महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-76, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य देवयानी नृपोत्तम ।
वनं तदेव निर्याता क्रीडार्थं वरवर्णिनी ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
atha dīrghasya kālasya devayānī nṛpottama ,
vanaṁ tadeva niryātā krīḍārthaṁ varavarṇinī.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca atha dīrghasya kālasya devayānī
nṛpottama vanam tat eva niryātā krīḍārtham varavarṇinī

1. Vaiśampāyana said: O best of kings, after a long time, the beautiful Devayānī went out to that very same forest for recreation.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• दीर्घस्य (dīrghasya) - long (genitive singular)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

• देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī

• नृपोत्तम (nṛpottama) - O best of kings

• वनम् (vanam) - forest

• तत् (tat) - that

• एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

• निर्याता (niryātā) - gone out, proceeded

• क्रीडार्थम् (krīḍārtham) - for the purpose of play, to play

• वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - beautiful woman, fair-complexioned one

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

दीर्घस्य (dīrghasya) - long (genitive singular)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dīrgha

dīrgha - long, lengthy

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period

देवयानी (devayānī) - Devayānī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - name of Śukra's daughter

नृपोत्तम (nṛpottama) - O best of kings

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpottama

nṛpottama - best of kings

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛpa+uttama)

• nṛpa – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective

वनम् (vanam) - forest

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, very, only

(indeclinable)

निर्याता (niryātā) - gone out, proceeded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niryāta

niryāta - gone out, proceeded, departed

Past Passive Participle

From root yā (to go) with upasarga nir

Prefix: nir

Root: yā (class 2)

क्रीडार्थम् (krīḍārtham) - for the purpose of play, to play

(indeclinable)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (krīḍā+artham)

• krīḍā – play, sport, amusement
  noun (feminine)
  Root: krīḍ (class 1)
• artham – for the sake of, for the purpose of
  indeclinable

वरवर्णिनी (varavarṇinī) - beautiful woman, fair-complexioned one

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of varavarṇinī

varavarṇinī - a beautiful woman, a woman of excellent complexion

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vara+varṇinī)

• vara – excellent, best, beautiful, boon
  adjective
• varṇinī – colored, painted, a woman (especially beautiful or fair-skinned, from varṇa=color/complexion)
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from varṇa + ini (suffix for possession)