महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-296, verse-34

भीमसेनस्तथेत्युक्त्वा तां दिशं प्रत्यपद्यत ।
यत्र ते पुरुषव्याघ्रा भ्रातरोऽस्य निपातिताः ॥३४॥

34. bhīmasenastathetyuktvā tāṁ diśaṁ pratyapadyata ,
yatra te puruṣavyāghrā bhrātaro'sya nipātitāḥ.

34. bhīmasenaḥ tathā iti uktvā tām diśam prati apadyata
yatra te puruṣa-vyāghrāḥ bhrātaraḥ asya nipātitāḥ

34. Bhīmasena, having said "So be it," went towards that direction where his brothers, those tiger-like men, had fallen.

Words meanings summery:

• भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena

• तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, "so be it"

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• ताम् (tām) - that

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

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

• अपद्यत (apadyata) - he went, he proceeded, he reached

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• ते (te) - Those brothers (those)

• पुरुष-व्याघ्राः (puruṣa-vyāghrāḥ) - The brothers, who were powerful, tiger-like men (tiger-like men, foremost of men)

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• अस्य (asya) - His (Bhīmasena's) brothers (his)

• निपातिताः (nipātitāḥ) - His brothers had fallen down (due to some action) (fallen down, struck down, killed)

Words meanings and morphology

भीमसेनः (bhīmasenaḥ) - Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava brother)

Note: Subject of 'uktvā' and 'apadyata'.

तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that way, "so be it"

(indeclinable)

Adverb of manner.

इति (iti) - thus, so, (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

Quotation particle.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root vac (2nd class), irregular form with -tvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Agreeing with 'diśam'.

दिशम् (diśam) - direction, quarter

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Root diś (6th class) 'to point, show'.

Root: diś (class 6)

Note: Object of 'prati'.

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

(indeclinable)

Preposition governing the accusative.

अपद्यत (apadyata) - he went, he proceeded, he reached

(verb)

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

Imperfect middle

From root pad (4th class, Ātmanepada) with prefix 'apa'.

Prefix: apa

Root: pad (class 4)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Relative adverb.

ते (te) - Those brothers (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the brothers.

पुरुष-व्याघ्राः (puruṣa-vyāghrāḥ) - The brothers, who were powerful, tiger-like men (tiger-like men, foremost of men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa-vyāghra

puruṣa-vyāghra - man-tiger, a tiger among men, foremost of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, human being, male, person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet for the brothers.

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Subjects of 'nipātitāḥ'.

अस्य (asya) - His (Bhīmasena's) brothers (his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Genitive singular masculine.

Note: Genitive indicating possession "his brothers" (referring to Bhīmasena).

निपातिताः (nipātitāḥ) - His brothers had fallen down (due to some action) (fallen down, struck down, killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nipātita

nipātita - caused to fall, struck down, killed, fallen

Past Passive Participle

From causal of root pat (1st class, to fall) with prefix 'ni'. (Pātayati: causes to fall; nipātita: caused to fall).

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively as "had fallen".