महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-66, verse-9

बृहदश्व उवाच ।
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सुदेवस्य विशां पते ।
सुनन्दा शोधयामास पिप्लुप्रच्छादनं मलम् ॥९॥

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca ,
tacchrutvā vacanaṁ tasya sudevasya viśāṁ pate ,
sunandā śodhayāmāsa piplupracchādanaṁ malam.

9. bṛhadaśva uvāca | tat śrutvā vacanam tasya sudevasya
viśām pate | sunandā śodhayām āsa piplupracchādanam malam

9. Bṛhadaśva said: Having heard those words from Sudeva, the lord of the people, Sunandā cleansed away the dirt (mala) that concealed the bodily mark (piplu).

Words meanings summery:

• बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - The sage Bṛhadaśva (Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (speech, word, statement)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Sudeva's) (his, of him, of that)

• सुदेवस्य (sudevasya) - of Sudeva

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of people, of subjects, of the Vaisyas)

• पते (pate) - lord (vocative address for Sudeva) (O lord, master, ruler)

• सुनन्दा (sunandā) - Sunandā (Sunandā (a proper name))

• शोधयाम् (śodhayām) - cleansed (purified, cleansed)

• आस (āsa) - (auxiliary for perfect tense) (became, was (auxiliary verb))

• पिप्लुप्रच्छादनम् (piplupracchādanam) - that which concealed the bodily mark (piplu) (covering of a bodily mark, concealing a mole)

• मलम् (malam) - dirt, blemish (dirt, impurity, blemish)

Words meanings and morphology

बृहदश्व (bṛhadaśva) - The sage Bṛhadaśva (Bṛhadaśva (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bṛhadaśva

bṛhadaśva - Bṛhadaśva (a proper name, lit. 'one with great horses')

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bṛhat+aśva)

• bṛhat – great, large, vast
  adjective
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to the sage Bṛhadaśva, who is narrating.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - those (words) (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to the speech/words.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, speech (speech, word, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, saying

Derived from verb root vac- 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

तस्य (tasya) - his (Sudeva's) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, it

Note: Refers to Sudeva.

सुदेवस्य (sudevasya) - of Sudeva

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sudeva

sudeva - Sudeva (a proper name, lit. 'good god' or 'good ruler')

Note: Possessive, qualifying 'vacanam'.

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of people, of subjects, of the Vaisyas)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community, clan

Note: Genitive plural, part of the compound-like expression 'viśām pate'.

पते (pate) - lord (vocative address for Sudeva) (O lord, master, ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, ruler

Note: Used here as an honorific title for Sudeva.

सुनन्दा (sunandā) - Sunandā (Sunandā (a proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sunandā

sunandā - Sunandā (a proper name, lit. 'good joy' or 'joyful')

Note: Subject of the verb 'śodhayām āsa'.

शोधयाम् (śodhayām) - cleansed (purified, cleansed)

(verb)

active

causative verbal stem

Root śudh + ya (causative) + ām (auxiliary for perfect tense). Part of a periphrastic perfect verb form.

Root: śudh (class 4)

Note: Forms a periphrastic perfect with 'āsa'.

आस (āsa) - (auxiliary for perfect tense) (became, was (auxiliary verb))

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

पिप्लुप्रच्छादनम् (piplupracchādanam) - that which concealed the bodily mark (piplu) (covering of a bodily mark, concealing a mole)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of piplupracchādana

piplupracchādana - covering/concealment of a piplu (spot/mole)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (piplu+pracchādana)

• piplu – a spot, mole, mark on the body
  noun (masculine)
• pracchādana – covering, concealment, cloak
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root chad- 'to cover' with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: chad (class 10)

Note: Object of 'śodhayām āsa'.

मलम् (malam) - dirt, blemish (dirt, impurity, blemish)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mala

mala - dirt, impurity, stain, blemish

Note: Object of 'śodhayām āsa', qualified by 'piplupracchādanam'.