महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-280, verse-8

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा द्युमत्सेनो विरराम महामनाः ।
तिष्ठन्ती चापि सावित्री काष्ठभूतेव लक्ष्यते ॥८॥

8. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
evamuktvā dyumatseno virarāma mahāmanāḥ ,
tiṣṭhantī cāpi sāvitrī kāṣṭhabhūteva lakṣyate.

8. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca | evam uktvā dyumatsenaḥ virarāma
mahāmanāḥ | tiṣṭhantī ca api sāvitrī kāṣṭhabhūtā iva lakṣyate

8. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Having spoken thus, the noble-minded Dyamatsena ceased speaking. Sāvitrī, standing there, also appeared as if turned into a wooden statue."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

• द्युमत्सेनः (dyumatsenaḥ) - Dyamatsena

• विरराम (virarāma) - stopped, ceased

• महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - noble-minded, magnanimous

• तिष्ठन्ती (tiṣṭhantī) - standing

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī

• काष्ठभूता (kāṣṭhabhūtā) - turned to wood, like wood

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, appears

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

Root vac (2nd class), perfect (lit) 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

Gerund (ktvā) of root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

द्युमत्सेनः (dyumatsenaḥ) - Dyamatsena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dyumatsena

dyumatsena - Dyamatsena (a proper name, father of Satyavan)

विरराम (virarāma) - stopped, ceased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of viram

Perfect Tense

Root ram (1st class) with prefix vi, perfect (lit) 3rd person singular, active voice

Prefix: vi

Root: ram (class 1)

महामनाः (mahāmanāḥ) - noble-minded, magnanimous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmanas

mahāmanas - noble-minded, magnanimous, great-souled

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+manas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, soul
  noun (neuter)

तिष्ठन्ती (tiṣṭhantī) - standing

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, existing, remaining

Present Active Participle

Present active participle (śatṛ) of root sthā (to stand)

Root: sthā (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

सावित्री (sāvitrī) - Sāvitrī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sāvitrī

sāvitrī - Sāvitrī (name of a princess, wife of Satyavan)

काष्ठभूता (kāṣṭhabhūtā) - turned to wood, like wood

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kāṣṭhabhūta

kāṣṭhabhūta - turned into wood, become like wood

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāṣṭha+bhūta)

• kāṣṭha – wood, timber, log
  noun (neuter)
• bhūta – become, happened, past
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū (to be, to become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्यते (lakṣyate) - is perceived, appears

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of lakṣ

Present Tense

Root lakṣ (10th class, but here passive of 1st class), present (laṭ) 3rd person singular, passive voice

Root: lakṣ (class 1)