महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-153, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
ते तथा पुरुषव्याघ्रा निहत्य बकराक्षसम् ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं ततो ब्रह्मन्किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
te tathā puruṣavyāghrā nihatya bakarākṣasam ,
ata ūrdhvaṁ tato brahmankimakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ.

1. janamejaya uvāca te tathā puruṣavyāghrāḥ nihatya bakarākṣasam
ataḥ ūrdhvam tataḥ brahman kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

1. Janamejaya said, "O Brāhmaṇa, what did those tiger-like men, the Pāṇḍavas, do thereafter, having thus killed the demon Bakā?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ते (te) - those Pāṇḍavas (they)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, who were the best of men (tiger-like men, best among men)

• निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

• बकराक्षसम् (bakarākṣasam) - the demon Bakā

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, then, therefore

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, thereafter, further

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

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vaiśaṃpāyana (O Brāhmaṇa)

• किम् (kim) - what

• अकुर्वत (akurvata) - did they do, performed they

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king of the Kuru dynasty, son of Parikṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

perfect tense

3rd person singular perfect active of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ते (te) - those Pāṇḍavas (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

पुरुषव्याघ्राः (puruṣavyāghrāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas, who were the best of men (tiger-like men, best among men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣavyāghra

puruṣavyāghra - tiger among men, excellent man, best of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (puruṣa+vyāghra)

• puruṣa – man, person, male, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vyāghra – tiger; excellent, prominent (as the latter part of a compound)
  noun (masculine)

निहत्य (nihatya) - having killed, having struck down

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

formed from √han with prefix ni, ending in -tya

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

बकराक्षसम् (bakarākṣasam) - the demon Bakā

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bakarākṣasa

bakarākṣasa - Bakā (a demon, specific character in the Mahābhārata)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hence, then, therefore

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to idam

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, thereafter, further

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas added to tad

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Vaiśaṃpāyana (O Brāhmaṇa)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brāhmaṇa (a member of the priestly class), the Absolute (brahman), prayer

किम् (kim) - what

(interrogative pronoun)

अकुर्वत (akurvata) - did they do, performed they

(verb)

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

imperfect tense

3rd person plural imperfect middle of √kṛ (class 8)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the sons of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

derivative from Pāṇḍu