महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-45, verse-37

स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय लोमशः सुमहातपाः ।
काम्यकं वनमुद्दिश्य समुपायान्महीतलम् ॥३७॥

37. sa tatheti pratijñāya lomaśaḥ sumahātapāḥ ,
kāmyakaṁ vanamuddiśya samupāyānmahītalam.

37. saḥ tathā iti pratijñāya lomaśaḥ sumahātapāḥ
kāmyakam vanam uddiśya samupāyāt mahītalam

37. Having thus promised, Lomasha, who was endowed with great austerity (tapas), then proceeded towards the Kāmyaka forest on the surface of the earth.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

• प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having affirmed

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomasha (name of a sage)

• सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of great austerity (tapas), intensely ascetic

• काम्यकम् (kāmyakam) - Kāmyaka (name of a forest)

• वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

• उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having in mind, having aimed at, proceeding towards

• समुपायात् (samupāyāt) - he approached, he went, he resorted to

• महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the ground

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner (marks direct speech or thought)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having affirmed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'jñā' with prefix 'prati'

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomasha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomasha (proper name of a sage)

सुमहातपाः (sumahātapāḥ) - of great austerity (tapas), intensely ascetic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sumahātapas

sumahātapas - possessing great austerity (tapas), very ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (su+mahā+tapas)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
  Stem of 'mahat'
• tapas – austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)

काम्यकम् (kāmyakam) - Kāmyaka (name of a forest)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - name of a particular forest

वनम् (vanam) - forest, wood

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

उद्दिश्य (uddiśya) - having in mind, having aimed at, proceeding towards

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root 'diś' with prefix 'ud'

Prefix: ud

Root: diś (class 6)

समुपायात् (samupāyāt) - he approached, he went, he resorted to

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of samupāyā

From root 'i' with prefixes 'sam', 'upa', 'ā'

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: i (class 2)

महीतलम् (mahītalam) - the surface of the earth, the ground

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - the surface of the earth, the ground

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plain, flat ground
  noun (neuter)