महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-165, verse-1

अर्जुन उवाच ।
किंनिमित्तमभूद्वैरं विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः ।
वसतोराश्रमे पुण्ये शंस नः सर्वमेव तत् ॥१॥

1. arjuna uvāca ,
kiṁnimittamabhūdvairaṁ viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ ,
vasatorāśrame puṇye śaṁsa naḥ sarvameva tat.

1. arjunaḥ uvāca kimnimittam abhūt vairam viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ
vasatoḥ āśrame puṇye śaṃsa naḥ sarvam eva tat

1. Arjuna said: 'What was the cause of the conflict between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, who were both residing in a sacred hermitage? Please tell us everything about that.'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, what was the cause

• अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, it happened, it became

• वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

• विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः (viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ) - between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha

• वसतोः (vasatoḥ) - of the two dwelling, of the two residing

• आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the ascetic retreat

• पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the sacred, in the holy, in the virtuous

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, relate, declare

• नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, exactly, only

• तत् (tat) - that, it

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - white, clear, a name for one of the Pāṇḍava brothers

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

finite verb conjugation

Root vac (to speak) in perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

किम्निमित्तम् (kimnimittam) - for what reason, what was the cause

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (kim+nimitta)

• kim – what, which, why
  pronoun
• nimitta – cause, reason, sign, omen
  noun (neuter)

अभूत् (abhūt) - there was, it happened, it became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of √bhū

finite verb conjugation

Root bhū (to be) in aorist tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

वैरम् (vairam) - enmity, hostility, hatred

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, hatred, revenge

From vīra (hero, valiant) or vi (apart, against) + ira (going).

विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः (viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ) - between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of viśvāmitravasiṣṭha

viśvāmitravasiṣṭha - Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha

Compound type : dvandva (viśvāmitra+vasiṣṭha)

• viśvāmitra – Viśvāmitra (a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vasiṣṭha – Vasiṣṭha (a celebrated Vedic sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

वसतोः (vasatoḥ) - of the two dwelling, of the two residing

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of vasat

vasat - dwelling, residing, staying

Present Active Participle

From root vas (to dwell) + present active participle suffix -at.

Root: vas (class 1)

आश्रमे (āśrame) - in the hermitage, in the ascetic retreat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, monastery, sacred retreat, a stage of life (āśrama)

From ā (prefix) + root śram (to toil, exert oneself) + suffix -a.

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

पुण्ये (puṇye) - in the sacred, in the holy, in the virtuous

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - meritorious, virtuous, sacred, holy, pure

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, relate, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śaṃs

finite verb conjugation

Root śaṃs (to tell) in imperative mood, 2nd person singular.

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

नः (naḥ) - to us, for us, our

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, exactly, only

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it