महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-261, verse-16

इति तद्राजवचनं प्रतिश्रुत्याथ मन्थरा ।
कैकेयीमभिगम्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१६॥

16. iti tadrājavacanaṁ pratiśrutyātha mantharā ,
kaikeyīmabhigamyedaṁ kāle vacanamabravīt.

16. iti tat rājavacanam pratiśrutya atha mantharā
kaikeyīm abhigamya idam kāle vacanam abravīt

16. Having assented to that royal decree (vacana) in this manner, Manthara then approached Kaikeyi and spoke these words at the opportune moment.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

• तत् (tat) - that

• राजवचनम् (rājavacanam) - royal utterance, king's word/decree

• प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - having heard and assented, having promised

• अथ (atha) - then, next

• मन्थरा (mantharā) - Manthara

• कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - Kaikeyi

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, going to

• इदम् (idam) - this, these

• काले (kāle) - at the time, at the opportune moment

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Agrees with 'rājavacanam'

राजवचनम् (rājavacanam) - royal utterance, king's word/decree

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājavacana

rājavacana - king's word, royal statement

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+vacana)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• vacana – word, speech, utterance, statement
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root vac (to speak)
  Root: vac (class 2)

प्रतिश्रुत्य (pratiśrutya) - having heard and assented, having promised

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

Absolutive form from root śru with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: śru (class 5)

अथ (atha) - then, next

(indeclinable)

मन्थरा (mantharā) - Manthara

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mantharā

mantharā - Manthara (Kaikeyi's hunchbacked maidservant)

कैकेयीम् (kaikeyīm) - Kaikeyi

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kaikeyī

kaikeyī - Kaikeyi (one of King Dasharatha's wives)

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - having approached, going to

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

Absolutive form from root gam with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this, these

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'

काले (kāle) - at the time, at the opportune moment

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, opportune moment

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, utterance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, utterance, statement

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)