महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-153, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तत्रैव न्यवसन्राजन्निहत्य बकराक्षसम् ।
अधीयानाः परं ब्रह्म ब्राह्मणस्य निवेशने ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tatraiva nyavasanrājannihatya bakarākṣasam ,
adhīyānāḥ paraṁ brahma brāhmaṇasya niveśane.

2. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tatra eva nyavasan rājan nihatya
bakarākṣasam adhīyānāḥ param brahma brāhmaṇasya niveśane

2. Vaiśaṃpāyana said, "O King, right there, in that Brāhmaṇa's dwelling, having killed the demon Bakā, they resided, engaged in studying the supreme (brahman)."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

• न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they lived

• राजन् (rājan) - O Janamejaya (O King)

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

• बकराक्षसम् (bakarākṣasam) - the demon Bakā

• अधीयानाः (adhīyānāḥ) - studying, engaged in learning

• परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

• ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman)

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brāhmaṇa who was hosting them (of the Brāhmaṇa)

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

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa, narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya)

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)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

locative suffix -tra added to tad

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just

(indeclinable)

न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they lived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of ni-vas

imperfect tense

3rd person plural imperfect active of √vas with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O Janamejaya (O King)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

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)

अधीयानाः (adhīyānāḥ) - studying, engaged in learning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of adhīyāna

adhīyāna - studying, learning, reading

present middle participle

present middle participle of √i with prefix adhi

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

परम् (param) - supreme, highest, ultimate

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of para

para - other, another, supreme, highest, ultimate

ब्रह्म (brahma) - the supreme (brahman)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman

brahman - the Absolute, the universal spirit, ultimate reality (neuter noun); prayer, sacred word

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of the Brāhmaṇa who was hosting them (of the Brāhmaṇa)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a member of the priestly class, a Brahmin

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

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - dwelling, residence, house, abode

Root: viś (class 6)