महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-291, verse-23

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तथेत्युक्त्वा तु तां कुन्तीमाविवेश विहंगमः ।
स्वर्भानुशत्रुर्योगात्मा नाभ्यां पस्पर्श चैव ताम् ॥२३॥

23. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tathetyuktvā tu tāṁ kuntīmāviveśa vihaṁgamaḥ ,
svarbhānuśatruryogātmā nābhyāṁ pasparśa caiva tām.

23. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tathā iti uktvā tu tām kuntīm āviveśa
vihaṅgamaḥ svarbhānuśatruḥ yogātmā nābhyām pasparśa ca eva tām

23. Vaiśampāyana said: "Having said 'So be it,' the sun god (vihaṅgama), the enemy of Svarbhānu (Rāhu), whose essence is spiritual discipline (yoga), entered Kuntī. He certainly touched her at the navel (nābhyām)."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, so be it

• इति (iti) - quotative particle, marking the end of a direct speech (thus)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ताम् (tām) - refers to Kuntī (her, that (feminine))

• कुन्तीम् (kuntīm) - Kuntī

• आविवेश (āviveśa) - entered

• विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - Refers to the sun god Sūrya (bird; one who moves in the sky; the sun god)

• स्वर्भानुशत्रुः (svarbhānuśatruḥ) - Another epithet for the sun god Sūrya (enemy of Svarbhānu (Rāhu); the sun)

• योगात्मा (yogātmā) - Referring to Sūrya, whose nature is of spiritual discipline or mystical union (whose nature is spiritual discipline (yoga), whose essence is union)

• नाभ्याम् (nābhyām) - at the navel, by means of the navel

• पस्पर्श (pasparśa) - touched

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

• ताम् (tām) - Refers to Kuntī (her)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, so be it

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - quotative particle, marking the end of a direct speech (thus)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root vac with suffix -tvā

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - refers to Kuntī (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

कुन्तीम् (kuntīm) - Kuntī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kuntī

kuntī - Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)

आविवेश (āviveśa) - entered

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

विहङ्गमः (vihaṅgamaḥ) - Refers to the sun god Sūrya (bird; one who moves in the sky; the sun god)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihaṅgama

vihaṅgama - bird; one who moves in the sky (like the sun or moon)

Compound type : tatpurusha (viha+gama)

• viha – sky, air
  noun (masculine)
• gama – going, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/derivative
  From root gam (to go)
  Root: gam (class 1)

स्वर्भानुशत्रुः (svarbhānuśatruḥ) - Another epithet for the sun god Sūrya (enemy of Svarbhānu (Rāhu); the sun)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svarbhānuśatru

svarbhānuśatru - enemy of Svarbhānu (Rāhu); an epithet of the sun

Compound type : tatpurusha (svarbhānu+śatru)

• svarbhānu – name of a demon, Rāhu
  proper noun (masculine)
• śatru – enemy, adversary
  noun (masculine)

योगात्मा (yogātmā) - Referring to Sūrya, whose nature is of spiritual discipline or mystical union (whose nature is spiritual discipline (yoga), whose essence is union)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yogātman

yogātman - whose nature is spiritual discipline (yoga); whose essence is yoga; whose self is yoga

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yoga+ātman)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, meditation, concentration, application
  noun (masculine)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit; the individual self (ātman); the supreme self
  noun (masculine)

नाभ्याम् (nābhyām) - at the navel, by means of the navel

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of nābhi

nābhi - navel, nave of a wheel, center

Note: Instrumental case often denotes means, but can also specify location (e.g., 'at the navel').

पस्पर्श (pasparśa) - touched

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: spṛś (class 6)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - Refers to Kuntī (her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her