महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-20, verse-9

सूत उवाच ।
एवमुक्तास्ततो गत्वा गरुडं वाग्भिरस्तुवन् ।
अदूरादभ्युपेत्यैनं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा ॥९॥

9. sūta uvāca ,
evamuktāstato gatvā garuḍaṁ vāgbhirastuvan ,
adūrādabhyupetyainaṁ devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstadā.

9. sūtaḥ uvāca evam uktāḥ tataḥ gatvā garuḍam vāgbhiḥ
astuvan adūrāt abhyupetya enam devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ tadā

9. Sūta said: "Thus addressed, the gods, accompanied by the sages, then went and, approaching Garuḍa from a short distance, praised him with words."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (masculine nominative singular)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said (3rd singular perfect active)

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so (indeclinable)

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, addressed, told (masculine nominative plural past passive participle))

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there (indeclinable)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (absolutive)

• गरुडम् (garuḍam) - to Garuḍa (masculine accusative singular)

• वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words (feminine instrumental plural)

• अस्तुवन् (astuvan) - they praised (3rd plural imperfect active)

• अदूरात् (adūrāt) - from a short distance (from not far, from nearby (ablative singular))

• अभ्युपेत्य (abhyupetya) - having approached (absolutive)

• एनम् (enam) - him (masculine accusative singular)

• देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (masculine nominative plural)

• सर्षिगणाः (sarṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by the sages (with the groups of sages (masculine nominative plural))

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time (indeclinable)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (masculine nominative singular)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, Sūta (a particular caste)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said (3rd singular perfect active)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so (indeclinable)

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - having been addressed (spoken, addressed, told (masculine nominative plural past passive participle))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

from root vac, suffix -kta

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from there (indeclinable)

(indeclinable)

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (absolutive)

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

गरुडम् (garuḍam) - to Garuḍa (masculine accusative singular)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa (mythical bird, vehicle of Viṣṇu)

वाग्भिः (vāgbhiḥ) - with words (feminine instrumental plural)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - speech, word, voice

अस्तुवन् (astuvan) - they praised (3rd plural imperfect active)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of stu

Root: stu (class 2)

अदूरात् (adūrāt) - from a short distance (from not far, from nearby (ablative singular))

(adjective)

Ablative, neuter, singular of adūra

adūra - not far, near, close

Compound type : tatpurusha (nañ) (a+dūra)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• dūra – far, distant
  adjective (neuter)

अभ्युपेत्य (abhyupetya) - having approached (absolutive)

(indeclinable)

Prefixes: abhi+upa

Root: i (class 2)

एनम् (enam) - him (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, him, her, it

देवाः (devāḥ) - the gods (masculine nominative plural)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

सर्षिगणाः (sarṣigaṇāḥ) - accompanied by the sages (with the groups of sages (masculine nominative plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarṣigaṇa

sarṣigaṇa - accompanied by groups of sages

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+ṛṣi+gaṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
• gaṇa – group, multitude, troop
  noun (masculine)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time (indeclinable)

(indeclinable)