महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-1, verse-2

तत्र ते सुमहात्मानो न्यवसन्कुरुनन्दनाः ।
शौचं निवर्तयिष्यन्तो मासमेकं बहिः पुरात् ॥२॥

2. tatra te sumahātmāno nyavasankurunandanāḥ ,
śaucaṁ nivartayiṣyanto māsamekaṁ bahiḥ purāt.

2. tatra te sumahātmānaḥ ni avasan kurunandanāḥ
śaucam nivartayiṣyantaḥ māsam ekam bahiḥ purāt

2. tatra te sumahātmānaḥ kurunandanāḥ māsam ekam
śaucam nivartayiṣyantaḥ purāt bahiḥ ni avasan

2. There, those great-souled (mahātman) sons of Kuru resided outside the city for one month, intending to complete their period of ritual purification.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• ते (te) - those

• सुमहात्मानः (sumahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, very noble-minded

• नि (ni) - down, into, in

• अवसन् (avasan) - they resided, lived

• कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - sons of Kuru, Kurus

• शौचम् (śaucam) - ritual purity, purification

• निवर्तयिष्यन्तः (nivartayiṣyantaḥ) - intending to complete/cease/observe, those who will complete

• मासम् (māsam) - for a month

• एकम् (ekam) - one

• बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside

• पुरात् (purāt) - from the city

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Adverb derived from tad

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Kurunandanāḥ.

सुमहात्मानः (sumahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, very noble-minded

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sumahātman

sumahātman - very great-souled

From su + mahātman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahātman)

• su – very, exceedingly
  indeclinable
  Intensifying prefix
• mahātman – great-souled, noble-minded
  adjective (masculine)
  From mahā + ātman

Note: Qualifies `kurunandanāḥ`.

नि (ni) - down, into, in

(indeclinable)

Preverb/upasarga

Note: Upasarga for the verb `vas`.

अवसन् (avasan) - they resided, lived

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of vas

Imperfect Active

Formed from root vas, with augment a- and ending -an. Used with preverb ni.

Root: vas (class 1)

कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - sons of Kuru, Kurus

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of Kuru, descendant of Kuru

From Kuru + nandana

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his lineage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, delight
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

शौचम् (śaucam) - ritual purity, purification

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śauca

śauca - purity, cleanliness, ritual purification

From śuci

Note: Object of `nivartayiṣyantaḥ`.

निवर्तयिष्यन्तः (nivartayiṣyantaḥ) - intending to complete/cease/observe, those who will complete

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nivartaya

nivartaya - to cause to turn back, to complete, to perform

Future Active Participle (causative stem)

From ni + vṛt (causative), with future participle suffix -iṣyat

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `kurunandanāḥ`.

मासम् (māsam) - for a month

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

Note: Denotes duration.

एकम् (ekam) - one

(numeral)

Note: Agrees with `māsam`.

बहिः (bahiḥ) - outside

(indeclinable)

पुरात् (purāt) - from the city

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of pura

pura - city, town

Note: Governed by `bahiḥ`.