महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-67, verse-20

एवमुक्तास्त्वगच्छंस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वतोदिशम् ।
नलं मृगयितुं राजंस्तथा व्यसनिनं तदा ॥२०॥

20. evamuktāstvagacchaṁste brāhmaṇāḥ sarvatodiśam ,
nalaṁ mṛgayituṁ rājaṁstathā vyasaninaṁ tadā.

20. evam uktāḥ tu agacchan te brāhmaṇāḥ sarvatodiśam
nalam mṛgayitum rājan tathā vyasaninam tadā

20. Thus addressed, those Brahmins then went in all directions, O king, to search for Nala, who was distressed.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, an emphatic particle

• अगच्छन् (agacchan) - they went

• ते (te) - those, they

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, priests

• सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions

• नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala)

• मृगयितुम् (mṛgayitum) - to search for, to hunt

• राजन् (rājan) - The narrator addressing King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied context of Mahabharata) (O king)

• तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and)

• व्यसनिनम् (vyasaninam) - Nala, who was suffering from misfortune. (distressed, afflicted, addicted)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root `vac` (to speak) with prefix `ud-` (implied or part of 'ukta' stem formation)

Prefix: ud

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Refers to the Brahmins.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, an emphatic particle

(indeclinable)

अगच्छन् (agacchan) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of gam

Imperfect 3rd person plural active

Root: gam (class 1)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Brahmins.

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins, priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest

सर्वतोदिशम् (sarvatodiśam) - in all directions

(indeclinable)

Compound adverb formed from `sarvataḥ` (from all sides) and `diś` (direction)

Compound type : adv-compound (sarvataḥ+diś)

• sarvataḥ – from all sides, completely
  indeclinable
• diś – direction, quarter, point of the compass
  noun (feminine)

नलम् (nalam) - King Nala (Nala)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nala

nala - Nala (name of a king, hero of Nala and Damayanti story)

मृगयितुम् (mṛgayitum) - to search for, to hunt

(verb)

active, infinitive of mṛgay

Infinitive

Formed from the denominative verb `mṛgay` (from `mṛga` - animal) by adding `tumun` suffix.

Root: mṛg (class 10)

राजन् (rājan) - The narrator addressing King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied context of Mahabharata) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

तथा (tathā) - and (thus, so, and)

(indeclinable)

व्यसनिनम् (vyasaninam) - Nala, who was suffering from misfortune. (distressed, afflicted, addicted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyasanin

vyasanin - distressed, afflicted by misfortune, addicted

Suffix `-in` indicating possession of `vyasana`

Note: Refers to Nala.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)