महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-200, verse-2

सर्व एव महात्मानः पूर्वे मम पितामहाः ।
द्रौपदी धर्मपत्नी च कथं तानन्ववर्तत ॥२॥

2. sarva eva mahātmānaḥ pūrve mama pitāmahāḥ ,
draupadī dharmapatnī ca kathaṁ tānanvavartata.

2. sarva eva mahātmānaḥ pūrve mama pitāmahāḥ
draupadī dharmapatnī ca katham tān anvavartata

2. How did Draupadi, the lawful wife (dharma), conduct herself with respect to all those great-souled (ātman) ones, my ancestors?

Words meanings summery:

• सर्व (sarva) - all (referring to the Pandavas) (all, whole, every)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

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

• पूर्वे (pūrve) - ancestors (former, previous, elder)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - grandfathers, ancestors

• द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadi (proper name)

• धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - lawful wife, wife according to religious law

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

• तान् (tān) - them, those

• अन्ववर्तत (anvavartata) - she followed, she conducted herself towards

Words meanings and morphology

सर्व (sarva) - all (referring to the Pandavas) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Grammatically, `sarve` would be expected for nominative plural masculine to agree with `mahātmānaḥ`. However, `sarva eva` often appears, where `sarva` can be interpreted as an indeclinable or stem in context.

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(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)

पूर्वे (pūrve) - ancestors (former, previous, elder)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrva

pūrva - former, previous, ancient, eastern, first

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

पितामहाः (pitāmahāḥ) - grandfathers, ancestors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, ancestor, Brahma

द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadi (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Draupadi (daughter of Drupada, wife of the Pandavas)

धर्मपत्नी (dharmapatnī) - lawful wife, wife according to religious law

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmapatnī

dharmapatnī - lawful wife, wife in accordance with sacred law (dharma)

Tatpuruṣa or Karmadhāraya compound 'dharma' (law/duty) + 'patnī' (wife).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+patnī)

• dharma – righteous conduct, duty, law, natural law (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
• patnī – wife, mistress, lady
  noun (feminine)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

कथम् (katham) - how?, in what manner?

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - them, those

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

अन्ववर्तत (anvavartata) - she followed, she conducted herself towards

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Imperfect (Laṅ) of anu + vṛt

Imperfect tense form (Laṅ Laṅ) of root vṛt with prefix anu, 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)