महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-145, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एकचक्रां गतास्ते तु कुन्तीपुत्रा महारथाः ।
ऊषुर्नातिचिरं कालं ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ekacakrāṁ gatāste tu kuntīputrā mahārathāḥ ,
ūṣurnāticiraṁ kālaṁ brāhmaṇasya niveśane.

2. vaiśampāyana uvāca ekacakrām gatāḥ te tu kuntīputrāḥ
mahārathāḥ ūṣuḥ na aticiram kālam brāhmaṇasya niveśane

2. Vaiśampāyana said: Having arrived at Ekacakrā, the sons of Kuntī, who were great charioteers (mahārathas), did not dwell for a very long time in the house of a brahmin.

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एकचक्राम् (ekacakrām) - to the city named Ekacakrā (to Ekacakrā)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - having gone, having reached, arrived

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कुन्तीपुत्राः (kuntīputrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, specifically the five brothers (sons of Kuntī)

• महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

• ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ) - they dwelt, resided

• न (na) - not, no

• अतिचिरम् (aticiram) - for a very long time, for too long

• कालम् (kālam) - time, period

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

• निवेशने (niveśane) - in the dwelling, in the house

Words meanings and morphology

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

एकचक्राम् (ekacakrām) - to the city named Ekacakrā (to Ekacakrā)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of ekacakrā

ekacakrā - Ekacakrā (name of a city)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+cakra)

• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral/adjective (neuter)
• cakra – wheel, disc, circle
  noun (neuter)

गताः (gatāḥ) - having gone, having reached, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, reached, arrived

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here adjectivally to describe 'te' (they)

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कुन्तीपुत्राः (kuntīputrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, specifically the five brothers (sons of Kuntī)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kuntīputra

kuntīputra - son of Kuntī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuntī+putra)

• kuntī – Kuntī (mother of the Pāṇḍavas)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

महारथाः (mahārathāḥ) - great charioteers, great warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahāratha

mahāratha - great charioteer, a great warrior who can fight single-handedly with 10,000 archers

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ratha – chariot, car, warrior in a chariot
  noun (masculine)

ऊषुः (ūṣuḥ) - they dwelt, resided

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of vas

perfect tense

3rd person plural perfect active of root vas (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अतिचिरम् (aticiram) - for a very long time, for too long

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aticira

aticira - very long, too long

Compound type : avyayībhāva (as adverbial) (ati+cira)

• ati – over, beyond, very, excessively
  indeclinable
• cira – long (time), ancient
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially to qualify 'kālam'

कालम् (kālam) - time, period

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

Note: Accusative case indicating duration of time

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a brahmin, a member of the priestly class

निवेशने (niveśane) - in the dwelling, in the house

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - dwelling, house, abode, settlement

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)