महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-73, verse-12

ततः प्रक्षालनं कृत्वा समधिश्रित्य बाहुकः ।
तृणमुष्टिं समादाय आविध्यैनं समादधत् ॥१२॥

12. tataḥ prakṣālanaṁ kṛtvā samadhiśritya bāhukaḥ ,
tṛṇamuṣṭiṁ samādāya āvidhyainaṁ samādadhat.

12. tataḥ prakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā samadhiśritya bāhukaḥ
tṛṇamuṣṭiṃ samādāya āvidhya enaṃ samādadhat

12. Then, after cleaning (prakṣālana) and placing [the vessel] on the hearth, Bāhuka took a handful of grass, twirled it, and kindled the fire.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

• प्रक्षालनं (prakṣālanaṁ) - the act of cleaning the vessel (washing, cleansing, cleaning)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

• समधिश्रित्य (samadhiśritya) - having placed the vessel on the hearth (having placed on (fire), having cooked, having set (a vessel) on the fire)

• बाहुकः (bāhukaḥ) - Bāhuka (Nala in disguise) (Bāhuka)

• तृणमुष्टिं (tṛṇamuṣṭiṁ) - a handful of grass/straw

• समादाय (samādāya) - having taken, having seized

• आविध्य (āvidhya) - having twirled the grass to ignite it (having twirled, having stirred, having whirled)

• एनं (enaṁ) - referring to the fire or the means of kindling it (this, him, it)

• समादधत् (samādadhat) - he ignited the fire (he placed, he kindled, he arranged)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of 'tad' used as an indeclinable adverb

प्रक्षालनं (prakṣālanaṁ) - the act of cleaning the vessel (washing, cleansing, cleaning)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prakṣālana

prakṣālana - washing, cleansing, cleaning

Derived from root 'kṣal' (to wash) with 'pra' prefix and 'ana' suffix

Prefix: pra

Root: kṣal (class 1)

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having performed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with the suffix 'tvā'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Gerund/absolutive, functioning as an indeclinable participle.

समधिश्रित्य (samadhiśritya) - having placed the vessel on the hearth (having placed on (fire), having cooked, having set (a vessel) on the fire)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with prefixes 'sam-adhi' and 'ya' suffix (for prefixed roots)

Prefixes: sam+adhi

Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Gerund/absolutive, functioning as an indeclinable participle.

बाहुकः (bāhukaḥ) - Bāhuka (Nala in disguise) (Bāhuka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāhuka

bāhuka - Bāhuka (a proper name)

तृणमुष्टिं (tṛṇamuṣṭiṁ) - a handful of grass/straw

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tṛṇamuṣṭi

tṛṇamuṣṭi - a handful of grass/straw

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tṛṇa+muṣṭi)

• tṛṇa – grass, herb, straw
  noun (neuter)
• muṣṭi – fist, handful
  noun (feminine)

समादाय (samādāya) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with prefixes 'sam-ā' and 'ya' suffix (for prefixed roots)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Gerund/absolutive, functioning as an indeclinable participle.

आविध्य (āvidhya) - having twirled the grass to ignite it (having twirled, having stirred, having whirled)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Formed with prefix 'ā' and 'ya' suffix (for prefixed roots)

Prefix: ā

Root: vidh (class 6)

Note: Gerund/absolutive, functioning as an indeclinable participle.

एनं (enaṁ) - referring to the fire or the means of kindling it (this, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that (pronoun)

Note: The referent 'fire' (agni) is masculine.

समादधत् (samādadhat) - he ignited the fire (he placed, he kindled, he arranged)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of sam-ā-dhā

imperfect tense

Root 'dhā' (3rd class, reduplicated) in imperfect (laṅ) 3rd person singular active. Prefixed 'sam-ā', initial 'a' of imperfect combines with 'ā' to form 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)