महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-62, verse-22

सा जनं वारयित्वा तं प्रासादतलमुत्तमम् ।
आरोप्य विस्मिता राजन्दमयन्तीमपृच्छत ॥२२॥

22. sā janaṁ vārayitvā taṁ prāsādatalamuttamam ,
āropya vismitā rājandamayantīmapṛcchata.

22. sā janam vārayitvā tam prāsādatalam uttamam
āropya vismitā rājan damayantīm apṛcchat

22. Having made the people stop, she (the Queen Mother), amazed, brought her (Damayantī) up to that excellent palace terrace, and then asked Damayantī, "O King (Janamejaya, by the narrator)."

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - referring to the Queen Mother (she, that (feminine))

• जनम् (janam) - the crowd of people following Damayantī (people, multitude)

• वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having stopped, having prevented

• तम् (tam) - referring to the palace terrace ('prāsādatalam') (that (neuter))

• प्रासादतलम् (prāsādatalam) - palace floor, palace terrace

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, highest, best

• आरोप्य (āropya) - having brought Damayantī up to the palace terrace (having raised, having placed upon, having brought up)

• विस्मिता (vismitā) - The Queen Mother, being amazed by Damayantī's beauty or condition (amazed, astonished, struck with wonder)

• राजन् (rājan) - Vocative address by the narrator to King Janamejaya (O King!)

• दमयन्तीम् (damayantīm) - The princess Damayantī, central character (Damayantī)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - she asked

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - referring to the Queen Mother (she, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

जनम् (janam) - the crowd of people following Damayantī (people, multitude)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jana

jana - person, people, creature

Note: Object of 'vārayitvā'.

वारयित्वा (vārayitvā) - having stopped, having prevented

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From the causative stem of root 'vṛ' (to cover, restrain) with 'ktvā' suffix.

Root: vṛ (class 10)

तम् (tam) - referring to the palace terrace ('prāsādatalam') (that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'prāsādatalam'.

प्रासादतलम् (prāsādatalam) - palace floor, palace terrace

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāsādatala

prāsādatala - palace floor, palace terrace, upper part of a palace

Compound type : tatpurusha (prāsāda+tala)

• prāsāda – palace, mansion, lofty building
  noun (masculine)
• tala – surface, floor, ground, flat roof
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'āropya' (implied as location to bring up to).

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - excellent, highest, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent, supreme

Superlative of 'ud' (up).

Note: Qualifies 'prāsādatalam'.

आरोप्य (āropya) - having brought Damayantī up to the palace terrace (having raised, having placed upon, having brought up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From the causative stem of root 'ruh' (to ascend) with prefix 'ā', and 'lyap' suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: ruh (class 1)

विस्मिता (vismitā) - The Queen Mother, being amazed by Damayantī's beauty or condition (amazed, astonished, struck with wonder)

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vismita

vismita - amazed, astonished, wondering

Past Passive Participle

From root 'smi' (to smile) with prefix 'vi' and 'kta' suffix.

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sā' (Queen Mother).

राजन् (rājan) - Vocative address by the narrator to King Janamejaya (O King!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Interpolated address.

दमयन्तीम् (damayantīm) - The princess Damayantī, central character (Damayantī)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of damayantī

damayantī - Damayantī (proper name)

Note: Object of 'apṛcchat'.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - she asked

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

From root 'pracch', which uses 'pṛcchā' stem in present/imperfect forms.

Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Verb for 'sā' (Queen Mother).