महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-191, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
पाण्डवैः सह संयोगं गतस्य द्रुपदस्य तु ।
न बभूव भयं किंचिद्देवेभ्योऽपि कथंचन ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṁyogaṁ gatasya drupadasya tu ,
na babhūva bhayaṁ kiṁciddevebhyo'pi kathaṁcana.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṃyogam gatasya drupadasya
tu na babhūva bhayam kiñcit devebhyaḥ api kathaṃcana

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Drupada, having formed an alliance with the Pāṇḍavas, felt no fear at all, not even from the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of the narrator)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said. (he said)

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• संयोगम् (saṁyogam) - An alliance, specifically a marital alliance, with the Pāṇḍavas. (union, connection, alliance)

• गतस्य (gatasya) - Drupada, having entered into the alliance. (having gone, having attained)

• द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - King Drupada. (of Drupada)

• तु (tu) - Null. (but, indeed)

• न (na) - Null. (not)

• बभूव (babhūva) - There was no fear. (there was, came to be)

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, apprehension

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - 'any (fear)' (any, something, a little)

• देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - from the gods

• अपि (api) - 'even from the gods' - emphasizes the extent of his fearlessness. (even, also)

• कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - 'by any means whatsoever' or 'at all'. (by any means, somehow, in any way)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of the narrator)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (sage, narrator of Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said. (he said)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - with the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, Pāṇḍava

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.

Note: Used with 'saha'.

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

Note: Requires instrumental case for the accompanying noun.

संयोगम् (saṁyogam) - An alliance, specifically a marital alliance, with the Pāṇḍavas. (union, connection, alliance)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃyoga

saṁyoga - union, conjunction, connection, alliance

Derived from sam-√yuj (to join together).

Prefix: sam

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Object of 'gatasya'.

गतस्य (gatasya) - Drupada, having entered into the alliance. (having gone, having attained)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached (Past Passive Participle of gam)

Past Passive Participle

from √gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'drupadasya'.

द्रुपदस्य (drupadasya) - King Drupada. (of Drupada)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of drupada

drupada - Drupada (king of Pañcāla)

तु (tu) - Null. (but, indeed)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - Null. (not)

(indeclinable)

बभूव (babhūva) - There was no fear. (there was, came to be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (Lit) of bhū

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, apprehension

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, danger

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - 'any (fear)' (any, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'not at all', 'not any'.

देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - from the gods

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Denotes source of fear.

अपि (api) - 'even from the gods' - emphasizes the extent of his fearlessness. (even, also)

(indeclinable)

कथंचन (kathaṁcana) - 'by any means whatsoever' or 'at all'. (by any means, somehow, in any way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'na' to mean 'not at all'.