महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-31, verse-9

अभिवाद्य च वक्तव्यस्ततोऽस्माकं पितामहः ।
भवता शंतनोर्वंशो निमग्नः पुनरुद्धृतः ॥९॥

9. abhivādya ca vaktavyastato'smākaṁ pitāmahaḥ ,
bhavatā śaṁtanorvaṁśo nimagnaḥ punaruddhṛtaḥ.

9. abhivādya ca vaktavyaḥ tataḥ asmākam pitāmahaḥ
bhavatā śantanoḥ vaṃśaḥ nimagnaḥ punaḥ uddhṛtaḥ

9. And having bowed, our grandfather should be addressed thus: 'By you, the lineage of Shantanu, which was submerged, has been rescued once again.'

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having bowed, having greeted

• च (ca) - and, also

• वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - to be said, to be spoken, should be told

• ततः (tataḥ) - to him, i.e., to the grandfather (then, therefore, from that)

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

• शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Shantanu

• वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - lineage (lineage, race, family, bamboo)

• निमग्नः (nimagnaḥ) - submerged, immersed, sunk

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

• उद्धृतः (uddhṛtaḥ) - rescued, uplifted, drawn out

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having bowed, having greeted

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root vad with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वक्तव्यः (vaktavyaḥ) - to be said, to be spoken, should be told

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be said/spoken

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root vac 'to speak'

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - to him, i.e., to the grandfather (then, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

पितामहः (pitāmahaḥ) - grandfather

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - grandfather

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you

Present Active Participle (honorific)

Derived from root bhū 'to be', used as an honorific pronoun

Root: bhū (class 1)

शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Shantanu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śantanu

śantanu - Shantanu (proper name of a king)

वंशः (vaṁśaḥ) - lineage (lineage, race, family, bamboo)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśa

vaṁśa - lineage, race, family, bamboo

निमग्नः (nimagnaḥ) - submerged, immersed, sunk

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nimagna

nimagna - immersed, sunk, submerged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root majj 'to sink' with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly, moreover

(indeclinable)

उद्धृतः (uddhṛtaḥ) - rescued, uplifted, drawn out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uddhṛta

uddhṛta - rescued, uplifted, drawn out

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ 'to carry' with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)