महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-65, verse-26

बृहदश्व उवाच ।
एवं विमृश्य विविधैः कारणैर्लक्षणैश्च ताम् ।
उपगम्य ततो भैमीं सुदेवो ब्राह्मणोऽब्रवीत् ॥२६॥

26. bṛhadaśva uvāca ,
evaṁ vimṛśya vividhaiḥ kāraṇairlakṣaṇaiśca tām ,
upagamya tato bhaimīṁ sudevo brāhmaṇo'bravīt.

26. बृहदश्वः उवाच एवम् विमृश्य विविधैः कारणैः लक्षणैः
च ताम् उपगम्य ततः भैमीम् सुदेवः ब्राह्मणः अब्रवीत्

26. Bṛhadaśva said: Having thus pondered and identified her by various signs and reasons, the Brahmin Sudeva then approached Bhīmī and spoke.

Words meanings summery:

• बृहदश्वः (bṛhadaśvaḥ) - Bṛhadaśva

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• विमृश्य (vimṛśya) - having pondered, having deliberated, having considered

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, by diverse

• कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

• लक्षणैः (lakṣaṇaiḥ) - by signs, by marks, by characteristics

• च (ca) - and

• ताम् (tām) - Damayantī (her)

• उपगम्य (upagamya) - having approached

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

• भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī (Bhīmī, daughter of Bhīma)

• सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

• ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin, a priest

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

बृहदश्वः (bṛhadaśvaḥ) - Bṛhadaśva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhadaśva

bṛhadaśva - Bṛhadaśva (proper noun, name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

perfect active

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

विमृश्य (vimṛśya) - having pondered, having deliberated, having considered

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root mṛś with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, by diverse

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

कारणैः (kāraṇaiḥ) - by reasons, by causes

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument

Derived from root kṛ- (to do) + ana (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लक्षणैः (lakṣaṇaiḥ) - by signs, by marks, by characteristics

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of lakṣaṇa

lakṣaṇa - sign, mark, characteristic, definition

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - Damayantī (her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she

उपगम्य (upagamya) - having approached

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Derived from root gam with prefix upa-

Prefix: upa

Root: gam (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, therefrom

(indeclinable)

भैमीम् (bhaimīm) - Damayantī (Bhīmī, daughter of Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaimī

bhaimī - daughter of Bhīma, Damayantī

सुदेवः (sudevaḥ) - Sudeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (proper noun)

ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a brahmin, a priest

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

imperfect active

Imperfect 3rd person singular active

Root: brū (class 2)