महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-117, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
पाण्डोरवभृथं कृत्वा देवकल्पा महर्षयः ।
ततो मन्त्रमकुर्वन्त ते समेत्य तपस्विनः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
pāṇḍoravabhṛthaṁ kṛtvā devakalpā maharṣayaḥ ,
tato mantramakurvanta te sametya tapasvinaḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | pāṇḍoḥ avabhṛtham kṛtvā devakalpā
maharṣayaḥ | tataḥ mantram akurvanta te sametya tapasvinaḥ

1. Vaiśampayana said: After performing the concluding ritual bath for Pāṇḍu, those god-like great sages (maharṣayaḥ) who were ascetics, then assembled and held a counsel.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampayana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

• अवभृथम् (avabhṛtham) - concluding ritual bath (of a sacrifice)

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

• देवकल्पा (devakalpā) - god-like, resembling gods

• महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

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

• मन्त्रम् (mantram) - a discussion or deliberation (counsel, deliberation, sacred text)

• अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they held (a counsel) (they did, they made, they held)

• ते (te) - those sages (those, they)

• समेत्य (sametya) - having met, having assembled

• तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics, those practicing austerity

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampayana (a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

पाण्डोः (pāṇḍoḥ) - of Pāṇḍu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pāṇḍu

pāṇḍu - Pāṇḍu (name of a king)

अवभृथम् (avabhṛtham) - concluding ritual bath (of a sacrifice)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avabhṛtha

avabhṛtha - concluding ritual bath

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with suffix -tvā from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

देवकल्पा (devakalpā) - god-like, resembling gods

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of devakalpa

devakalpa - god-like, resembling gods

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+kalpa)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• kalpa – like, resembling
  adjective (masculine)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+ṛṣi)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)

मन्त्रम् (mantram) - a discussion or deliberation (counsel, deliberation, sacred text)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mantra

mantra - counsel, sacred text (mantra), thought

अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they held (a counsel) (they did, they made, they held)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ते (te) - those sages (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समेत्य (sametya) - having met, having assembled

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Formed with suffix -tya from root i with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

तपस्विनः (tapasvinaḥ) - ascetics, those practicing austerity

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, hermit