महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-37, verse-2

स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा विनिश्चित्येतिकृत्यताम् ।
भीमसेनमिदं वाक्यमपदान्तरमब्रवीत् ॥२॥

2. sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā viniścityetikṛtyatām ,
bhīmasenamidaṁ vākyamapadāntaramabravīt.

2. sa muhūrtam iva dhyātvā viniścitya itikṛtyatām
bhīmasenam idam vākyam apadāntaram abravīt

2. Having pondered for a moment and decided what ought to be done, he then spoke these words to Bhīmasena without interruption.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Yudhiṣṭhira (he)

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short while

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered (dhyāna)

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

• इतिकृत्यताम् (itikṛtyatām) - what ought to be done, the proper course of action

• भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhīmasena

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

• अपदान्तरम् (apadāntaram) - without an intermediate word, without interruption

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Yudhiṣṭhira (he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment, for a short while

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a short time, a division of time (48 minutes)

Note: Accusative of duration.

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle

ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered (dhyāna)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: dhyai (class 1)

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund) with prefix

Formed with suffix -ya after prefixes vi- and niś-

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: ci (class 5)

इतिकृत्यताम् (itikṛtyatām) - what ought to be done, the proper course of action

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of itikṛtyatā

itikṛtyatā - what ought to be done, expediency, propriety, proper course of action

Derived from the compound 'itikṛtya' (thus to be done) with the feminine suffix '-tā'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (iti+kṛtya)

• iti – thus, in this way, so
  indeclinable
• kṛtya – to be done, proper, duty, obligation
  adjective (neuter)
  Gerundive
  From √kṛ 'to do' with suffix -ya.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

भीमसेनम् (bhīmasenam) - to Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Name of one of the Pāṇḍavas

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (masc/neut), here

Root pronoun

Note: Matches 'vākyam' in gender, number, case.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From √vac 'to speak'

Root: vac

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अपदान्तरम् (apadāntaram) - without an intermediate word, without interruption

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of apadāntara

apadāntara - without an intermediate word, without interruption, without a break

Negative Tatpurusha compound (na-antaram padam = apadāntaram)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pada+antara)

• a – not, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pada – word, footstep, position
  noun (neuter)
  Root: pad
• antara – intermediate, interval, difference
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Functions adverbially, modifying 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular active

Formed with augment 'a-'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira speaking.