महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-178, verse-1

भीष्म उवाच ।
ततस्तृतीये दिवसे समे देशे व्यवस्थितः ।
प्रेषयामास मे राजन्प्राप्तोऽस्मीति महाव्रतः ॥१॥

1. bhīṣma uvāca ,
tatastṛtīye divase same deśe vyavasthitaḥ ,
preṣayāmāsa me rājanprāpto'smīti mahāvrataḥ.

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca tataḥ tṛtīye divase same deśe vyavasthitaḥ
preṣayāmāsa me rājan prāptaḥ asmi iti mahāvrataḥ

1. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca rājan tataḥ tṛtīye divase same deśe
vyavasthitaḥ mahāvrataḥ me prāptaḥ asmi iti preṣayāmāsa

1. Bhishma said: O king, thereafter, on the third day, the one of great vows, having settled in a level place, sent a message to me saying, 'I have arrived.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

• तृतीये (tṛtīye) - on the third

• दिवसे (divase) - on the day

• समे (same) - in an even/level (place)

• देशे (deśe) - in a place, in a region

• व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - situated, settled, established

• प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he sent

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, reached, obtained

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks quotation)

• महाव्रतः (mahāvrataḥ) - the one of great vows, the great ascetic

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

तृतीये (tṛtīye) - on the third

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of tṛtīya

tṛtīya - third (ordinal number)

दिवसे (divase) - on the day

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of divasa

divasa - day

समे (same) - in an even/level (place)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of sama

sama - even, level, equal, same

देशे (deśe) - in a place, in a region

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, region, country

व्यवस्थितः (vyavasthitaḥ) - situated, settled, established

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyavasthita

vyavasthita - situated, settled, established

Past Passive Participle

derived from root sthā with prefixes vi and ava

Prefixes: vi+ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

प्रेषयामास (preṣayāmāsa) - he sent

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of preṣay

causative perfect

causative of pra-iṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 4)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits context 'sent to me'.

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

प्राप्तः (prāptaḥ) - arrived, reached, obtained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāpta

prāpta - arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

derived from root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, (marks quotation)

(indeclinable)

महाव्रतः (mahāvrataḥ) - the one of great vows, the great ascetic

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāvrata

mahāvrata - one of great vows, great ascetic

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+vrata)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred duty
  noun (neuter)