महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-215, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
सोऽब्रवीदर्जुनं चैव वासुदेवं च सात्वतम् ।
लोकप्रवीरौ तिष्ठन्तौ खाण्डवस्य समीपतः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
so'bravīdarjunaṁ caiva vāsudevaṁ ca sātvatam ,
lokapravīrau tiṣṭhantau khāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca saḥ abravīt arjunam ca eva vāsudevam
ca sātvatam lokapravīrau tiṣṭhantau khāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: He spoke to Arjuna and to Vāsudeva, the Sātvata, the two foremost heroes in the world, as they stood near the Khāṇḍava forest.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said, he told

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - to Arjuna

• च (ca) - and, also

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

• वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - to Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

• च (ca) - and, also

• सात्वतम् (sātvatam) - the Sātvata (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

• लोकप्रवीरौ (lokapravīrau) - the two foremost heroes in the world

• तिष्ठन्तौ (tiṣṭhantau) - standing, remaining, being present

• खाण्डवस्य (khāṇḍavasya) - of Khāṇḍava (forest)

• समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - from the vicinity, near, in the proximity of

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

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

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit)

3rd person singular, active voice, Perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - he, that

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said, he told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense (Laṅ)

3rd person singular, active voice, Imperfect tense

Root: brū (class 2)

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - to Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (name of Pāṇḍava prince)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - to Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (name of Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

सात्वतम् (sātvatam) - the Sātvata (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sātvata

sātvata - belonging to the Sātvata clan; a member of the Sātvata clan (used as an epithet for Kṛṣṇa)

लोकप्रवीरौ (lokapravīrau) - the two foremost heroes in the world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of lokapravīra

lokapravīra - foremost hero in the world

Compound type : Genitive Tatpurusha (loka+pravīra)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
• pravīra – hero, chief, excellent, valiant
  noun (masculine)

तिष्ठन्तौ (tiṣṭhantau) - standing, remaining, being present

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tiṣṭhat

tiṣṭhat - standing, remaining, being present

Present Active Participle

Derived from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

खाण्डवस्य (khāṇḍavasya) - of Khāṇḍava (forest)

(proper noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of khāṇḍava

khāṇḍava - Khāṇḍava (name of a forest)

समीपतः (samīpataḥ) - from the vicinity, near, in the proximity of

(indeclinable)

Derived from samīpa with suffix -tas