महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-275, verse-4

पूजयित्वा यथा रामं प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम् ।
तन्महोत्सवसंकाशमासीदाकाशमच्युत ॥४॥

4. pūjayitvā yathā rāmaṁ pratijagmuryathāgatam ,
tanmahotsavasaṁkāśamāsīdākāśamacyuta.

4. pūjayitvā yathā rāmam pratijagmuḥ yathāgatam
tat mahotsavasaṃkāśam āsīt ākāśam acyuta

4. Having thus worshipped Rāma, they returned the way they had come. O Acyuta, that sky then resembled a great festival.

Words meanings summery:

• पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped, after worshipping

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which way

• रामम् (rāmam) - The epic hero Rāma. (Rama)

• प्रतिजग्मुः (pratijagmuḥ) - they returned, went back

• यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - Describes the manner of their return. (as they had come, in the same way they arrived)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to 'ākāśam' (the sky). (that, it)

• महोत्सवसंकाशम् (mahotsavasaṁkāśam) - Describes the sky as appearing like a grand celebration. (resembling a great festival, like a grand celebration)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

• आकाशम् (ākāśam) - The celestial expanse. (sky, space, ether)

• अच्युत (acyuta) - Mārkaṇḍeya is addressing a divine listener, likely Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, who is 'the unfallen one'. (O Acyuta (Vishnu, Krishna - the unfallen one))

Words meanings and morphology

पूजयित्वा (pūjayitvā) - having worshipped, after worshipping

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root pūj (to worship) with suffix -itvā

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Absolutive form

यथा (yathā) - as, like, in which way

(indeclinable)

रामम् (rāmam) - The epic hero Rāma. (Rama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (name of a Hindu deity, hero of the Ramayana)

Note: Object of 'pūjayitvā'

प्रतिजग्मुः (pratijagmuḥ) - they returned, went back

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural, active voice of root gam with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: gam (class 1)

यथागतम् (yathāgatam) - Describes the manner of their return. (as they had come, in the same way they arrived)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+āgata)

• yathā – as, just as
  indeclinable
• āgata – come, arrived, returned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root gam with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Describes the manner of returning

तत् (tat) - Refers to 'ākāśam' (the sky). (that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Neuter nominative singular of 'tad'

महोत्सवसंकाशम् (mahotsavasaṁkāśam) - Describes the sky as appearing like a grand celebration. (resembling a great festival, like a grand celebration)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahotsavasaṃkāśa

mahotsavasaṁkāśa - resembling a great festival

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahotsava+saṃkāśa)

• mahotsava – great festival, grand celebration
  noun (masculine)
• saṃkāśa – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective

Note: Agrees with 'ākāśam'

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, it was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root as.

Root: as (class 2)

आकाशम् (ākāśam) - The celestial expanse. (sky, space, ether)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākāśa

ākāśa - sky, space, ether

Note: Subject of 'āsīt'

अच्युत (acyuta) - Mārkaṇḍeya is addressing a divine listener, likely Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, who is 'the unfallen one'. (O Acyuta (Vishnu, Krishna - the unfallen one))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - the unfallen, imperishable one (epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root cyu (to move, fall) with prefix a- (negation)

Prefix: a

Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Vocative address