महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-59, verse-21

तं तथा भीमकर्माणं प्रगृहीतमहागदम् ।
दृष्ट्वा वृकोदरं भीष्मः सहसैव समभ्ययात् ॥२१॥

21. taṁ tathā bhīmakarmāṇaṁ pragṛhītamahāgadam ,
dṛṣṭvā vṛkodaraṁ bhīṣmaḥ sahasaiva samabhyayāt.

21. tam tathā bhīmakarmāṇam pragṛhītamahāgadam
dṛṣṭvā vṛkodaram bhīṣmaḥ sahasā eva samabhyayāt

21. bhīṣmaḥ tam vṛkodaram tathā bhīmakarmāṇam
pragṛhītamahāgadam dṛṣṭvā sahasā eva samabhyayāt

21. Upon seeing him – Bhima (Vṛkodara), who was performing formidable deeds (karma) and holding a great mace – Bhishma suddenly advanced.

Words meanings summery:

• तम् (tam) - him

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• भीमकर्माणम् (bhīmakarmāṇam) - performing formidable deeds, whose deeds are terrible

• प्रगृहीतमहागदम् (pragṛhītamahāgadam) - holding a great mace, having grasped a great mace

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing

• वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima, the second of the Pandavas (Vrikodara (epithet of Bhima))

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army (Bhishma)

• सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, instantly, quickly, forcibly

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• समभ्ययात् (samabhyayāt) - approached, advanced towards

Words meanings and morphology

तम् (tam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Bhima.

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

भीमकर्माणम् (bhīmakarmāṇam) - performing formidable deeds, whose deeds are terrible

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīmakarman

bhīmakarman - one whose deeds are terrible/formidable

Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose deeds (karman) are terrible (bhīma)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhīma+karman)

• bhīma – terrible, formidable, dreadful
  adjective (masculine)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Refers to Bhima.

प्रगृहीतमहागदम् (pragṛhītamahāgadam) - holding a great mace, having grasped a great mace

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pragṛhītamahāgada

pragṛhītamahāgada - one who has grasped a great mace

Bahuvrihi compound: 'whose great mace (mahāgada) is grasped (pragṛhīta)'.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pragṛhīta+mahāgada)

• pragṛhīta – grasped, seized, held
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root grah (to seize, grasp) with prefix pra-.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: grah (class 9)
• mahāgada – a great mace
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Bhima.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, upon seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root dṛś with suffix -tvā.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) - Bhima, the second of the Pandavas (Vrikodara (epithet of Bhima))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛkodara

vṛkodara - wolf-bellied, a name of Bhima

Bahuvrihi compound: 'one whose belly (udara) is like a wolf's (vṛka)'.

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of a celebrated hero in the Mahābhārata

सहसा (sahasā) - suddenly, instantly, quickly, forcibly

(indeclinable)

Instrumental form of sahas used as an adverb.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

समभ्ययात् (samabhyayāt) - approached, advanced towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of samabhyayāt

Imperfect Tense (Laṅ)

Third person singular, active voice of root i with prefixes sam- and abhi-.

Prefixes: sam+abhi

Root: i (class 2)