महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-24, verse-15

मृगयित्वा यथान्यायं विदितार्थाः स्म तत्त्वतः ।
प्राप्ता द्वारवतीं सूता ऋते पार्थैः परंतप ॥१५॥

15. mṛgayitvā yathānyāyaṁ viditārthāḥ sma tattvataḥ ,
prāptā dvāravatīṁ sūtā ṛte pārthaiḥ paraṁtapa.

15. mṛgayitvā yathānyāyam viditārthāḥ sma tattvataḥ
prāptāḥ dvāravatīm sūtāḥ ṛte pārthaiḥ paraṃtapa

15. O tormentor of foes, having searched properly, we truly understood the situation. We, the charioteers (sūtas), reached Dvārakā without the Pārthas (sons of Pṛthā).

Words meanings summery:

• मृगयित्वा (mṛgayitvā) - having searched (thoroughly) (having searched, having hunted, having investigated)

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - properly, thoroughly (properly, justly, according to rule/justice)

• विदितार्थाः (viditārthāḥ) - having truly understood the situation (having understood the meaning, having learned the matter, knowing the purpose)

• स्म (sma) - (emphasizes the past action/state, 'we were') ((particle indicating past tense with present verbs, or emphasis))

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality (truly, in reality, essentially, in truth)

• प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - arrived (at Dvārakā) (having reached, arrived, obtained)

• द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvārakā (the city they reached) (Dvārakā (city name))

• सूताः (sūtāḥ) - we (the speaker and his group) who are charioteers (sūtas) (charioteers, Sūtas)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without (without, except for, apart from)

• पार्थैः (pārthaiḥ) - by the Pārthas (sons of Kuntī/Pṛthā: Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna) (by the sons of Pṛthā, by the Pārthas)

• परंतप (paraṁtapa) - O tormentor of foes (vocative address to the listener) (O tormentor of foes, O subduer of enemies)

Words meanings and morphology

मृगयित्वा (mṛgayitvā) - having searched (thoroughly) (having searched, having hunted, having investigated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from √mṛg (10th class)

Root: mṛg (class 10)

Note: Connects to the action of the main verb (implied 'we did').

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - properly, thoroughly (properly, justly, according to rule/justice)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, logic
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverb modifying `mṛgayitvā`.

विदितार्थाः (viditārthāḥ) - having truly understood the situation (having understood the meaning, having learned the matter, knowing the purpose)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of viditārtha

viditārtha - one who has understood the meaning/matter

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vidita+artha)

• vidita – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• artha – meaning, purpose, matter, wealth
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with `vayam` (implied subject).

स्म (sma) - (emphasizes the past action/state, 'we were') ((particle indicating past tense with present verbs, or emphasis))

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with the participle `viditārthāḥ` to denote a past state or completed action.

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality (truly, in reality, essentially, in truth)

(indeclinable)

Ablative suffix -tas used adverbially

Note: Adverb modifying `viditārthāḥ`.

प्राप्ताः (prāptāḥ) - arrived (at Dvārakā) (having reached, arrived, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prāpta

prāpta - obtained, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From √āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Agrees with `sūtāḥ`.

द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvārakā (the city they reached) (Dvārakā (city name))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvāravatī

dvāravatī - Dvārakā (city name)

Note: Object of `prāptāḥ`.

सूताः (sūtāḥ) - we (the speaker and his group) who are charioteers (sūtas) (charioteers, Sūtas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, messenger, offspring of a kṣatriya male and brāhmaṇa female

Derived from √sū (to impel, to drive)

Root: sū

Note: Subject of `prāptāḥ`.

ऋते (ṛte) - without (without, except for, apart from)

(indeclinable)

पार्थैः (pārthaiḥ) - by the Pārthas (sons of Kuntī/Pṛthā: Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna) (by the sons of Pṛthā, by the Pārthas)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā/Kuntī (e.g. Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna)

A patronymic derived from Pṛthā

Note: Governed by `ṛte`.

परंतप (paraṁtapa) - O tormentor of foes (vocative address to the listener) (O tormentor of foes, O subduer of enemies)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of paraṃtapa

paraṁtapa - tormentor of foes, subduer of enemies (an epithet)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (para+tapa)

• para – other, enemy
  adjective (masculine)
• tapa – burning, tormenting, heat, asceticism (tapas)
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from √tap
  From √tap (to heat, torment)
  Root: tap (class 1)