महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-63, verse-17

अथोत्तरेण प्रहिता दूतास्ते शीघ्रगामिनः ।
विराटनगरं प्राप्य जयमावेदयंस्तदा ॥१७॥

17. athottareṇa prahitā dūtāste śīghragāminaḥ ,
virāṭanagaraṁ prāpya jayamāvedayaṁstadā.

17. atha uttareṇa prahitāḥ dūtāḥ te śīghra-gāminaḥ
virāṭa-nagaram prāpya jayam āvedayan tadā

17. Then, the swift-moving messengers, dispatched by Uttara, arrived at the city of Virata and announced the victory.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - by Uttara (proper noun)

• प्रहिताः (prahitāḥ) - dispatched, sent, thrown forward

• दूताः (dūtāḥ) - messengers, envoys

• ते (te) - those

• शीघ्र-गामिनः (śīghra-gāminaḥ) - swift-moving, fast-going

• विराट-नगरम् (virāṭa-nagaram) - to the city of Virata

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

• जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph

• आवेदयन् (āvedayan) - they announced, they informed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

उत्तरेण (uttareṇa) - by Uttara (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - Uttara (name of a prince, son of King Virata); north, higher, later, subsequent

प्रहिताः (prahitāḥ) - dispatched, sent, thrown forward

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahita

prahita - dispatched, sent, thrown, applied, delivered

Past Passive Participle

P.P.P. of 'pra-hi' (to send forth, dispatch, throw).

Prefix: pra

Root: hi (class 5)

दूताः (dūtāḥ) - messengers, envoys

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dūta

dūta - messenger, envoy, ambassador

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शीघ्र-गामिनः (śīghra-gāminaḥ) - swift-moving, fast-going

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīghra-gāmin

śīghra-gāmin - swift-going, fast-moving, expeditious

Compound type : tatpurusha (śīghra+gāmin)

• śīghra – swift, quick, speedy
  adjective (masculine)
• gāmin – going, moving, leading to
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun / Adjective from root gam
  Derived from root 'gam' (to go) with suffix '-in'.
  Root: gam (class 1)

विराट-नगरम् (virāṭa-nagaram) - to the city of Virata

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of virāṭa-nagara

virāṭa-nagara - the city of Virata

Compound type : tatpurusha (virāṭa+nagara)

• virāṭa – Virata (name of a king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nagara – city, town
  noun (neuter)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of 'pra-āp' (to reach, obtain).

Prefixes: pra+ā

Root: āp (class 5)

जयम् (jayam) - victory, triumph

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest

Derived from root 'ji' (to conquer).

Root: ji (class 1)

आवेदयन् (āvedayan) - they announced, they informed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of āvedayan

Causative stem from 'vid'

Imperfect 3rd plural active of 'ā-vedaya', a causative form from 'ā-vid' (to make known).

Prefix: ā

Root: vid (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)