महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-188, verse-16

ततः सा पश्यतां तेषां महर्षीणामनिन्दिता ।
समाहृत्य वनात्तस्मात्काष्ठानि वरवर्णिनी ॥१६॥

16. tataḥ sā paśyatāṁ teṣāṁ maharṣīṇāmaninditā ,
samāhṛtya vanāttasmātkāṣṭhāni varavarṇinī.

16. tataḥ sā paśyatām teṣām maharṣīṇām aninditā
samāhṛtya vanāt tasmāt kāṣṭhāni varavarṇinī

16. tataḥ sā aninditā varavarṇinī teṣām maharṣīṇām
paśyatām tasmāt vanāt kāṣṭhāni samāhṛtya

16. Then, that faultless and beautiful lady (varavarṇinī), while those great sages watched, gathered wood from that forest.

Words meanings summery:

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

• सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular)

• पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those great sages watching (of those seeing, of those watching, while seeing/watching)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

• महर्षीणाम् (maharṣīṇām) - of the great sages, of the seers

• अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - the blameless one (referring to Ambā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable, not blamed)

• समाहृत्य (samāhṛtya) - having gathered, having collected, having brought together

• वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest, from the wood

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (forest) (from that, from him, from her, therefore)

• काष्ठानि (kāṣṭhāni) - pieces of wood, logs, timber

• वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - the beautiful lady (referring to Ambā) (a beautiful woman, a woman of excellent complexion)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there

(indeclinable)

सा (sā) - she, that (feminine singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

पश्यताम् (paśyatām) - of those great sages watching (of those seeing, of those watching, while seeing/watching)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, watching, beholding

Present Active Participle

Present active participle of the root √dṛś (to see), with the stem paśya-

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'teṣām maharṣīṇām'

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महर्षीणाम् (maharṣīṇām) - of the great sages, of the seers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, great seer

Compound type : Karmadharaya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

अनिन्दिता (aninditā) - the blameless one (referring to Ambā) (blameless, faultless, irreproachable, not blamed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anindita

anindita - not blamed, irreproachable, faultless

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √nind (to blame) with prefix 'a-' (negation) and suffix '-ita'

Prefix: a

Root: nind (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'sā' and 'varavarṇinī'

समाहृत्य (samāhṛtya) - having gathered, having collected, having brought together

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from the root √hṛ (to carry, gather) with prefixes 'sam-' and 'ā-'

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

वनात् (vanāt) - from the forest, from the wood

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - from that (forest) (from that, from him, from her, therefore)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Agrees with 'vanāt'

काष्ठानि (kāṣṭhāni) - pieces of wood, logs, timber

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of kāṣṭha

kāṣṭha - wood, piece of wood, log

वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - the beautiful lady (referring to Ambā) (a beautiful woman, a woman of excellent complexion)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varavarṇin

varavarṇin - having an excellent complexion, a beautiful woman

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vara+varṇin)

• vara – excellent, best, choice, boon
  adjective
• varṇin – colored, painted, having a complexion, describing
  adjective (masculine)