महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-49, verse-28

स तत्र वारितो द्वाःस्थैः प्रविशन्द्विजसत्तमः ।
अभितुष्टाव तं यज्ञं प्रवेशार्थी द्विजोत्तमः ॥२८॥

28. sa tatra vārito dvāḥsthaiḥ praviśandvijasattamaḥ ,
abhituṣṭāva taṁ yajñaṁ praveśārthī dvijottamaḥ.

28. saḥ tatra vāritaḥ dvāḥsthaiḥ praviśan dvijasattamaḥ
abhitustāva tam yajñam praveśārthī dvijottamaḥ

28. Although hindered there by the doorkeepers, that best of brahmins, wishing to enter, praised that sacrifice.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• वारितः (vāritaḥ) - hindered, prevented, stopped

• द्वाःस्थैः (dvāḥsthaiḥ) - by doorkeepers, by guards at the door

• प्रविशन् (praviśan) - wishing to enter (implied context) (entering, while entering)

• द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - (Astika) (best of brahmins)

• अभितुस्ताव (abhitustāva) - praised, eulogized

• तम् (tam) - that (sacrifice) (that, him)

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual

• प्रवेशार्थी (praveśārthī) - desiring entry, wishing to enter

• द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - (Astika) (best of brahmins)

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Astika.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Refers to the sacrificial ground.

वारितः (vāritaḥ) - hindered, prevented, stopped

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vārita

vārita - hindered, prevented, stopped

past participle (causative)

from causative of vṛ (to cover, choose) / vṛ (to stop)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to Astika.

द्वाःस्थैः (dvāḥsthaiḥ) - by doorkeepers, by guards at the door

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dvāḥstha

dvāḥstha - doorkeeper, guard

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvār+stha)

• dvār – door, gate
  noun (feminine)
• stha – standing, situated
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Agent of 'vāritaḥ'.

प्रविशन् (praviśan) - wishing to enter (implied context) (entering, while entering)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praviśant

praviśant - entering

present participle

from viś (to enter) with pra

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'dvijasattamaḥ'.

द्विजसत्तमः (dvijasattamaḥ) - (Astika) (best of brahmins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best of brahmins

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

Note: Subject, referring to Astika.

अभितुस्ताव (abhitustāva) - praised, eulogized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of abhi-stu

Prefix: abhi

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

तम् (tam) - that (sacrifice) (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to 'yajñam'.

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - sacrifice, ritual

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - sacrifice, worship, ritual

action noun

from yaj (to worship)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Object of 'abhitustāva'.

प्रवेशार्थी (praveśārthī) - desiring entry, wishing to enter

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of praveśārthin

praveśārthin - desiring entry, wishing to enter

Compound type : tatpurusha (praveśa+arthin)

• praveśa – entry, access
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from viś (to enter) with pra
  Prefix: pra
  Root: viś (class 6)
• arthin – desiring, requesting, seeker
  adjective (masculine)
  from artha (purpose, object)

Note: Modifies 'dvijottamaḥ'.

द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - (Astika) (best of brahmins)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of brahmins

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama

Note: Apposition to 'dvijasattamaḥ'.