महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-176, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्ताः प्रयातास्ते पाण्डवा जनमेजय ।
राज्ञा दक्षिणपाञ्चालान्द्रुपदेनाभिरक्षितान् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktāḥ prayātāste pāṇḍavā janamejaya ,
rājñā dakṣiṇapāñcālāndrupadenābhirakṣitān.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | evam uktāḥ prayātāḥ te pāṇḍavāḥ
janamejaya | rājñā dakṣiṇapāñcālān drupdena abhirakṣitān

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "O Janamejaya, thus addressed, those Pāṇḍavas set out for the Southern Pañcāla country, which was protected by King Drupada."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

• प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - departed, set out

• ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

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

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (name of a king, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

• दक्षिणपाञ्चालान् (dakṣiṇapāñcālān) - the Southern Pañcāla country (the Southern Pañcālas (country/people))

• द्रुप्देन (drupdena) - by King Drupada (by Drupada (name of a king))

• अभिरक्षितान् (abhirakṣitān) - protected, guarded

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of Vyāsa's disciple and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect 3rd person singular, root vac, reduplication

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'

प्रयाताः (prayātāḥ) - departed, set out

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prayāta

prayāta - departed, gone forth, set out

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root yā + prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'pāṇḍavāḥ'

ते (te) - those (Pāṇḍavas) (those, they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Apatyārthe (son of) derivation from Pāṇḍu

Note: Subject of the verb (implied 'set out')

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (name of a king, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king)

Note: Addressed by Vaiśaṃpāyana

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Note: Agent of 'abhirakṣitān'

दक्षिणपाञ्चालान् (dakṣiṇapāñcālān) - the Southern Pañcāla country (the Southern Pañcālas (country/people))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dakṣiṇapāñcāla

dakṣiṇapāñcāla - Southern Pañcāla (country/people)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dakṣiṇa+pāñcāla)

• dakṣiṇa – southern, right
  adjective (masculine)
• pāñcāla – Pañcāla (name of a country or its inhabitants)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Object of motion implied by 'prayātāḥ' (went to)

द्रुप्देन (drupdena) - by King Drupada (by Drupada (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (name of a king)

Note: Agent of 'abhirakṣitān'. This specifies 'rājñā'.

अभिरक्षितान् (abhirakṣitān) - protected, guarded

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of abhirakṣita

abhirakṣita - protected, guarded, preserved

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root rakṣ + prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'dakṣiṇapāñcālān'