महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-8, verse-23

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विष्णुर्लोकनमस्कृतः ।
उवाच प्रहसन्वाक्यं पृथिवीं देवसंसदि ॥२३॥

23. tasyāstadvacanaṁ śrutvā viṣṇurlokanamaskṛtaḥ ,
uvāca prahasanvākyaṁ pṛthivīṁ devasaṁsadi.

23. tasyāḥ tat vacanam śrutvā viṣṇuḥ lokanamaskṛtaḥ
uvāca prahasan vākyam pṛthivīm devasaṃsadi

23. tasyāḥ tat vacanam śrutvā,
lokanamaskṛtaḥ viṣṇuḥ devasaṃsadi prahasan pṛthivīm vākyam uvāca

23. Having heard her words, Vishnu, who is revered by the worlds, spoke to the Earth with a smile in the assembly of the gods.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her, to her

• तत् (tat) - that

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu (the preserver deity)

• लोकनमस्कृतः (lokanamaskṛtaḥ) - revered by the worlds, saluted by people

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, sentence

• पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - to the Earth

• देवसंसदि (devasaṁsadi) - in the assembly of gods

Words meanings and morphology

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - her, of her, to her

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that (demonstrative pronoun)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, saying, word, speech, command

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'śru' (to hear) with the absolutive suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Vishnu (the preserver deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Vishnu (a principal deity in Hinduism)

Root: viṣ (class 3)

लोकनमस्कृतः (lokanamaskṛtaḥ) - revered by the worlds, saluted by people

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokanamaskṛta

lokanamaskṛta - saluted by the world, revered by people

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (loka+namaskṛta)

• loka – world, people, universe, region
  noun (masculine)
• namaskṛta – saluted, honored, worshipped
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from 'namas-kṛ' (to salute, do homage) with the past passive participle suffix -kta.
  Prefix: namas
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (Lit) of vac

Perfect Tense

3rd person singular perfect form (liṭ) of the root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling, joyful

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'has' (to laugh) with the prefix 'pra' and the present active participle suffix '-at'.

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, words, sentence, statement

Derived from 'vāc' (speech).

पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - to the Earth

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - Earth, the terrestrial world, ground, land

देवसंसदि (devasaṁsadi) - in the assembly of gods

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of devasaṃsad

devasaṁsad - assembly of gods, divine council

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (deva+saṃsad)

• deva – god, deity, divine
  noun (masculine)
• saṃsad – assembly, council, company, meeting
  noun (feminine)
  Derived from the root 'sad' (to sit) with the prefix 'sam'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sad (class 1)