महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-21, verse-21

तस्य तत्कुर्वतः कर्म कालो दीर्घ इवाभवत् ।
अनुचिन्तयतश्चापि तामेवायतलोचनाम् ॥२१॥

21. tasya tatkurvataḥ karma kālo dīrgha ivābhavat ,
anucintayataścāpi tāmevāyatalocanām.

21. tasya tat kurvataḥ karma kālaḥ dīrghaḥ iva
abhavat anucintayataḥ ca api tām eva āyatālocanām

21. For him, while he was engaged in that act, time seemed to stretch endlessly. This was also true as he reflected upon that very long-eyed woman.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, for him, of him)

• तत् (tat) - that (act) (that, it)

• कुर्वतः (kurvataḥ) - while doing (that act) (doing, making, performing (while doing))

• कर्म (karma) - that act (action, deed, work)

• कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, period, appropriate time)

• दीर्घः (dīrghaḥ) - long (long, lengthy, extended)

• इव (iva) - seemed like, as if (like, as, as if)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - it became (it became, it happened, it was)

• अनुचिन्तयतः (anucintayataḥ) - as he reflected upon (meditating on, reflecting on (while meditating))

• च (ca) - and also (and, also)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

• ताम् (tām) - that (woman) (her, that (feminine))

• एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, very)

• आयतालोचनाम् (āyatālocanām) - long-eyed (woman) (long-eyed, having beautiful, long eyes)

Words meanings and morphology

तस्य (tasya) - for him (his, for him, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Possessive, or dative sense 'for him'.

तत् (tat) - that (act) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies karma.

कुर्वतः (kurvataḥ) - while doing (that act) (doing, making, performing (while doing))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kurvat

kurvat - doing, making, performing

Present Active Participle

formed from root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -at

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: In agreement with tasya.

कर्म (karma) - that act (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of kurvataḥ.

कालः (kālaḥ) - time (time, period, appropriate time)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, proper time, destiny

Note: Subject of abhavat.

दीर्घः (dīrghaḥ) - long (long, lengthy, extended)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, lengthy, tall, extended

Note: Predicate adjective for kālaḥ.

इव (iva) - seemed like, as if (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms a simile.

अभवत् (abhavat) - it became (it became, it happened, it was)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Forms the main verb.

अनुचिन्तयतः (anucintayataḥ) - as he reflected upon (meditating on, reflecting on (while meditating))

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anucintayat

anucintayat - reflecting upon, meditating on

Present Active Participle

formed from root cit (to perceive, know) with prefix anu- and -aya suffix forming class 10 verb cintay-

Prefix: anu

Root: cit (class 10)

Note: In agreement with tasya.

च (ca) - and also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

ताम् (tām) - that (woman) (her, that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Sairandhrī (Draupadī).

एव (eva) - very (indeed, only, very)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes tām.

आयतालोचनाम् (āyatālocanām) - long-eyed (woman) (long-eyed, having beautiful, long eyes)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āyatālocanā

āyatālocanā - long-eyed, having beautiful, long eyes

Compound type : bahuvrihi (āyata+locana)

• āyata – long, extended, stretched
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root yam (to restrain, extend) with prefix ā-
  Prefix: ā
  Root: yam (class 1)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)
  Root: loc (class 10)

Note: Modifies the implied 'woman' (Sairandhrī).