महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-71, verse-20

तं भीमः प्रतिजग्राह पूजया परया ततः ।
अकस्मात्सहसा प्राप्तं स्त्रीमन्त्रं न स्म विन्दति ॥२०॥

20. taṁ bhīmaḥ pratijagrāha pūjayā parayā tataḥ ,
akasmātsahasā prāptaṁ strīmantraṁ na sma vindati.

20. tam bhīmaḥ pratijagrāha pūjayā parayā tataḥ
akasmāt sahasā prāptam strīmantram na sma vindati

20. Then Bhīma received him with great honor. However, he (Bhīma) did not understand the secret counsel (mantra) concerning the woman (Damayantī), which had arrived suddenly and unexpectedly.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him (Ṛtuparṇa) (him, that)

• भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - King Bhīma of Vidarbha (Bhīma)

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, accepted

• पूजया (pūjayā) - with worship, with honor

• परया (parayā) - supreme, great, excellent

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, abruptly

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, arrived, attained

• स्त्रीमन्त्रम् (strīmantram) - Ṛtuparṇa's secret plan concerning Damayantī (a secret counsel/plan concerning a woman)

• न (na) - not, no

• स्म (sma) - an particle indicating past action when used with present tense

• विन्दति (vindati) - knows, finds, understands

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him (Ṛtuparṇa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to King Ṛtuparṇa.

भीमः (bhīmaḥ) - King Bhīma of Vidarbha (Bhīma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (proper name); terrible, formidable

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - received, accepted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of grah

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

पूजया (pūjayā) - with worship, with honor

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, honor, respect, homage

परया (parayā) - supreme, great, excellent

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of para

para - supreme, highest, excellent, other, ultimate

Note: Agrees with `pūjayā`.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

अकस्मात् (akasmāt) - suddenly, unexpectedly

(indeclinable)

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, abruptly

(indeclinable)

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - obtained, arrived, attained

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, arrived, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from pra- + √āp

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `strīmantram`.

स्त्रीमन्त्रम् (strīmantram) - Ṛtuparṇa's secret plan concerning Damayantī (a secret counsel/plan concerning a woman)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of strīmantra

strīmantra - secret counsel concerning a woman, a female adviser

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+mantra)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• mantra – sacred utterance, incantation, secret counsel, plan
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Ṛtuparṇa's hidden agenda concerning Damayantī.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - an particle indicating past action when used with present tense

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `vindati` to form a past tense meaning.

विन्दति (vindati) - knows, finds, understands

(verb)

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

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Combined with `na sma` to mean 'did not know/understand'.