महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-28, verse-44

मुहूर्तमिव च ध्यात्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम् ।
भ्रातॄंश्च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत मां ततः ॥४४॥

44. muhūrtamiva ca dhyātvā pratilabhya ca cetanām ,
bhrātṝṁśca sarvasainyāni paryapṛcchata māṁ tataḥ.

44. मुहूर्तम् इव च ध्यात्वा प्रतिलभ्य च चेतनाम्
भ्रातॄन् च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत माम् ततः

44. च मुहूर्तम् इव ध्यात्वा च चेतनाम् प्रतिलभ्य ततः माम् भ्रातॄन् च सर्वसैन्यानि पर्यपृच्छत।

44. And having meditated for a moment and having regained his senses, he then inquired of me about his brothers and all the armies.

Words meanings summery:

• मुहूर्तम् (मुहूर्तम्) - for a moment

• इव (इव) - for *as if* a moment, i.e., for a *short* moment (like, as if, almost)

• च (च) - and

• ध्यात्वा (ध्यात्वा) - having meditated, having contemplated

• प्रतिलभ्य (प्रतिलभ्य) - having regained, having obtained

• च (च) - and

• चेतनाम् (चेतनाम्) - consciousness, senses

• भ्रातॄन् (भ्रातॄन्) - brothers

• च (च) - and

• सर्वसैन्यानि (सर्वसैन्यानि) - all the armies

• पर्यपृच्छत (पर्यपृच्छत) - he inquired, he asked around

• माम् (माम्) - me

• ततः (ततः) - then, thereafter

Words meanings and morphology

मुहूर्तम् (मुहूर्तम्) - for a moment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of मुहूर्त

muhūrta - a moment, a short time, a division of time (48 minutes)

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration

इव (इव) - for *as if* a moment, i.e., for a *short* moment (like, as if, almost)

(indeclinable)

Note: Expresses comparison or approximation

च (च) - and

(indeclinable)

ध्यात्वा (ध्यात्वा) - having meditated, having contemplated

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root dhyā

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: Related to dhyāna (meditation)

प्रतिलभ्य (प्रतिलभ्य) - having regained, having obtained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root labh (to obtain) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: labh (class 1)

च (च) - and

(indeclinable)

चेतनाम् (चेतनाम्) - consciousness, senses

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of चेतना

cetanā - consciousness, intelligence, mind, senses

Derived from root cit (to perceive, to think)

Root: cit (class 1)

भ्रातॄन् (भ्रातॄन्) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of भ्रातृ

bhrātṛ - brother

च (च) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वसैन्यानि (सर्वसैन्यानि) - all the armies

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of सर्वसैन्य

sarvasainya - all the armies

Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+sainya)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  pronoun (neuter)
• sainya – army, troops, military
  noun (neuter)

पर्यपृच्छत (पर्यपृच्छत) - he inquired, he asked around

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, imperfect, active voice, parasmaipada

Prefixes: pari+apa

Root: pracch (class 6)

Note: Root pracch often takes two accusatives, one of the person asked (mām) and one of the thing asked about (bhrātṝn, sarvasainyāni).

माम् (माम्) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of अहम्

aham - I

ततः (ततः) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)