महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-29

सूत उवाच ।
ततो निवेशाय तदा स विप्रः संशितव्रतः ।
महीं चचार दारार्थी न च दारानविन्दत ॥२९॥

29. sūta uvāca ,
tato niveśāya tadā sa vipraḥ saṁśitavrataḥ ,
mahīṁ cacāra dārārthī na ca dārānavindata.

29. sūtaḥ uvāca tataḥ niveśāya tadā sa vipraḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
mahīm cacāra dārārthī na ca dārān avindata

29. Sūta said: Then, that brahmin, firm in his vows, wandered the earth at that time, seeking a wife for settling down. But he did not find one.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, narrator (Sūta, a specific person))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, afterwards)

• निवेशाय (niveśāya) - for settling down (for a home, for settling down)

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• स (sa) - that (he, that)

• विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, priest)

• संशितव्रतः (saṁśitavrataḥ) - firm in his vows (of firm resolve, whose vows are sharpened)

• महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (the earth, land)

• चचार (cacāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, went)

• दारार्थी (dārārthī) - seeking a wife (seeking a wife, desirous of wives)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - but (and, but)

• दारान् (dārān) - a wife (plural used to mean singular 'wife' in this context) (wives)

• अविन्दत (avindata) - found (found, obtained)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, narrator (Sūta, a specific person))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator (name of a class or person)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Parasmeipada perfect 3rd person singular

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, therefrom, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

निवेशाय (niveśāya) - for settling down (for a home, for settling down)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of niveśa

niveśa - entering, settling down, dwelling, home

action noun

from ni-√viś

Root: viś (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - that (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विप्रः (vipraḥ) - brahmin (brahmin, priest)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - a brahmin, priest, inspired, wise

संशितव्रतः (saṁśitavrataḥ) - firm in his vows (of firm resolve, whose vows are sharpened)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśitavrata

saṁśitavrata - having firm vows, of sharpened vow, resolute

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (samśita+vrata)

• samśita – sharpened, firm, resolute
  adjective
  past passive participle
  from sam-√śi (to sharpen)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śi (class 2)
• vrata – vow, religious observance, sacred duty
  noun (neuter)

महीम् (mahīm) - the earth (the earth, land)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahī

mahī - the earth, land, ground

चचार (cacāra) - wandered (wandered, roamed, went)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of √car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Parasmeipada perfect 3rd person singular

दारार्थी (dārārthī) - seeking a wife (seeking a wife, desirous of wives)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dārārthin

dārārthin - seeking a wife, desirous of wives

from dāra + arthin

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dāra+arthin)

• dāra – wife, spouses (usually plural)
  noun (masculine)
• arthin – seeking, desirous of, supplicant
  adjective
  from artha (purpose) + in

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - but (and, but)

(indeclinable)

दारान् (dārān) - a wife (plural used to mean singular 'wife' in this context) (wives)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dāra

dāra - wife, spouses

अविन्दत (avindata) - found (found, obtained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of √vid

Root: vid (class 6)

Note: Ātmanepada imperfect 3rd person singular