महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-160, verse-3

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तः स गन्धर्वः कुन्तीपुत्रं धनंजयम् ।
विश्रुतां त्रिषु लोकेषु श्रावयामास वै कथाम् ॥३॥

3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktaḥ sa gandharvaḥ kuntīputraṁ dhanaṁjayam ,
viśrutāṁ triṣu lokeṣu śrāvayāmāsa vai kathām.

3. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca evam uktaḥ sa gandharvaḥ kuntīputram
dhanañjayam viśrutām triṣu lokeṣu śrāvayāmāsa vai kathām

3. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Thus addressed, that Gandharva indeed narrated to Arjuna (the son of Kuntī) a story that was well-known throughout the three worlds.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata. (Vaiśampayana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Arjuna) (spoken, addressed, said)

• स (sa) - that (Gandharva) (he, that)

• गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - The celestial musician Gandharva Citraratha. (Gandharva)

• कुन्तीपुत्रम् (kuntīputram) - Arjuna, the son of Kuntī. (son of Kuntī)

• धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍavas. (Dhanañjaya)

• विश्रुताम् (viśrutām) - well-known, famous, renowned

• त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

• लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the lower regions). (in the worlds, in the realms)

• श्रावयामास (śrāvayāmāsa) - caused to hear, narrated, made to listen

• वै (vai) - An emphatic particle. (indeed, certainly, verily)

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampayana, narrator of the Mahabharata. (Vaiśampayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampayana (name of a sage, a student of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (parasmaipada).

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed (by Arjuna) (spoken, addressed, said)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - that (Gandharva) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - The celestial musician Gandharva Citraratha. (Gandharva)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharva

gandharva - a Gandharva (a class of celestial beings, often musicians or divine singers)

कुन्तीपुत्रम् (kuntīputram) - Arjuna, the son of Kuntī. (son of Kuntī)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kuntīputra

kuntīputra - son of Kuntī

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuntī+putra)

• kuntī – Kuntī (name of Pāṇḍu's wife and mother of Arjuna)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

धनञ्जयम् (dhanañjayam) - Arjuna, one of the Pāṇḍavas. (Dhanañjaya)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhanañjaya

dhanañjaya - Dhanañjaya (name of Arjuna, meaning 'conqueror of wealth')

विश्रुताम् (viśrutām) - well-known, famous, renowned

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśruta

viśruta - well-heard, famous, celebrated, renowned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'śru' (to hear) with the prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: śru (class 1)

त्रिषु (triṣu) - in the three

(numeral)

लोकेषु (lokeṣu) - in the three worlds (heaven, earth, and the lower regions). (in the worlds, in the realms)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people

श्रावयामास (śrāvayāmāsa) - caused to hear, narrated, made to listen

(verb)

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

Causative of root śru

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice (ātmanepada). Derived from causative stem śrāvaya- of root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 1)

वै (vai) - An emphatic particle. (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse