महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-200, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
एवं संप्राप्य राज्यं तदिन्द्रप्रस्थे तपोधन ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं महात्मानः किमकुर्वन्त पाण्डवाः ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
evaṁ saṁprāpya rājyaṁ tadindraprasthe tapodhana ,
ata ūrdhvaṁ mahātmānaḥ kimakurvanta pāṇḍavāḥ.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca evam samprāpya rājyam tat indraprasthe
tapodhana ataḥ ūrdhvam mahātmānaḥ kim akurvanta pāṇḍavāḥ

1. Janamejaya said: "O ascetic, after having thus obtained that kingdom in Indraprastha, what did the great-souled (ātman) Pandavas do after that?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

• तत् (tat) - that

• इन्द्रप्रस्थे (indraprasthe) - in Indraprastha (name of a city)

• तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic, O sage (one whose wealth is austerity)

• अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hereafter, after this

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, afterwards, thereafter

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - the great-souled ones, noble-minded

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a legendary king, son of Parikshit and grandson of Arjuna)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form (Lit Laṅ) of root vac. Irregular formation.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

सम्प्राप्य (samprāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root āp with prefixes sam and pra, forming an absolutive suffix -ya.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom, sovereignty, rule

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, royal office

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

इन्द्रप्रस्थे (indraprasthe) - in Indraprastha (name of a city)

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of indraprastha

indraprastha - Indraprastha (the capital city of the Pandavas)

तपोधन (tapodhana) - O ascetic, O sage (one whose wealth is austerity)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tapodhana

tapodhana - rich in asceticism, ascetic, sage, whose wealth is penance

Bahuvrihi compound 'tapas' (austerity) + 'dhana' (wealth).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – austerity, penance, heat, religious devotion
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, treasure, property
  noun (neuter)

अतः (ataḥ) - from this, hereafter, after this

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, afterwards, thereafter

(indeclinable)

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - the great-souled ones, noble-minded

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, illustrious, a great person

Karmadhāraya compound 'mahā' (great) + 'ātman' (soul).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast, noble
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(indeclinable)

अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect tense form (Laṅ Laṅ) of root kṛ, 3rd person plural.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pandu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pandu, a Pandava (Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva)