महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-49, verse-27

तस्माच्च पितृलोकं तं व्रजन्तं सोऽन्वपश्यत ।
पितृलोकाच्च तं यान्तं याम्यं लोकमपश्यत ॥२७॥

27. tasmācca pitṛlokaṁ taṁ vrajantaṁ so'nvapaśyata ,
pitṛlokācca taṁ yāntaṁ yāmyaṁ lokamapaśyata.

27. tasmāt ca pitṛlokam tam vrajantam saḥ anvapaśyata
pitṛlokāt ca tam yāntam yāmyam lokam apaśyata

27. saḥ tasmāt ca tam pitṛlokam vrajantam anvapaśyata
ca pitṛlokāt tam yāmyam lokam yāntam apaśyata

27. And from that celestial realm, Devala observed Jaigīṣavya going to the world of ancestors (Pitṛloka). Then, from the world of ancestors, he saw him proceeding to Yama's realm (Yamya Loka).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - From the celestial realm (divam) mentioned in the previous verse. (from that, from there)

• च (ca) - and

• पितृलोकम् (pitṛlokam) - world of ancestors (Pitṛloka)

• तम् (tam) - Jaigīṣavya (him, that)

• व्रजन्तम् (vrajantam) - going, moving

• सः (saḥ) - Devala (he, that)

• अन्वपश्यत (anvapaśyata) - he saw after, he followed and saw, he observed

• पितृलोकात् (pitṛlokāt) - from the world of ancestors

• च (ca) - and

• तम् (tam) - Jaigīṣavya (him, that)

• यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, moving

• याम्यम् (yāmyam) - relating to Yama, belonging to Yama

• लोकम् (lokam) - Yama's realm (world, realm)

• अपश्यत (apaśyata) - he saw

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - From the celestial realm (divam) mentioned in the previous verse. (from that, from there)

(pronoun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the "divam" (heaven/sky) from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पितृलोकम् (pitṛlokam) - world of ancestors (Pitṛloka)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛloka

pitṛloka - world of ancestors, realm of the Fathers (Pitṛloka)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+loka)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of motion.

तम् (tam) - Jaigīṣavya (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Jaigīṣavya.

व्रजन्तम् (vrajantam) - going, moving

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vrajant

vrajant - going, moving

Present Active Participle

From root vraj (to go)

Root: vraj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'tam' (Jaigīṣavya).

सः (saḥ) - Devala (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Devala.

अन्वपश्यत (anvapaśyata) - he saw after, he followed and saw, he observed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect tense form of root paś (from dṛś) with upasarga anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पितृलोकात् (pitṛlokāt) - from the world of ancestors

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pitṛloka

pitṛloka - world of ancestors, realm of the Fathers (Pitṛloka)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pitṛ+loka)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)

Note: Source of motion.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - Jaigīṣavya (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Jaigīṣavya.

यान्तम् (yāntam) - going, moving

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yānt

yānt - going, moving

Present Active Participle

From root yā (to go)

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'tam' (Jaigīṣavya).

याम्यम् (yāmyam) - relating to Yama, belonging to Yama

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yāmya

yāmya - relating to Yama, southern, belonging to Yama

Derived from Yama with suffix -ya

Note: Qualifies 'lokam'.

लोकम् (lokam) - Yama's realm (world, realm)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people

Note: Object of motion.

अपश्यत (apaśyata) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect tense form of root paś (from dṛś)

Root: dṛś (class 1)