महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-175, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततस्ते नरशार्दूला भ्रातरः पञ्च पाण्डवाः ।
प्रययुर्द्रौपदीं द्रष्टुं तं च देवमहोत्सवम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tataste naraśārdūlā bhrātaraḥ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ ,
prayayurdraupadīṁ draṣṭuṁ taṁ ca devamahotsavam.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ te naraśārdūlāḥ bhrātaraḥ pañca
pāṇḍavāḥ prayayuḥ draupadīṃ draṣṭuṃ taṃ ca devamahotsavam

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Then, those five Pāṇḍava brothers, who were like tigers among men (naraśārdūlāḥ), set forth to see Draupadī and that great divine festival."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• ते (te) - those, they

• नरशार्दूलाः (naraśārdūlāḥ) - tigers among men, foremost of men, valiant men

• भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

• पञ्च (pañca) - five

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

• प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - they went forth

• द्रौपदीं (draupadīṁ) - Draupadī

• द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to look at

• तं (taṁ) - that

• च (ca) - and

• देवमहोत्सवम् (devamahotsavam) - great festival of the gods, divine great festival

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नरशार्दूलाः (naraśārdūlāḥ) - tigers among men, foremost of men, valiant men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naraśārdūla

naraśārdūla - a tiger among men, an eminent man, a hero

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+śārdūla)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, best of its kind
  noun (masculine)

भ्रातरः (bhrātaraḥ) - brothers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पञ्च (pañca) - five

(numeral)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu

प्रययुः (prayayuḥ) - they went forth

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of gam

Prefix: pra

Root: gam (class 1)

द्रौपदीं (draupadīṁ) - Draupadī

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - daughter of Drupada, wife of the Pāṇḍavas

Patronymic from Drupada

द्रष्टुं (draṣṭuṁ) - to see, to look at

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तं (taṁ) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

देवमहोत्सवम् (devamahotsavam) - great festival of the gods, divine great festival

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devamahotsava

devamahotsava - a great festival in honor of a deity, a great divine festival

Compound type : karmadhāraya (deva+mahotsava)

• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)
• mahotsava – a great festival, a great celebration
  noun (masculine)