महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-136, verse-14

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवं ते विलपन्ति स्म वारणावतका जनाः ।
परिवार्य गृहं तच्च तस्थू रात्रौ समन्ततः ॥१४॥

14. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evaṁ te vilapanti sma vāraṇāvatakā janāḥ ,
parivārya gṛhaṁ tacca tasthū rātrau samantataḥ.

14. vaiśampāyana uvāca evam te vilapanti sma vāraṇāvatakāḥ
janāḥ parivārya gṛham tat ca tasthūḥ rātrau samantataḥ

14. Vaiśampāyana said: Thus, the people of Vāraṇāvata lamented and stood all around that house throughout the night.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• ते (te) - they, those

• विलपन्ति (vilapanti) - they lamented, they grieved

• स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to indicate past action)

• वारणावतकाः (vāraṇāvatakāḥ) - of Vāraṇāvata, inhabitants of Vāraṇāvata

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

• परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, having encompassed

• गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

• तत् (tat) - that

• च (ca) - and, also

• तस्थूः (tasthūḥ) - they stood

• रात्रौ (rātrau) - in the night, during the night

• समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, everywhere

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, a student of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विलपन्ति (vilapanti) - they lamented, they grieved

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vilap

Present tense, 3rd person plural

Prefix: vi

Root: lap (class 1)

स्म (sma) - (particle used with present tense to indicate past action)

(indeclinable)

वारणावतकाः (vāraṇāvatakāḥ) - of Vāraṇāvata, inhabitants of Vāraṇāvata

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vāraṇāvataka

vāraṇāvataka - belonging to Vāraṇāvata, inhabitant of Vāraṇāvata

derived from Vāraṇāvata with 'ka' suffix

Note: Used as a noun, referring to the people.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, man

परिवार्य (parivārya) - having surrounded, having encompassed

(indeclinable)

absolutive

absolutive of the verb root 'vṛ' (to cover) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

गृहम् (gṛham) - house, home

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of gṛha

gṛha - house, dwelling, home

Note: Object of 'parivārya'.

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the house.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तस्थूः (tasthūḥ) - they stood

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of sthā

Perfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: sthā (class 1)

रात्रौ (rātrau) - in the night, during the night

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

समन्ततः (samantataḥ) - all around, everywhere

(indeclinable)