महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-59, verse-22

गत्वा गत्वा नलो राजा पुनरेति सभां मुहुः ।
आकृष्यमाणः कलिना सौहृदेनापकृष्यते ॥२२॥

22. gatvā gatvā nalo rājā punareti sabhāṁ muhuḥ ,
ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ kalinā sauhṛdenāpakṛṣyate.

22. gatvā gatvā nalaḥ rājā punar eti sabhāṃ
muhuḥ ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ kalinā sauhṛdena apakṛṣyate

22. King Nala repeatedly goes and then returns to the assembly hall again and again. While being dragged by Kali (kali), he is simultaneously pulled away by his affection (sauhṛdena).

Words meanings summery:

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of the king)

• राजा (rājā) - king

• पुनर् (punar) - again, back

• एति (eti) - he comes, goes

• सभां (sabhāṁ) - to the gambling hall (to the assembly, to the gambling hall)

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again, frequently

• आकृष्यमाणः (ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ) - being pulled, being drawn, being dragged

• कलिना (kalinā) - by the personified deity Kali, who influences Nala (by Kali (the deity/personification of the age of strife))

• सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - by friendship, by affection, by goodwill

• अपकृष्यते (apakṛṣyate) - he is pulled away, he is drawn away, he is removed

Words meanings and morphology

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root gam with -tvā suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root gam with -tvā suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Reduplicated for emphasis of repeated action.

नलः (nalaḥ) - Nala (name of the king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

पुनर् (punar) - again, back

(indeclinable)

एति (eti) - he comes, goes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i

Root: i (class 2)

सभां (sabhāṁ) - to the gambling hall (to the assembly, to the gambling hall)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, hall, gambling hall

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - repeatedly, again and again, frequently

(indeclinable)

आकृष्यमाणः (ākṛṣyamāṇaḥ) - being pulled, being drawn, being dragged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākṛṣyamāṇa

ākṛṣyamāṇa - being pulled, being drawn, being dragged

Present Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛṣ with ā prefix.

Prefix: ā

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

कलिना (kalinā) - by the personified deity Kali, who influences Nala (by Kali (the deity/personification of the age of strife))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kali

kali - Kali (name of a deity, name of the last yuga), dice-throw of one

सौहृदेन (sauhṛdena) - by friendship, by affection, by goodwill

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sauhṛda

sauhṛda - friendship, affection, goodwill

Derived from suhṛd (friend) with aṇ suffix.

अपकृष्यते (apakṛṣyate) - he is pulled away, he is drawn away, he is removed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of apakṛṣ

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)