महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-24, verse-12

चकार यामप्रतिमां महात्मा सभां मयो देवसभाप्रकाशाम् ।
तां देवगुप्तामिव देवमायां हित्वा प्रयातः क्व नु धर्मराजः ॥१२॥

12. cakāra yāmapratimāṁ mahātmā; sabhāṁ mayo devasabhāprakāśām ,
tāṁ devaguptāmiva devamāyāṁ; hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ.

12. cakāra yāmapratimām mahātmā
sabhām mayaḥ devasabhāprakāśām
tām devaguptām iva devamāyām
hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ

12. The great soul Maya built an assembly hall that was unparalleled, shining like a divine assembly hall. Having abandoned that hall, which was as if protected by the gods, resembling a divine illusion (māyā), where then has the king of natural law (dharma) gone?

Words meanings summery:

• चकार (cakāra) - made, did, performed

• यामप्रतिमाम् (yāmapratimām) - unrivaled, incomparable

• महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great soul Maya (great-souled, noble, a great soul)

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly hall, court

• मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (a demon architect)

• देवसभाप्रकाशाम् (devasabhāprakāśām) - shining like a divine assembly hall

• ताम् (tām) - that, her

• देवगुप्ताम् (devaguptām) - protected by gods, guarded by gods

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• देवमायाम् (devamāyām) - divine illusion, divine magic

• हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

• प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - gone forth, departed, gone

• क्व (kva) - where?

• नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative particle)

• धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - king of natural law, Yudhiṣṭhira

Words meanings and morphology

चकार (cakāra) - made, did, performed

(verb)

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

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यामप्रतिमाम् (yāmapratimām) - unrivaled, incomparable

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of yāmapratima

yāmapratima - resembling Yama; unequaled, incomparable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yāma+pratima)

• yāma – Yama (the god of death)
  proper noun (masculine)
• pratima – image, resemblance, like, equal
  adjective (masculine)

महात्मा (mahātmā) - the great soul Maya (great-souled, noble, a great soul)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, great soul

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly hall, court

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, council, assembly hall, court

मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (a demon architect)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maya

maya - Maya (a celebrated architect and builder of the Asuras)

देवसभाप्रकाशाम् (devasabhāprakāśām) - shining like a divine assembly hall

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devasabhāprakāśa

devasabhāprakāśa - shining like a divine assembly

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devasabhā+prakāśa)

• devasabhā – divine assembly, assembly of gods
  noun (feminine)
• prakāśa – light, splendor, shining, appearing
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: kāś (class 1)

ताम् (tām) - that, her

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that

देवगुप्ताम् (devaguptām) - protected by gods, guarded by gods

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devagupta

devagupta - protected by gods

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √gup (to protect) with prefix deva

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+gupta)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• gupta – protected, guarded, hidden
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √gup (to protect)
  Root: gup (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

देवमायाम् (devamāyām) - divine illusion, divine magic

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devamāyā

devamāyā - divine illusion, divine magic, a divine supernatural power

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+māyā)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• māyā – illusion, magic, supernatural power
  noun (feminine)

हित्वा (hitvā) - having abandoned, having left

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive (gerund) of √hā

Root: hā (class 3)

प्रयातः (prayātaḥ) - gone forth, departed, gone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prayāta

prayāta - gone forth, departed

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √yā with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

नु (nu) - now, indeed, then (interrogative particle)

(indeclinable)

An interrogative, emphatic, or hortatory particle.

धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - king of natural law, Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of natural law, righteous king, Yudhiṣṭhira, Yama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)