महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-30, verse-69

निमज्जमानमुद्धृत्य कश्चिद्राजा निशाचरम् ।
अपृच्छत्तेन चाख्यातं प्रोक्तवान्यन्निबोध तत् ॥६९॥

69. nimajjamānamuddhṛtya kaścidrājā niśācaram ,
apṛcchattena cākhyātaṁ proktavānyannibodha tat.

69. nimajjamānam uddhṛtya kaścit rājā niśācaram
apṛcchat tena ca ākhyātam proktavān yat nibodha tat

69. kaścit rājā nimajjamānam niśācaram uddhṛtya apṛcchat.
tena ākhyātam ca yat proktavān tat nibodha

69. A certain king, having rescued a drowning night-wanderer (nिशाचर), questioned him. Learn what was related by the night-wanderer, and what (the king) then declared.

Words meanings summery:

• निमज्जमानम् (nimajjamānam) - drowning, sinking, immersed

• उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having pulled out, having rescued, having lifted up

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - some, a certain

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he/she/it asked

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• च (ca) - and, also

• आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated, told, declared

• प्रोक्तवान् (proktavān) - he spoke, he declared, he said

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, perceive

• तत् (tat) - that

Words meanings and morphology

निमज्जमानम् (nimajjamānam) - drowning, sinking, immersed

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nimajjamāna

nimajjamāna - drowning, sinking, immersing oneself

Present Active Participle

From √majj (to sink) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: majj (class 6)

उद्धृत्य (uddhṛtya) - having pulled out, having rescued, having lifted up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √hṛ (to carry) with prefix ud

Prefix: ud

Root: hṛ (class 1)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - some, a certain

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścit

kaścit - someone, something, a certain one

Compound of kim and cit

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - night-wanderer, demon, goblin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, nocturnal creature, demon, ghost

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, going, wanderer
  adjective (masculine)
  From √car (to move, wander)
  Root: car (class 1)

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - he/she/it asked

(verb)

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

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: prach (class 6)

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आख्यातम् (ākhyātam) - narrated, told, declared

(participle)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāta

ākhyāta - narrated, told, declared, famous

Past Passive Participle

From √khyā (to tell, narrate) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

प्रोक्तवान् (proktavān) - he spoke, he declared, he said

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of proktavat

proktavat - one who has spoken or declared

Past Active Participle

From √vac (to speak) with prefix pra, suffixed with -vat

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as a finite verb.

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of nibudh

Imperative 2nd singular active

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one (demonstrative pronoun)