महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-167, verse-15

गन्धर्व उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्ततो हृष्टो वसिष्ठः श्रेष्ठभागृषिः ।
अस्ति संतानमित्युक्त्वा मृत्योः पार्थ न्यवर्तत ॥१५॥

15. gandharva uvāca ,
evamuktastato hṛṣṭo vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhabhāgṛṣiḥ ,
asti saṁtānamityuktvā mṛtyoḥ pārtha nyavartata.

15. gandharvaḥ uvāca | evam uktaḥ
tataḥ hṛṣṭaḥ vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭha-bhāk
ṛṣiḥ | asti santānam iti
uktvā mṛtyoḥ pārtha nyavartata

15. The Gandharva said: "Having been told thus, Vasiṣṭha, the venerable sage, became delighted. Saying 'There is progeny!' he (Vasiṣṭha) then turned away from Death (Mṛtyu), O Pārtha."

Words meanings summery:

• गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - a Gandharva (celestial musician)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

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

• हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, joyous

• वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper noun)

• श्रेष्ठ-भाक् (śreṣṭha-bhāk) - possessing the best, excellent, venerable

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

• अस्ति (asti) - there is, exists

• सन्तानम् (santānam) - progeny, offspring, continuity

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - from Death (Mṛtyu)

• पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna))

• न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - turned back, returned

Words meanings and morphology

गन्धर्वः (gandharvaḥ) - a Gandharva (celestial musician)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gandharva

gandharva - a celestial musician, a class of demi-gods

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

reduplication, irregular formation

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak) + kta

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

हृष्टः (hṛṣṭaḥ) - delighted, pleased, joyous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hṛṣṭa

hṛṣṭa - delighted, pleased, happy

Past Passive Participle

from root hṛṣ (to be excited, glad) + kta

Root: hṛṣ (class 4)

वसिष्ठः (vasiṣṭhaḥ) - Vasiṣṭha (a proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the seven ṛṣis (sages)

श्रेष्ठ-भाक् (śreṣṭha-bhāk) - possessing the best, excellent, venerable

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha-bhāj

śreṣṭha-bhāj - possessing the best, excellent, venerable

Compound type : bahuvrihi (śreṣṭha+bhāj)

• śreṣṭha – most excellent, best, chief
  adjective (masculine)
• bhāj – sharing, participating, possessing
  adjective (masculine)
  derived from root bhaj (to share, possess)
  from root bhaj (to distribute, share, possess) + ṇin
  Root: bhaj (class 1)

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

अस्ति (asti) - there is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of as

Present active third person singular

Root: as (class 2)

सन्तानम् (santānam) - progeny, offspring, continuity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of santāna

santāna - progeny, offspring, continuation, lineage

Prefix: sam

Root: tan (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotative particle)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root vac (to speak) + ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - from Death (Mṛtyu)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, personified as a deity (Mṛtyu)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

पार्थ (pārtha) - O Arjuna (O son of Pṛthā (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), refers to Arjuna

derivative from Pṛthā + aṇ (patronymic)

न्यवर्तत (nyavartata) - turned back, returned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of nivṛt

Imperfect middle third person singular

from root vṛt (to turn) + ni + laṅ

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)