महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-2, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततोऽमृतसमैर्वाक्यैर्ह्लादयन्पुरुषर्षभम् ।
वैचित्रवीर्यं विदुरो यदुवाच निबोध तत् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato'mṛtasamairvākyairhlādayanpuruṣarṣabham ,
vaicitravīryaṁ viduro yaduvāca nibodha tat.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tataḥ amṛtasamaiḥ vākyaiḥ hlādayan
puruṣarṣabham vaicitravīryaṃ viduraḥ yat uvāca nibodha tat

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tataḥ viduraḥ amṛtasamaiḥ vākyaiḥ
puruṣarṣabham vaicitravīryaṃ hlādayan yat uvāca tat nibodha

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Now, listen to what Vidura spoke, delighting Dhṛtarāṣṭra, the foremost among men (puruṣa), with words like nectar."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• अमृतसमैः (amṛtasamaiḥ) - by those equal to nectar, by those like nectar

• वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, with speeches

• ह्लादयन् (hlādayan) - gladdening, delighting

• पुरुषर्षभम् (puruṣarṣabham) - addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the best among men, the foremost of men (puruṣa))

• वैचित्रवीर्यं (vaicitravīryaṁ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Vicitravīrya (the son of Vicitravīrya)

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

• यत् (yat) - what, that which

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, listen, learn

• तत् (tat) - that

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampayana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

अमृतसमैः (amṛtasamaiḥ) - by those equal to nectar, by those like nectar

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of amṛtasama

amṛtasama - like nectar, equal to nectar

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (amṛta+sama)

• amṛta – nectar, ambrosia; immortal
  noun (neuter)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)

वाक्यैः (vākyaiḥ) - by words, with speeches

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement

ह्लादयन् (hlādayan) - gladdening, delighting

(verbal derivative)

पुरुषर्षभम् (puruṣarṣabham) - addressed to Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the best among men, the foremost of men (puruṣa))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - foremost of men, bull among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, male, person, spirit, supreme cosmic person (puruṣa)
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull; excellent, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

वैचित्रवीर्यं (vaicitravīryaṁ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra, son of Vicitravīrya (the son of Vicitravīrya)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaicitravīrya

vaicitravīrya - descendant of Vicitravīrya (a king mentioned in the Mahābhārata, father of Dhṛtarāṣṭra through Vyāsa)

Patronymic from Vicitravīrya

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (a wise minister and half-brother to Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

यत् (yat) - what, that which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect form of √vac

Root: vac (class 2)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, listen, learn

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of budh

Imperative 2nd person singular, from √budh with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it