महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-97, verse-22

तत आधाय गर्भं तमगमद्वनमेव सः ।
तस्मिन्वनगते गर्भो ववृधे सप्त शारदान् ॥२२॥

22. tata ādhāya garbhaṁ tamagamadvanameva saḥ ,
tasminvanagate garbho vavṛdhe sapta śāradān.

22. tataḥ ādhāya garbham tam agamat vanam eva saḥ |
tasmin vana-gate garbhaḥ vavṛdhe sapta śāradān

22. Then, having conceived that embryo (garbha), he went directly to the forest. While he was in the forest, that embryo (garbha) grew for seven years.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• आधाय (ādhāya) - having conceived the embryo (having conceived, having placed, having deposited)

• गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo, fetus, womb, interior

• तम् (tam) - that embryo (that, him, it)

• अगमत् (agamat) - he went

• वनम् (vanam) - to the forest, forest

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

• सः (saḥ) - the sage Agastya (he, that)

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - while he (the sage) was (in that, while that (person))

• वन-गते (vana-gate) - while he (the sage) was in the forest (having gone to the forest, residing in the forest)

• गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - embryo, fetus, child

• ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - it grew, it increased

• सप्त (sapta) - seven

• शारदान् (śāradān) - seven years (duration of time) (for seven years, seven autumns)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

आधाय (ādhāya) - having conceived the embryo (having conceived, having placed, having deposited)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

Gerund of verbal root √dhā (to place) with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

गर्भम् (garbham) - embryo, fetus, womb, interior

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior, child

तम् (tam) - that embryo (that, him, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agrees with 'garbham'.

अगमत् (agamat) - he went

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of gam

Root verb, class 1

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Can also be interpreted as imperfect.

वनम् (vanam) - to the forest, forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, thicket

Note: Accusative case indicating destination with a verb of motion.

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

सः (saḥ) - the sage Agastya (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - while he (the sage) was (in that, while that (person))

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction.

वन-गते (vana-gate) - while he (the sage) was in the forest (having gone to the forest, residing in the forest)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of vanagata

vanagata - gone to the forest, living in the forest

Past Passive Participle (compound)

Compound formed from vana (forest) and gata (Past Passive Participle of √gam)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vana+gata)

• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, past, attained, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of verbal root √gam (to go), class 1
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'tasmin'.

गर्भः (garbhaḥ) - embryo, fetus, child

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbha

garbha - embryo, fetus, womb, interior, child

ववृधे (vavṛdhe) - it grew, it increased

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of vṛdh

Root verb, class 1 (ātmanepada)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

सप्त (sapta) - seven

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with 'śāradān'.

शारदान् (śāradān) - seven years (duration of time) (for seven years, seven autumns)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of śārada

śārada - autumnal, relating to autumn, lasting for a year (lit. an autumn)

Derived from śarad (autumn, year) with 'aṇ' suffix, meaning 'belonging to' or 'lasting for'

Note: Accusative case indicating duration of time.