महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-9, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
गते भगवति व्यासे धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
किमचेष्टत विप्रर्षे तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
gate bhagavati vyāse dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ,
kimaceṣṭata viprarṣe tanme vyākhyātumarhasi.

1. janamejaya uvāca gate bhagavati vyāse dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
mahīpatiḥ kim aceṣṭata viprarṣe tat me vyākhyātum arhasi

1. जनमेजय उवाच विप्रर्षे भगवति व्यासे गते महीपतिः धृतराष्ट्रः किम् अचेष्टत? तत् मे व्याख्यातुम् अर्हसि ।

1. Janamejaya said: 'O Brahmin sage (viprarṣi), when the venerable Vyasa had departed, what did King Dhritarashtra do? Please explain that to me.'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• गते (gate) - gone, departed, having gone

• भगवति (bhagavati) - venerable (venerable, divine, worshipful, glorious)

• व्यासे (vyāse) - when Vyasa (locative absolute) (in Vyasa, to Vyasa)

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

• किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

• अचेष्टत (aceṣṭata) - did he do, acted, engaged in

• विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Vaisampayana (O Brahmin sage, O eminent sage)

• तत् (tat) - that matter, that action (that)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain, to describe

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active 3rd singular of root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

गते (gate) - gone, departed, having gone

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, departed, past

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam with suffix -kta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'bhagavati vyāse'.

भगवति (bhagavati) - venerable (venerable, divine, worshipful, glorious)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine, worshipful

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction, modifying 'Vyasa'.

व्यासे (vyāse) - when Vyasa (locative absolute) (in Vyasa, to Vyasa)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (name of a sage)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction: 'When Vyasa had gone'.

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of the blind king)

Note: Subject of the question 'what did he do?'.

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Epithet of Dhritarashtra.

किम् (kim) - what, why, whether

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle.

अचेष्टत (aceṣṭata) - did he do, acted, engaged in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of ceṣṭ

Imperfect middle 3rd singular of root ceṣṭ

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)

विप्रर्षे (viprarṣe) - O Vaisampayana (O Brahmin sage, O eminent sage)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - Brahmin sage, eminent sage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: Janamejaya addressing Vaisampayana.

तत् (tat) - that matter, that action (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Object of 'explain'.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of dative singular for 'asmad'.

व्याख्यातुम् (vyākhyātum) - to explain, to describe

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive of root khyā with prefixes vi and ā

Prefixes: vi+ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought to (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present active 2nd singular of root arh

Root: arh (class 1)