महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-178, verse-4

स मामभिगतं दृष्ट्वा जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् ।
प्रतिजग्राह तां पूजां वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥४॥

4. sa māmabhigataṁ dṛṣṭvā jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān ,
pratijagrāha tāṁ pūjāṁ vacanaṁ cedamabravīt.

4. saḥ mām abhigatam dṛṣṭvā jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
pratijagrāha tām pūjām vacanam ca idam abravīt

4. pratāpavān jāmadagnyaḥ mām abhigatam dṛṣṭvā
tām pūjām pratijagrāha ca idam vacanam abravīt

4. The mighty son of Jamadagni (jāmadagnya), seeing me arrive, accepted that honor and spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• माम् (mām) - (Bhishma) (me)

• अभिगतम् (abhigatam) - (me) having approached (approached, arrived)

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - Parashurama (son of Jamadagni (Parashurama))

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty, glorious, powerful

• प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted, received

• ताम् (tām) - that

• पूजाम् (pūjām) - the honor offered by Bhishma (worship, honor, respect)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• च (ca) - and

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

माम् (mām) - (Bhishma) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I

अभिगतम् (abhigatam) - (me) having approached (approached, arrived)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of abhigata

abhigata - approached, arrived, gone towards

Past Passive Participle

Derived from prefix 'abhi' and root 'gam' (to go).

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Often used adjectivally with accusative pronoun.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from root 'dṛś' (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

जामदग्न्यः (jāmadagnyaḥ) - Parashurama (son of Jamadagni (Parashurama))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jāmadagnya

jāmadagnya - descendant of Jamadagni, son of Jamadagni, Parashurama

Taddhita derivation from Jamadagni.

Note: Refers to Parashurama.

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - mighty, glorious, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - mighty, glorious, powerful, majestic

Possessive suffix -vat.

Note: Adjective for Jāmadagnyaḥ.

प्रतिजग्राह (pratijagrāha) - accepted, received

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of prati√grah

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, third person singular, active voice.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

ताम् (tām) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pūjām'.

पूजाम् (pūjām) - the honor offered by Bhishma (worship, honor, respect)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pūjā

pūjā - worship, honor, respect, homage

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, utterance

Derived from root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'vacanam'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of √brū

Imperfect Active

Imperfect tense, third person singular, active voice, root 'brū' (to speak).

Root: brū (class 2)