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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-175, verse-3

तानूचुर्ब्राह्मणा राजन्पाण्डवान्ब्रह्मचारिणः ।
क्व भवन्तो गमिष्यन्ति कुतो वागच्छतेति ह ॥३॥
3. tānūcurbrāhmaṇā rājanpāṇḍavānbrahmacāriṇaḥ ,
kva bhavanto gamiṣyanti kuto vāgacchateti ha.
3. tān ūcuḥ brāhmaṇāḥ rājan pāṇḍavān brahmacāriṇaḥ
kva bhavantaḥ gamiṣyanti kutaḥ vā āgacchata iti ha
3. O King (rājan), the Brahmins addressed those Pāṇḍavas, who were in the guise of religious students (brahmacāriṇaḥ): "Where will you go? Or from where do you come?"

Words meanings summery:

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  • तान् (tān) - to them, those
  • ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said
  • ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
  • राजन् (rājan) - Referring to Janamejaya, the audience of the narration. (O King)
  • पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas
  • ब्रह्मचारिणः (brahmacāriṇaḥ) - religious students, celibate students
  • क्व (kva) - where?
  • भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - your honors, you (polite)
  • गमिष्यन्ति (gamiṣyanti) - will go
  • कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?
  • वा (vā) - or
  • आगच्छत (āgacchata) - you (pl.) come
  • इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
  • (ha) - indeed, surely (emphasizer)

Words meanings and morphology

तान् (tān) - to them, those
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - Brahmins
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class
राजन् (rājan) - Referring to Janamejaya, the audience of the narration. (O King)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, ruler
Root: rāj (class 1)
पाण्डवान् (pāṇḍavān) - the Pāṇḍavas
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava
pāṇḍava - son of Pāṇḍu, descendant of Pāṇḍu
Patronymic from Pāṇḍu
ब्रह्मचारिणः (brahmacāriṇaḥ) - religious students, celibate students
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmacārin
brahmacārin - one who practices religious studentship (brahmacarya), an ascetic, a celibate
Compound. brahma (sacred knowledge, Veda) + cārin (practitioner, mover).
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+cārin)
  • brahman – Vedic text, sacred knowledge, ultimate reality (brahman)
    noun (neuter)
  • cārin – moving, walking, practising, observing
    adjective (masculine)
    Agent Noun
    From root car- (to move, practice) + -in suffix
    Root: car (class 1)
Note: Used as an adjective describing the Pāṇḍavas.
क्व (kva) - where?
(indeclinable)
भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - your honors, you (polite)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat
bhavat - your honor, you (polite form), being
Present Active Participle (of bhū) used as polite pronoun
From root bhū (to be) + śatṛ suffix.
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Used as a polite second-person pronoun.
गमिष्यन्ति (gamiṣyanti) - will go
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, future (Lṛṭ) of gam
Root: gam (class 1)
कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where?
(indeclinable)
Formed from ka (what) + tas suffix.
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
आगच्छत (āgacchata) - you (pl.) come
(verb)
2nd person , plural, active, present (Loṭ) of gam
Prefix: ā
Root: gam (class 1)
इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)
(indeclinable)
(ha) - indeed, surely (emphasizer)
(indeclinable)