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

ततो राजर्षयः सर्वे विषण्णा गतचेतसः ।
वातापिं संस्कृतं दृष्ट्वा मेषभूतं महासुरम् ॥३॥

3. tato rājarṣayaḥ sarve viṣaṇṇā gatacetasaḥ ,
vātāpiṁ saṁskṛtaṁ dṛṣṭvā meṣabhūtaṁ mahāsuram.

3. tataḥ rājarṣayaḥ sarve viṣaṇṇāḥ gatacetasaḥ
vātāpiṃ saṃskṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā meṣabhūtaṃ mahāsuram

3. Thereupon, all the royal sages became dejected and disheartened upon seeing the great demon Vātāpi, who had been transformed into a ram and prepared (for the offering).

Words meanings summery:

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

• राजर्षयः (rājarṣayaḥ) - royal sages (royal sages, king-sages)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

• विषण्णाः (viṣaṇṇāḥ) - dejected (dejected, sad, dispirited)

• गतचेतसः (gatacetasaḥ) - disheartened, deprived of their senses (whose minds are gone, disheartened, unconscious)

• वातापिं (vātāpiṁ) - Vātāpi (Vātāpi (name of an asura))

• संस्कृतं (saṁskṛtaṁ) - prepared (for offering/consumption) (prepared, cooked, refined, consecrated)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• मेषभूतं (meṣabhūtaṁ) - who had become a ram, transformed into a ram (having become a ram, transformed into a ram)

• महासुरम् (mahāsuram) - the great demon (great demon)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(indeclinable)

राजर्षयः (rājarṣayaḥ) - royal sages (royal sages, king-sages)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājarṣi

rājarṣi - royal sage, king-sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+ṛṣi)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

विषण्णाः (viṣaṇṇāḥ) - dejected (dejected, sad, dispirited)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viṣaṇṇa

viṣaṇṇa - dejected, sad, disheartened

Past Passive Participle

From vi-sad

Prefix: vi

Root: sad (class 1)

गतचेतसः (gatacetasaḥ) - disheartened, deprived of their senses (whose minds are gone, disheartened, unconscious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gatacetas

gatacetas - whose mind is gone, dispirited, unconscious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gata+cetas)

• gata – gone, departed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From gam
  Root: gam (class 1)
• cetas – mind, intellect, consciousness
  noun (neuter)

वातापिं (vātāpiṁ) - Vātāpi (Vātāpi (name of an asura))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vātāpi

vātāpi - name of an asura

संस्कृतं (saṁskṛtaṁ) - prepared (for offering/consumption) (prepared, cooked, refined, consecrated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃskṛta

saṁskṛta - prepared, adorned, consecrated, refined

Past Passive Participle

From sam-kṛ

Prefix: sam

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From dṛś + tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मेषभूतं (meṣabhūtaṁ) - who had become a ram, transformed into a ram (having become a ram, transformed into a ram)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of meṣabhūta

meṣabhūta - turned into a ram, become a ram

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (meṣa+bhūta)

• meṣa – ram, sheep
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From bhū
  Root: bhū (class 1)

महासुरम् (mahāsuram) - the great demon (great demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāsura

mahāsura - great demon

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• asura – demon, anti-god
  noun (masculine)