महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-3, verse-9

ततो ध्यात्वा चिरं कालं निःश्वसंश्च पुनः पुनः ।
स्वान्पुत्रान्गर्हयामास बहु मेने च पाण्डवान् ॥९॥

9. tato dhyātvā ciraṁ kālaṁ niḥśvasaṁśca punaḥ punaḥ ,
svānputrāngarhayāmāsa bahu mene ca pāṇḍavān.

9. tataḥ dhyātvā ciram kālam niḥśvasan ca punaḥ punaḥ
| svān putrān garhayāmāsa bahu mene ca pāṇḍavān

9. tataḥ ciram kālam dhyātvā punaḥ punaḥ ca niḥśvasan svān putrān garhayāmāsa pāṇḍavān ca bahu mene.

9. Then, after pondering (dhyāna) for a long time and sighing repeatedly, he condemned his own sons and held the Pāṇḍavas in high esteem.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered

• चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

• कालम् (kālam) - time

• निःश्वसन् (niḥśvasan) - sighing, breathing out

• च (ca) - and, also

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• स्वान् (svān) - his own

• पुत्रान् (putrān) - his (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) sons, the Kauravas (sons)

• गर्हयामास (garhayāmāsa) - he censured, he condemned

• बहु (bahu) - much, greatly, highly

• मेने (mene) - he regarded, he thought

• च (ca) - and, also

• पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered

(gerund)

चिरम् (ciram) - for a long time, long

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long, lasting a long time

कालम् (kālam) - time

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, duration, period

निःश्वसन् (niḥśvasan) - sighing, breathing out

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niḥśvasat

niḥśvasat - sighing, exhaling, breathing out

Present Active Participle

prefix niḥ + root śvas (to breathe) + śatṛ (present active participle suffix)

Prefix: nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

स्वान् (svān) - his own

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sva

sva - one's own, self, related to oneself

पुत्रान् (putrān) - his (Dhṛtarāṣṭra's) sons, the Kauravas (sons)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

गर्हयामास (garhayāmāsa) - he censured, he condemned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of garhay

Causative, Perfect Active

root garh (to blame) + causative suffix -aya + perfect ending

Root: garh (class 1)

बहु (bahu) - much, greatly, highly

(indeclinable)

मेने (mene) - he regarded, he thought

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of man

Perfect Middle

root man (to think) + perfect middle ending

Root: man (class 4)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu; a Pāṇḍava