महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-34, verse-53

गत्वा च पितरं प्राहुः प्रणम्य शिरसा तदा ।
सोमो वसति नास्मासु तस्मान्नः शरणं भव ॥५३॥

53. gatvā ca pitaraṁ prāhuḥ praṇamya śirasā tadā ,
somo vasati nāsmāsu tasmānnaḥ śaraṇaṁ bhava.

53. gatvā ca pitaram prāhuḥ praṇamya śirasā tadā
somaḥ vasati na asmāsu tasmāt naḥ śaraṇam bhava

53. gatvā praṇamya śirasā ca tadā pitaram prāhuḥ
somaḥ na asmāsu vasati tasmāt naḥ śaraṇam bhava

53. And having gone to their father, they bowed with their heads and then said: "The Moon (Soma) does not reside with us. Therefore, be our refuge."

Words meanings summery:

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• च (ca) - and

• पितरम् (pitaram) - to the father

• प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they said

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

• शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the Moon

• वसति (vasati) - dwells, resides

• न (na) - not

• अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, among us

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• नः (naḥ) - to us, our, us

• शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, protection

• भव (bhava) - be, become

Words meanings and morphology

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from root gam with suffix -tvā

Root: gam (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - to the father

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

प्राहुः (prāhuḥ) - they said

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Perfect (Liṭ) of pra-ah

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural. From root ah, with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - having bowed down, having saluted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed from root nam with prefix pra, followed by suffix -ya

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

शिरसा (śirasā) - with the head

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śiras

śiras - head

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from pronominal base tad

सोमः (somaḥ) - Soma, the Moon

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of soma

soma - Soma (a Vedic deity, a ritual drink), the Moon

वसति (vasati) - dwells, resides

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of vas

Present tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vas (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अस्मासु (asmāsu) - in us, among us

(pronoun)

Locative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नः (naḥ) - to us, our, us

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

शरणम् (śaraṇam) - refuge, protection

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śaraṇa

śaraṇa - refuge, shelter, protection, asylum

Root: śṛ

भव (bhava) - be, become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (Loṭ) of bhū

Imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: bhū (class 1)