महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-46, verse-31

तेन गत्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ नगरेऽस्मिन्निवेदितम् ।
यथावृत्तं तु तत्सर्वं तक्षकस्य द्विजस्य च ॥३१॥

31. tena gatvā nṛpaśreṣṭha nagare'sminniveditam ,
yathāvṛttaṁ tu tatsarvaṁ takṣakasya dvijasya ca.

31. tena gatvā nṛpa-śreṣṭha nagare asmin niveditam
yathā-vṛttam tu tat sarvam takṣakasya dvijasya ca

31. "Having returned to this city, O best of kings, that man reported everything that had happened concerning Takṣaka and the Brahmin."

Words meanings summery:

• तेन (tena) - by him (the man) (by him)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to the city) (having gone)

• नृप-श्रेष्ठ (nṛpa-śreṣṭha) - O best of kings

• नगरे (nagare) - in this city (in the city)

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (city) (in this)

• निवेदितम् (niveditam) - it was reported (reported, announced)

• यथा-वृत्तम् (yathā-vṛttam) - everything that had happened (as it happened, the events as they occurred)

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

• तत् (tat) - that (all) (that)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, entire)

• तक्षकस्य (takṣakasya) - concerning Takṣaka (of Takṣaka)

• द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - concerning the Brahmin (of the Brahmin)

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

तेन (tena) - by him (the man) (by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Agent of 'gatvā' and 'niveditam'.

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone (to the city) (having gone)

(indeclinable)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Indicates prior action by the subject 'tena'.

नृप-श्रेष्ठ (nṛpa-śreṣṭha) - O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpaśreṣṭha

nṛpaśreṣṭha - best of kings

Compound of nṛpa (king) and śreṣṭha (best)

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛpa+śreṣṭha)

• nṛpa – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of praśasya (excellent)

नगरे (nagare) - in this city (in the city)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of nagara

nagara - city, town

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (city) (in this)

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, here

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Modifies 'nagare'.

निवेदितम् (niveditam) - it was reported (reported, announced)

(nominal form)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nivid

vid - to know, to tell, to announce

From root vid (to know, find) with prefix ni (down, in, completely)

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 10)

Note: The subject is 'tat sarvam yathāvṛttam'.

यथा-वृत्तम् (yathā-vṛttam) - everything that had happened (as it happened, the events as they occurred)

(noun)

neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, according to what has occurred

Compound of yathā (as) and vṛtta (happened)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, conduct, event
  verb (neuter)
  past passive participle
  From root vṛt (to be, to exist, to happen)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Acts as the subject of 'niveditam'.

तु (tu) - indeed (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Particle

तत् (tat) - that (all) (that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Modifies 'sarvam yathāvṛttam'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (of it) (all, whole, entire)

(adjective)

neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Modifies 'yathāvṛttam'.

तक्षकस्य (takṣakasya) - concerning Takṣaka (of Takṣaka)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of takṣaka

takṣaka - Takṣaka (name of a Naga king), carpenter

Root: takṣ

Note: Specifies whose story it is about.

द्विजस्य (dvijasya) - concerning the Brahmin (of the Brahmin)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, bird

agent noun

Derived from dvi (two) + jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Specifies whose story it is about.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Conjunction