महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-85

अथ कस्यचित्कालस्य वेदं ब्राह्मणं जनमेजयः
पौष्यश्च क्षत्रियावुपेत्योपाध्यायं वरयां चक्रतुः ॥८५॥

85. atha kasyacitkālasya vedaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ janamejayaḥ
pauṣyaśca kṣatriyāvupetyopādhyāyaṁ varayāṁ cakratuḥ.

85. atha kasyacit kālasya vedam brāhmaṇam janamejayaḥ
pauṣyaḥ ca kṣatriyau upetya upādhyāyam varayām cakratuḥ

85. Then, after some time, the two Kṣatriyas, Janamejaya and Pauṣya, approached the Brahmin Veda and chose him as their teacher.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

• कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of some (of some, of a certain)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• वेदम् (vedam) - Veda (the name of the Brahmin teacher) (Veda (name))

• ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - the Brahmin (Veda) (Brahmin, relating to Brahmins)

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name))

• पौष्यः (pauṣyaḥ) - Pauṣya (Pauṣya (name))

• च (ca) - and

• क्षत्रियौ (kṣatriyau) - the two Kṣatriyas (two Kṣatriyas, two warriors)

• उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

• उपाध्यायम् (upādhyāyam) - the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

• वरयाम् (varayām) - chose (part of periphrastic perfect verb construction)

• चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they chose (with varayām) (they did, they made)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

(indeclinable)

कस्यचित् (kasyacit) - of some (of some, of a certain)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kasyacit

kasyacit - of some, of a certain (used with kāla)

Genitive singular of 'kimcit' (kim + cit)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, period

वेदम् (vedam) - Veda (the name of the Brahmin teacher) (Veda (name))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - Veda (name of a person), sacred knowledge, sacred text

ब्राह्मणम् (brāhmaṇam) - the Brahmin (Veda) (Brahmin, relating to Brahmins)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - Brahmin, a member of the priestly class

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a proper name, particularly a famous king from the Mahābhārata)

पौष्यः (pauṣyaḥ) - Pauṣya (Pauṣya (name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pauṣya

pauṣya - Pauṣya (a proper name)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

क्षत्रियौ (kṣatriyau) - the two Kṣatriyas (two Kṣatriyas, two warriors)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṣatriya

kṣatriya - Kṣatriya (member of the warrior/ruling class), warrior

उपेत्य (upetya) - having approached (having approached, having gone near)

(indeclinable)

Prefix: upa

Root: i (class 2)

उपाध्यायम् (upādhyāyam) - the teacher (teacher, preceptor)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upādhyāya

upādhyāya - teacher, preceptor, spiritual guide

From upa + adhi + i (to go/study), one who goes to a pupil or near a pupil to teach, or one who has studied a part of the Veda.

Prefixes: upa+adhi

Root: i (class 2)

वरयाम् (varayām) - chose (part of periphrastic perfect verb construction)

(verb)

3rd person , active, perfect (lit) of varaya

causative

Causative stem of root vṛ- (to choose)

Root: vṛ (class 9)

चक्रतुः (cakratuḥ) - they chose (with varayām) (they did, they made)

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, perfect (lit) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)