacasi.

उच्चार्यमाणे (uccāryamāṇe) - being uttered, being spoken

(participle)

Locative, neuter, singular of uccāryamāṇa

uccāryamāṇa - being uttered, being spoken

Present Passive Participle

From root car with upasarga ut- and ā-

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Locative absolute with tasmin and vacasi.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or adversative particle.

गन्धर्वेण (gandharveṇa) - by Citrasena (by the Gandharva)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gandharva

gandharva - Gandharva (a celestial musician/spirit)

Note: Agent of uccāryamāṇe.

वचसि (vacasi) - in the word, in the speech

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Locative absolute construction.

अथ (atha) - then, moreover

(indeclinable)

Note: Marks continuation.

भूमेः (bhūmeḥ) - of the earth

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

Note: Qualifies vivaram.

विवरम् (vivaram) - hole, cavity, opening

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vivara

vivara - hole, cavity, opening

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of anvaiccham.

अन्वैच्छम् (anvaiccham) - I desired, I wished

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of anviṣ

Imperfect Active

Imperfect tense, 1st person singular, active voice. Root iṣ with prefix anu.

Prefix: anu

Root: iṣ (class 4)

Note: Speaker is Duryodhana.

प्रवेष्टुम् (praveṣṭum) - to enter

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of root viś with upasarga pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Purpose for seeking a hole.

व्रीडया (vrīḍayā) - by shame, with embarrassment

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vrīḍā

vrīḍā - shame, embarrassment, modesty

Note: Modifies anvitaḥ (filled by shame).

अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - accompanied, filled, overcome

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anvita

anvita - accompanied by, connected with, filled with

Past Passive Participle

From root i with upasarga anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Agrees with implicit subject 'I' (Duryodhana).