महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-68, verse-19

प्रत्याश्वस्तस्तु बीभत्सुः शनकैरिव भारत ।
प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्य पुनः प्रत्यागतो यथा ॥१९॥

19. pratyāśvastastu bībhatsuḥ śanakairiva bhārata ,
pretarājapuraṁ prāpya punaḥ pratyāgato yathā.

19. pratyāśvastaḥ tu bībhatsuḥ śanakaiḥ iva bhārata
pretarājapuraṃ prāpya punaḥ pratyāgataḥ yathā

19. bhārata tu bībhatsuḥ pratyāśvastaḥ iva śanakaiḥ
pretarājapuraṃ prāpya punaḥ pratyāgataḥ yathā

19. But Bibhatsu (Arjuna), O Bharata, was reassured, as if he had slowly reached the city of the king of the dead and then returned again.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रत्याश्वस्तः (pratyāśvastaḥ) - reassured, comforted, revived

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Arjuna (Bibhatsu, 'one who abhors foul deeds')

• शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• भारत (bhārata) - A vocative address, typically to Dhritarashtra or any scion of the Bharata lineage. (O Bharata, O descendant of Bharata)

• प्रेतराजपुरं (pretarājapuraṁ) - The abode of Yama, the god of death. (city of the king of the departed/dead)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

• प्रत्यागतः (pratyāgataḥ) - returned, come back

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्याश्वस्तः (pratyāśvastaḥ) - reassured, comforted, revived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyāśvasta

pratyāśvasta - reassured, comforted, recovered, revived

Past Passive Participle

Compound of prefixes 'prati' (again) + 'ā' (towards) and 'śvasta' (breathed, from √śvas). Implies recovery of breath/composure.

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (prati+ā+śvasta)

• prati – again, back, towards, against
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• ā – towards, near, fully
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• śvasta – breathed, sighed, confident
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √śvas (to breathe).
  Root: śvas (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

बीभत्सुः (bībhatsuḥ) - Arjuna (Bibhatsu, 'one who abhors foul deeds')

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bībhatsu

bībhatsu - horrible, disgusting; a name of Arjuna (one who never performs a disgusting or foul act); a sentiment in dramaturgy (disgust)

Desiderative derivative of √badh (to torment, vex), or related to √bhī (to fear).

शनकैः (śanakaiḥ) - slowly, gradually

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form, instrumental plural of 'śanaka'.

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - A vocative address, typically to Dhritarashtra or any scion of the Bharata lineage. (O Bharata, O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; an Indian; belonging to India

Patronymic from 'Bharata'.

प्रेतराजपुरं (pretarājapuraṁ) - The abode of Yama, the god of death. (city of the king of the departed/dead)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pretarājapura

pretarājapura - city of the king of ghosts/departed spirits (Yama)

Compound of 'preta' (departed spirit, ghost) + 'rāja' (king) + 'pura' (city).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (preta+rāja+pura)

• preta – departed, dead; a ghost, spirit of the dead
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √i (to go) with prefix 'pra'.
  Prefix: pra
  Root: i (class 2)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, stronghold
  noun (neuter)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (lyap)

Formed from the root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix 'pra', and the absolutive suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, once more

(indeclinable)

प्रत्यागतः (pratyāgataḥ) - returned, come back

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyāgata

pratyāgata - returned, come back, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Compound of prefixes 'prati' (back) + 'ā' (to) + 'gata' (gone, PPP of √gam).

Compound type : prādi-tatpuruṣa (prati+ā+gata)

• prati – back, again, towards
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• ā – to, towards, fully
  indeclinable
  Prefix
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb of 'tad' (that).