महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-21

एवमुक्तो गुडाकेशः प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः ।
आमुक्तखड्गो मेधावी तत्सरः प्रत्यपद्यत ॥२१॥

21. evamukto guḍākeśaḥ pragṛhya saśaraṁ dhanuḥ ,
āmuktakhaḍgo medhāvī tatsaraḥ pratyapadyata.

21. evam uktaḥ guḍākeśaḥ pragṛhya saśaram dhanuḥ
āmuktakhaḍgaḥ medhāvī tat saraḥ pratyapadyata

21. Thus addressed, Guḍākeśa (Arjuna), who was intelligent and had his sword girt, took up his bow with arrows and approached that lake.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• गुडाकेशः (guḍākeśaḥ) - Arjuna, the subject of the verse. (Guḍākeśa (an epithet of Arjuna))

• प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, taking up

• सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrows, along with arrows

• धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

• आमुक्तखड्गः (āmuktakhaḍgaḥ) - having a girt sword, wearing a sword

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise, sagacious

• तत् (tat) - that

• सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

• प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - approached, went towards

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies uktaḥ.

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

From root √vac (to speak) with kta suffix (irregular formation).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Qualifies guḍākeśaḥ.

गुडाकेशः (guḍākeśaḥ) - Arjuna, the subject of the verse. (Guḍākeśa (an epithet of Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guḍākeśa

guḍākeśa - having hair in a ball (Guḍāka is sleep, Iśa is lord, so 'conqueror of sleep'); an epithet of Arjuna

Compound type : bahuvrihi (guḍāka+īśa)

• guḍāka – sleep
  noun (masculine)
• īśa – lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Subject of pratyapadyata.

प्रगृह्य (pragṛhya) - having seized, having grasped, taking up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root √grah (to seize) with prefix pra- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Modifies the action of Arjuna.

सशरम् (saśaram) - with arrows, along with arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saśara

saśara - with arrows

Compound formed with sa- (with) and śara (arrow).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+śara)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  Prefix meaning 'with'.
• śara – arrow
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies dhanuḥ.

धनुः (dhanuḥ) - bow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dhanus

dhanus - bow

Note: Object of pragṛhya.

आमुक्तखड्गः (āmuktakhaḍgaḥ) - having a girt sword, wearing a sword

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āmuktakhaḍga

āmuktakhaḍga - having a girt sword, wearing a sword

Compound of āmukta (girt, worn) and khaḍga (sword).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āmukta+khaḍga)

• āmukta – girt, fastened, worn, released
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √muc (to release, put on) with prefix ā-.
  Prefix: ā
  Root: muc (class 6)
• khaḍga – sword
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies guḍākeśaḥ.

मेधावी (medhāvī) - intelligent, wise, sagacious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise

Formed from medhā (intelligence) with the possessive suffix vin.

Note: Qualifies guḍākeśaḥ.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Adjective for saraḥ.

सरः (saraḥ) - lake, pond

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond

Root: sṛ

Note: Object of pratyapadyata.

प्रत्यपद्यत (pratyapadyata) - approached, went towards

(verb)

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

Imperfect Middle (ātmanepada)

a- augment + prati-apa prefixes + padyata stem.

Prefixes: prati+apa

Root: pad (class 4)