महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-5

सूत उवाच ।
मन्त्रिणोऽथाब्रुवन्वाक्यं पृष्टास्तेन महात्मना ।
सर्वधर्मविदः प्राज्ञा राजानं जनमेजयम् ॥५॥

5. sūta uvāca ,
mantriṇo'thābruvanvākyaṁ pṛṣṭāstena mahātmanā ,
sarvadharmavidaḥ prājñā rājānaṁ janamejayam.

5. sūtaḥ uvāca mantriṇaḥ atha abruvan vākyam pṛṣṭāḥ tena
mahātmanā sarvadharma_vidaḥ prājñāḥ rājānam janamejayam

5. Sūta said: "Then the ministers, wise and knowing all dharma, being questioned by that great-souled Janamejaya, spoke these words to the king."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a proper name); charioteer, bard)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the ministers (ministers)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

• अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke (they spoke, they said)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement)

• पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - being questioned (asked, questioned)

• तेन (tena) - by him (Janamejaya) (by that, by him)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by that great-souled (Janamejaya) (by the great-souled one)

• सर्वधर्म_विदः (sarvadharma_vidaḥ) - who knew all dharma (knowers of all dharma/duties)

• प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - wise (wise, intelligent, knowing)

• राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (to the king, the king (acc.))

• जनमेजयम् (janamejayam) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name, acc.))

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a proper name); charioteer, bard)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, a mixed caste, Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the ministers (ministers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

अब्रुवन् (abruvan) - they spoke (they spoke, they said)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - being questioned (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

past passive participle

Derived from root prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

तेन (tena) - by him (Janamejaya) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by that great-souled (Janamejaya) (by the great-souled one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble-minded, exalted, a great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

सर्वधर्म_विदः (sarvadharma_vidaḥ) - who knew all dharma (knowers of all dharma/duties)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarvadharma_vid

sarvadharma_vid - knower of all duties/laws

agent noun

Derived from root vid (to know) as an agent noun, combined with 'sarvadharma'.

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (sarvadharma+vid)

• sarvadharma – all duties, all laws, universal righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• vid – knower, knowing
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root vid (to know).
  Root: vid (class 2)

प्राज्ञाः (prājñāḥ) - wise (wise, intelligent, knowing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prājña

prājña - wise, knowing, intelligent, a wise man

राजानम् (rājānam) - to the king (to the king, the king (acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

जनमेजयम् (janamejayam) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name, acc.))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit