महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-3, verse-88

अथोत्तङ्को गुरुशुश्रूषुर्गुरुनियोगमनुतिष्ठमानस्तत्र
गुरुकुले वसति स्म ॥८८॥

88. athottaṅko guruśuśrūṣurguruniyogamanutiṣṭhamānastatra
gurukule vasati sma.

88. atha uttaṅkaḥ guruśuśrūṣuḥ guruniyogam
anutiṣṭhamānaḥ tatra gurukule vasati sma

88. Then Utṭaṅka, eager to serve his teacher and fulfilling his teacher's command, resided there in the guru's household.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

• उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Utṭaṅka (Utṭaṅka (proper name))

• गुरुशुश्रूषुः (guruśuśrūṣuḥ) - eager to serve his teacher (desirous of serving the teacher, obedient to the teacher)

• गुरुनियोगम् (guruniyogam) - the teacher's command (teacher's command, guru's order)

• अनुतिष्ठमानः (anutiṣṭhamānaḥ) - fulfilling (performing, carrying out, observing)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• गुरुकुले (gurukule) - in the guru's household (in the teacher's house, in the guru's household/school)

• वसति (vasati) - resided (he/she/it dwells, lives, resides)

• स्म (sma) - indicates past tense (particle indicating past tense with present verb)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now)

(indeclinable)

उत्तङ्कः (uttaṅkaḥ) - Utṭaṅka (Utṭaṅka (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttaṅka

uttaṅka - Utṭaṅka (a proper name, a disciple of Veda)

गुरुशुश्रूषुः (guruśuśrūṣuḥ) - eager to serve his teacher (desirous of serving the teacher, obedient to the teacher)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guruśuśrūṣu

guruśuśrūṣu - desirous of serving the teacher, obedient to the teacher

agent noun (desiderative)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+śuśrūṣu)

• guru – teacher, preceptor, respected person
  noun (masculine)
• śuśrūṣu – desirous of hearing, desirous of serving, obedient
  adjective
  desiderative agent noun
  Derived from desiderative stem of root śru- (to hear)
  Root: śru (class 5)

गुरुनियोगम् (guruniyogam) - the teacher's command (teacher's command, guru's order)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of guruniyoga

guruniyoga - teacher's command, guru's order, duty to the guru

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+niyoga)

• guru – teacher, preceptor, respected person
  noun (masculine)
• niyoga – command, order, appointment, injunction
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From root yuj- (to join, appoint) with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yuj (class 7)

अनुतिष्ठमानः (anutiṣṭhamānaḥ) - fulfilling (performing, carrying out, observing)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anutiṣṭhamāna

sthā - to stand, to stay, to perform, to observe

present participle (middle)

Derived from root sthā- with prefix anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: sthā (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

गुरुकुले (gurukule) - in the guru's household (in the teacher's house, in the guru's household/school)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of gurukula

gurukula - teacher's house, guru's household, school (where disciples live with the guru)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guru+kula)

• guru – teacher, preceptor, revered person
  noun (masculine)
• kula – family, lineage, household, community
  noun (neuter)

वसति (vasati) - resided (he/she/it dwells, lives, resides)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

स्म (sma) - indicates past tense (particle indicating past tense with present verb)

(indeclinable)