महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-16

सहदेवस्तथेत्युक्त्वा तां दिशं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
ददर्श च हतं भूमौ भ्रातरं नकुलं तदा ॥१६॥

16. sahadevastathetyuktvā tāṁ diśaṁ pratyapadyata ,
dadarśa ca hataṁ bhūmau bhrātaraṁ nakulaṁ tadā.

16. sahadevaḥ tathā iti uktvā tāṃ diśaṃ prati apadyata
| dadarśa ca hataṃ bhūmau bhrātaraṃ nakulaṃ tadā

16. Sahadeva, having said, 'So be it,' proceeded towards that direction. And then he saw his brother Nakula lying slain on the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (one of the Pandavas)

• तथा (tathā) - 'So be it' or 'Yes' (in response to an order) (so, thus, in that manner)

• इति (iti) - thus, so

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• तां (tāṁ) - that

• दिशं (diśaṁ) - direction, quarter

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, to, in the direction of

• अपद्यत (apadyata) - he went, he proceeded (he went, he approached, he obtained)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

• च (ca) - and

• हतं (hataṁ) - killed, slain, struck

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṁ) - brother

• नकुलं (nakulaṁ) - Nakula (proper name)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

सहदेवः (sahadevaḥ) - Sahadeva (one of the Pandavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sahadeva

sahadeva - Sahadeva (proper name of the youngest Pandava)

तथा (tathā) - 'So be it' or 'Yes' (in response to an order) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (indeclinable participle)

Formed from root vac with suffix -tvā. Initial v -> u.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Acts as an indeclinable participle.

तां (tāṁ) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to diśam.

दिशं (diśaṁ) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, to, in the direction of

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an upasarga when prefixed to a verb, or a preposition with accusative.

अपद्यत (apadyata) - he went, he proceeded (he went, he approached, he obtained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of √pad

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Root pad (4th class, middle voice). a- is the augment for imperfect tense.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of √dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: The initial da is due to reduplication.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

हतं (hataṁ) - killed, slain, struck

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

han - to strike, to kill, to slay

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root han with suffix -ta.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Qualifies bhrātaraṃ nakulaṃ.

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, soil, land

भ्रातरं (bhrātaraṁ) - brother

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Object of dadarśa.

नकुलं (nakulaṁ) - Nakula (proper name)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nakula

nakula - Nakula (proper name of one of the Pandavas); mongoose

Note: Object of dadarśa, in apposition to bhrātaraṃ.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)