महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-259, verse-28

कुम्भकर्णमथोवाच तथैव प्रपितामहः ।
स वव्रे महतीं निद्रां तमसा ग्रस्तचेतनः ॥२८॥

28. kumbhakarṇamathovāca tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ ,
sa vavre mahatīṁ nidrāṁ tamasā grastacetanaḥ.

28. kumbhakarṇam atha uvāca tathā eva prapitāmahaḥ
sa vavre mahatīm nidrām tamasā grastacetanaḥ

28. Then, the great-grandfather (Brahma) spoke to Kumbhakarna. With his consciousness seized by the quality of darkness (tamas), he chose a profound sleep.

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भकर्णम् (kumbhakarṇam) - Kumbhakarna

• अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

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

• प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - Brahma, the creator god, who is the great-grandfather of all beings and the source of boons in this context. (great-grandfather, progenitor (Brahma))

• स (sa) - Kumbhakarna (he)

• वव्रे (vavre) - chose, requested, obtained

• महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, immense, profound

• निद्राम् (nidrām) - sleep, slumber

• तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by ignorance, by the quality of inertia (tamas)

• ग्रस्तचेतनः (grastacetanaḥ) - Kumbhakarna, whose mind was dominated by tamas (whose consciousness is seized/overcome)

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भकर्णम् (kumbhakarṇam) - Kumbhakarna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarna (name of Ravana's brother)

अथ (atha) - then, next, thereupon

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, in that manner, so

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

प्रपितामहः (prapitāmahaḥ) - Brahma, the creator god, who is the great-grandfather of all beings and the source of boons in this context. (great-grandfather, progenitor (Brahma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather, progenitor, a name of Brahma

pra- (prefix) + pitāmaha (grandfather)

Compound type : Pradi-Tatpuruṣa (pra+pitāmaha)

• pra – forth, forward, very, before
  indeclinable
• pitāmaha – grandfather (father's father), a name of Brahma
  noun (masculine)

स (sa) - Kumbhakarna (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

वव्रे (vavre) - chose, requested, obtained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)

महतीम् (mahatīm) - great, immense, profound

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, immense, profound

निद्राम् (nidrām) - sleep, slumber

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nidrā

nidrā - sleep, slumber

तमसा (tamasā) - by darkness, by ignorance, by the quality of inertia (tamas)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tamas

tamas - darkness, gloom, ignorance, the quality of inertia, one of the three guṇas (tamas)

ग्रस्तचेतनः (grastacetanaḥ) - Kumbhakarna, whose mind was dominated by tamas (whose consciousness is seized/overcome)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of grastacetana

grastacetana - one whose consciousness is seized or overcome

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (grasta+cetana)

• grasta – seized, overcome, swallowed, devoured
  verbal derivative (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √gras (to seize, swallow)
  Root: gras (class 1)
• cetana – consciousness, mind, intellect, sentient
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root √cit (to perceive, understand)
  Root: cit (class 10)