महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-24

अथ ता ब्रुवतीः कन्याः सहिताः पाण्डुनन्दनः ।
प्रत्युवाच हसन्पार्थो मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः ॥२४॥

24. atha tā bruvatīḥ kanyāḥ sahitāḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ,
pratyuvāca hasanpārtho meghadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ.

24. atha tāḥ bruvatīḥ kanyāḥ sahitāḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
pratyuvāca hasan pārthaḥ meghadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ

24. Then Pārtha, the son of Pāṇḍu, whose voice resonated like a thunder-drum, laughed and replied to those maidens who were speaking together.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• ब्रुवतीः (bruvatīḥ) - speaking (speaking, saying)

• कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens (maidens, girls, daughters)

• सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (accompanied, together, joined, united)

• पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu (son of Pāṇḍu)

• प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

• हसन् (hasan) - laughing (laughing, smiling)

• पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

• मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः (meghadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ) - having a voice like a thunder-drum (having a voice like a cloud-drum, thunderous-voiced)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - thereupon (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Feminine accusative plural of 'tad'.

ब्रुवतीः (bruvatīḥ) - speaking (speaking, saying)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of bruvat

bruvat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'brū' (to speak) with present active participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Feminine accusative plural of the present active participle 'bruvat'.

कन्याः (kanyāḥ) - maidens (maidens, girls, daughters)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, daughter, virgin

सहिताः (sahitāḥ) - together (accompanied, together, joined, united)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of sahita

sahita - accompanied, together, joined, united

Past Passive Participle

Derived from 'saha' (with) or root 'hi' with prefix 'sa'. Here 'sa' + 'hita' (placed).

Prefix: sa

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'kanyāḥ'.

पाण्डुनन्दनः (pāṇḍunandanaḥ) - Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍunandana

pāṇḍunandana - son of Pāṇḍu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+nandana)

• pāṇḍu – Pāṇḍu (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delighting, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Subject of the verb 'pratyuvāca'.

प्रत्युवाच (pratyuvāca) - replied (replied, answered)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of prativac

Perfect (lit) form of pra-ti-vac

Perfect tense 3rd person singular active of root 'vac' (to speak) with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

हसन् (hasan) - laughing (laughing, smiling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hasat

hasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'has' (to laugh) with present active participle suffix 'śatṛ'.

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'pāṇḍunandanaḥ' / 'pārthaḥ'.

पार्थः (pārthaḥ) - Arjuna (son of Pṛthā, Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), Arjuna

Derived from 'pṛthā' (name of Kuntī) with an aṇ affix, meaning 'descendant of Pṛthā'.

Note: Appositive to 'pāṇḍunandanaḥ'.

मेघदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः (meghadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ) - having a voice like a thunder-drum (having a voice like a cloud-drum, thunderous-voiced)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of meghadundubhiniḥsvana

meghadundubhiniḥsvana - having a voice like a cloud-drum

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (megha+dundubhi+niḥsvana)

• megha – cloud
  noun (masculine)
• dundubhi – drum, war-drum
  noun (masculine)
• niḥsvana – sound, voice, resonance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: nir
  Root: svan (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'pāṇḍunandanaḥ' / 'pārthaḥ'.