महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-96, verse-6

अवगाह्य ततो भूमिमुभौ मातलिनारदौ ।
ददृशाते महात्मानौ लोकपालमपां पतिम् ॥६॥

6. avagāhya tato bhūmimubhau mātalināradau ,
dadṛśāte mahātmānau lokapālamapāṁ patim.

6. avagāhya tataḥ bhūmim ubhau mātali-nāradau
dadṛśāte mahātmānau lokapālam apām patim

6. Then, having descended into the earth (bhūmi), both great-souled Matali and Narada saw the lord of the waters, the guardian of the worlds (lokapāla).

Words meanings summery:

• अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having descended (having plunged, having immersed, having entered)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

• भूमिम् (bhūmim) - the earth (realm) (earth, ground, land, realm)

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• मातलि-नारदौ (mātali-nāradau) - Matali and Narada

• ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they saw

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great-souled (referring to Matali and Narada) (great-souled, noble, magnificent)

• लोकपालम् (lokapālam) - the world-guardian (Varuṇa) (protector of the worlds, world-guardian)

• अपाम् (apām) - of the waters

• पतिम् (patim) - the lord (referring to Varuṇa) (lord, master, husband)

Words meanings and morphology

अवगाह्य (avagāhya) - having descended (having plunged, having immersed, having entered)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix ava + root gāh (to plunge, enter) + suffix -ya (absolutive marker for roots with prefixes).

Prefix: ava

Root: gāh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thence, therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable adverb formed from pronominal base tad.

भूमिम् (bhūmim) - the earth (realm) (earth, ground, land, realm)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land, realm, place

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Always in dual.

Note: Refers to Matali and Narada.

मातलि-नारदौ (mātali-nāradau) - Matali and Narada

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mātali-nārada

mātali-nārada - Matali and Narada

Itaretarayoga Dvandva compound.

Compound type : dvandva (mātali+nārada)

• mātali – Matali (Indra's charioteer)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nārada – Narada (a divine sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

ददृशाते (dadṛśāte) - they saw

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (Lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense, ātmanepada, 3rd dual.

Reduplicated perfect form.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - great-souled (referring to Matali and Narada) (great-souled, noble, magnificent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnificent, exalted in spirit

Bahuvrīhi compound, 'having a great ātman'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with mātali-nāradau.

लोकपालम् (lokapālam) - the world-guardian (Varuṇa) (protector of the worlds, world-guardian)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokapāla

lokapāla - protector of the worlds, world-guardian

Tatpuruṣa compound: loka (world) + pāla (protector).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pāla)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pāla – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  Formed from root pāl (to protect).
  Root: pāl (class 10)

Note: Object of dadṛśāte.

अपाम् (apām) - of the waters

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of ap

ap - water, waters

Only found in plural forms.

पतिम् (patim) - the lord (referring to Varuṇa) (lord, master, husband)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, owner

Note: Object of dadṛśāte, referring to Varuṇa.