महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-60, verse-18

उन्मत्तवद्भीमसुता विलपन्ती ततस्ततः ।
हा हा राजन्निति मुहुरितश्चेतश्च धावति ॥१८॥

18. unmattavadbhīmasutā vilapantī tatastataḥ ,
hā hā rājanniti muhuritaścetaśca dhāvati.

18. unmattavat bhīmasutā vilapantī tataḥ tataḥ hā
hā rājan iti muhuḥ itaḥ ca cetaḥ ca dhāvati

18. The daughter of Bhīma (Damayantī), lamenting like a madwoman, ran hither and thither from place to place, repeatedly crying, 'Alas, alas, O King!'

Words meanings summery:

• उन्मत्तवत् (unmattavat) - like a madwoman, madly

• भीमसुता (bhīmasutā) - Damayantī, daughter of King Bhīma. (daughter of Bhīma)

• विलपन्ती (vilapantī) - lamenting, weeping

• ततः (tataḥ) - Used idiomatically with another 'tataḥ' to mean 'from place to place'. (from there, thence)

• ततः (tataḥ) - Used idiomatically with another 'tataḥ' to mean 'from place to place'. (from there, thence)

• हा (hā) - Expresses lamentation. (alas! oh!)

• हा (hā) - Emphasizes lamentation. (alas! oh!)

• राजन् (rājan) - Address to King Nala. (O King!)

• इति (iti) - Marks the preceding phrase as a cry. (thus, so, (quotation marker))

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

• इतः (itaḥ) - Used as part of the idiomatic phrase 'itaś ca cetaś ca' meaning 'hither and thither'. (hither, from here)

• च (ca) - and

• चेतः (cetaḥ) - As part of the idiomatic phrase 'itaś ca cetaś ca' meaning 'hither and thither'. (hither, thither)

• च (ca) - and

• धावति (dhāvati) - runs, rushes, wanders

Words meanings and morphology

उन्मत्तवत् (unmattavat) - like a madwoman, madly

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to unmātta (mad)

Note: Adverb modifying 'vilapantī'.

भीमसुता (bhīmasutā) - Damayantī, daughter of King Bhīma. (daughter of Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhīmasutā

bhīmasutā - daughter of Bhīma

Tatpuruṣa compound: Bhīma + sutā

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bhīma+sutā)

• bhīma – fearful, terrible; Name of a king (Damayantī's father)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• sutā – daughter
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from root sū- 'to beget, produce'
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'dhāvati'.

विलपन्ती (vilapantī) - lamenting, weeping

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vilapat

vilapat - lamenting, weeping, bewailing

Present Active Participle

From vi- + lap- 'to lament'

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'bhīmasutā'.

ततः (tataḥ) - Used idiomatically with another 'tataḥ' to mean 'from place to place'. (from there, thence)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas

Root: tad

ततः (tataḥ) - Used idiomatically with another 'tataḥ' to mean 'from place to place'. (from there, thence)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas

Root: tad

हा (hā) - Expresses lamentation. (alas! oh!)

(indeclinable)

Exclamatory particle

हा (hā) - Emphasizes lamentation. (alas! oh!)

(indeclinable)

Exclamatory particle

राजन् (rājan) - Address to King Nala. (O King!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj

इति (iti) - Marks the preceding phrase as a cry. (thus, so, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

Quotation marker

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

(indeclinable)

Adverb

Note: Adverb modifying 'dhāvati'.

इतः (itaḥ) - Used as part of the idiomatic phrase 'itaś ca cetaś ca' meaning 'hither and thither'. (hither, from here)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -tas

Root: idam

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunctive particle

Note: Connects the adverbial phrases.

चेतः (cetaḥ) - As part of the idiomatic phrase 'itaś ca cetaś ca' meaning 'hither and thither'. (hither, thither)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial particle, often paired with itaḥ

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunctive particle

Note: Connects the adverbial phrases.

धावति (dhāvati) - runs, rushes, wanders

(verb)

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

Present Active Indicative

From root dhāv- (class 1)

Root: dhāv (class 1)