महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-77, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ययातिः स्वपुरं प्राप्य महेन्द्रपुरसंनिभम् ।
प्रविश्यान्तःपुरं तत्र देवयानीं न्यवेशयत् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
yayātiḥ svapuraṁ prāpya mahendrapurasaṁnibham ,
praviśyāntaḥpuraṁ tatra devayānīṁ nyaveśayat.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca yayātiḥ svapuram prāpya mahendrapurasannibham
praviśya antaḥpuram tatra devayānīm nyaveśayat

1. Vaishampayana said: Having reached his city, which resembled the city of Mahendra, Yayati, entering the inner apartments there, settled Devayani.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaishampayana (the narrator) (Vaishampayana (name of a sage, narrator))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

• ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayati (Yayati (name of a legendary king))

• स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - his own city (his own city, capital)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained, after getting)

• महेन्द्रपुरसन्निभम् (mahendrapurasannibham) - resembling the city of Mahendra (resembling Mahendra's city, like the city of Indra)

• प्रविश्य (praviśya) - entering (having entered, after entering)

• अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram) - the inner apartments (of the palace) (inner apartments, harem, palace)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in the inner apartments) (there, in that place, then)

• देवयानीम् (devayānīm) - Devayani (Devayani (name of Sukracharya's daughter))

• न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he settled (he settled, he placed, he caused to enter)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaishampayana (the narrator) (Vaishampayana (name of a sage, narrator))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a celebrated sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke, told)

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular, Perfect, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

ययातिः (yayātiḥ) - Yayati (Yayati (name of a legendary king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yayāti

yayāti - Name of a legendary king, son of Nahuṣa

स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - his own city (his own city, capital)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapura

svapura - one's own city, capital

Compound of 'sva' (own) and 'pura' (city)

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+pura)

• sva – own, one's own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, fortress, palace
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion for 'prāpya'.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached (having reached, having obtained, after getting)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From 'pra' (forward) + root √āp + -ya suffix (prefixed root)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

महेन्द्रपुरसन्निभम् (mahendrapurasannibham) - resembling the city of Mahendra (resembling Mahendra's city, like the city of Indra)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahendrapurasannibha

mahendrapurasannibha - resembling Mahendra's city

Compound of 'mahendra' (great Indra), 'pura' (city), and 'sannibha' (resembling)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahendra+pura+sannibha)

• mahendra – Great Indra, a name of Indra
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'indra' (Indra)
• pura – city, town, fortress, palace
  noun (neuter)
• sannibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  From 'sam' (with, together) + 'nibha' (like, similar, from root √bhā 'to shine')
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies 'svapuram'.

प्रविश्य (praviśya) - entering (having entered, after entering)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

From 'pra' (forward) + root √viś + -ya suffix (prefixed root)

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

अन्तःपुरम् (antaḥpuram) - the inner apartments (of the palace) (inner apartments, harem, palace)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of antaḥpura

antaḥpura - inner apartments, harem, women's apartments of a palace

Compound of 'antas' (within, inner) and 'pura' (city, palace)

Compound type : tatpurusha (antas+pura)

• antas – within, inside, inner, interior
  indeclinable
• pura – city, town, fortress, palace
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of 'praviśya'.

तत्र (tatra) - there (in the inner apartments) (there, in that place, then)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

देवयानीम् (devayānīm) - Devayani (Devayani (name of Sukracharya's daughter))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devayānī

devayānī - Name of Shukracharya's daughter

Note: Direct object of 'nyaveśayat'.

न्यवेशयत् (nyaveśayat) - he settled (he settled, he placed, he caused to enter)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of viś

Imperfect Causative

3rd person singular, Imperfect, Causative, Parasmaipada (from root √viś + ṇic + laṅ), with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)