महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-77, verse-24

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तस्तु राजा स तथ्यमित्येव जज्ञिवान् ।
पूजयामास शर्मिष्ठां धर्मं च प्रत्यपादयत् ॥२४॥

24. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktastu rājā sa tathyamityeva jajñivān ,
pūjayāmāsa śarmiṣṭhāṁ dharmaṁ ca pratyapādayat.

24. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca evam uktaḥ tu rājā saḥ tathyam iti eva
jajñivān pūjayām āsa śarmiṣṭhām dharmam ca pratyapādayat

24. Vaiśampāyana said: When thus addressed, that king understood it to be true. He honored Sharmishtha and practiced his dharma.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

• राजा (rājā) - King Yayati (king)

• सः (saḥ) - referring to King Yayati (that (king))

• तथ्यम् (tathyam) - true, indeed

• इति (iti) - marks a quotation or thought (thus, so saying)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

• जज्ञिवान् (jajñivān) - he knew, understood

• पूजयाम् (pūjayām) - Part of the periphrastic perfect 'pūjayām āsa' (having worshipped, having honored)

• आस (āsa) - Auxiliary verb in the periphrastic perfect 'pūjayām āsa' (he was)

• शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Name of an Asura princess, Devayani's maid (Sharmishtha)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, righteousness

• च (ca) - and

• प्रत्यपादयत् (pratyapādayat) - he practiced, he observed

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Name of a sage, disciple of Vyasa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, however

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - King Yayati (king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

सः (saḥ) - referring to King Yayati (that (king))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथ्यम् (tathyam) - true, indeed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tathya

tathya - true, real, actual, right

इति (iti) - marks a quotation or thought (thus, so saying)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

जज्ञिवान् (jajñivān) - he knew, understood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jajñivas

jajñivas - one who has known/understood

Perfect Active Participle

derived from root jñā (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

पूजयाम् (pūjayām) - Part of the periphrastic perfect 'pūjayām āsa' (having worshipped, having honored)

(indeclinable)

periphrastic perfect component

formed from root pūj (to worship) + ā-ām

Root: pūj (class 10)

आस (āsa) - Auxiliary verb in the periphrastic perfect 'pūjayām āsa' (he was)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

शर्मिष्ठाम् (śarmiṣṭhām) - Name of an Asura princess, Devayani's maid (Sharmishtha)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śarmiṣṭhā

śarmiṣṭhā - Name of an Asura princess

धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, righteousness

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - dharma, duty, righteousness, law, virtue

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

प्रत्यपादयत् (pratyapādayat) - he practiced, he observed

(verb)

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

Prefixes: prati+apa

Root: pad (class 4)