महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-117, verse-3

स ददर्श महात्मानं शरतल्पगतं तदा ।
जन्मशय्यागतं देवं कार्त्तिकेयमिव प्रभुम् ॥३॥

3. sa dadarśa mahātmānaṁ śaratalpagataṁ tadā ,
janmaśayyāgataṁ devaṁ kārttikeyamiva prabhum.

3. sa dadarśa mahātmānam śaratpalpagatam tadā
janmaśayyāgatam devam kārttikeyam iva prabhum

3. sa tadā śaratpalpagatam janmaśayyāgatam
mahātmānam devam prabhum kārttikeyam iva dadarśa

3. He then saw that great-souled being, lying on a bed of arrows, appearing like the divine lord Kartikeya (Kārttikeya) lying on his birth-bed.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - Karna (he, that)

• ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, beheld

• महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Bhishma (great-souled, noble, eminent person)

• शरत्पल्पगतम् (śaratpalpagatam) - lying on a bed of arrows

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• जन्मशय्यागतम् (janmaśayyāgatam) - lying on a birth-bed

• देवम् (devam) - god, deity, divine being

• कार्त्तिकेयम् (kārttikeyam) - Kartikeya, Skanda (son of Krittikas)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• प्रभुम् (prabhum) - lord, master, powerful one, king

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - Karna (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Karna.

ददर्श (dadarśa) - he saw, beheld

(verb)

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

Root: dṛś (class 1)

महात्मानम् (mahātmānam) - Bhishma (great-souled, noble, eminent person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, eminent person, having a great self (ātman)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

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

Note: Refers to Bhishma.

शरत्पल्पगतम् (śaratpalpagatam) - lying on a bed of arrows

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaratpalpagata

śaratpalpagata - lying on a bed of arrows

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound formed from śara (arrow), talpa (bed) and gata (lying)

Compound type : tatpurusha (śara+talpa+gata)

• śara – arrow, reed
  noun (masculine)
• talpa – bed, couch, mattress
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived, being in, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root gam with suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Bhishma (mahātmānam).

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

जन्मशय्यागतम् (janmaśayyāgatam) - lying on a birth-bed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janmaśayyāgata

janmaśayyāgata - lying on a birth-bed

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound formed from janma (birth), śayyā (bed) and gata (lying)

Compound type : tatpurusha (janma+śayyā+gata)

• janma – birth, origin, existence
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jan (class 4)
• śayyā – bed, couch, sleep
  noun (feminine)
  from root śī (to lie down)
  Root: śī (class 2)
• gata – gone, arrived, being in, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root gam with suffix -ta
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies mahātmānam, devam, prabhum.

देवम् (devam) - god, deity, divine being

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

from root div (to shine)

Root: div (class 4)

कार्त्तिकेयम् (kārttikeyam) - Kartikeya, Skanda (son of Krittikas)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kārttikeya

kārttikeya - Kartikeya (god of war, son of Shiva, brought up by the Krittikas)

taddhita derivative from Krittikā (the Pleiades)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

प्रभुम् (prabhum) - lord, master, powerful one, king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful one, king

from prefix pra and root bhū (to be)

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)