महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-167, verse-24

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तदा वाक्यं भीष्मेणोक्तं महात्मना ।
युधिष्ठिरः प्रीतमना बभूव जनमेजय ॥२४॥

24. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
etacchrutvā tadā vākyaṁ bhīṣmeṇoktaṁ mahātmanā ,
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prītamanā babhūva janamejaya.

24. vaiśampāyana uvāca etat śrutvā tadā vākyam bhīṣmeṇa
uktam mahātmanā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prītamanā babhūva janamejaya

24. janamejaya vaiśampāyana uvāca bhīṣmeṇa mahātmanā uktam
etat vākyam tadā śrutvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prītamanā babhūva

24. Vaiśampāyana said: O Janamejaya, upon hearing this statement spoken by the great-souled (mahātman) Bhīṣma, Yudhiṣṭhira's mind became pleased.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, addressing Janamejaya. (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said. (said, spoke)

• एतत् (etat) - this statement (this)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing this statement (having heard, after hearing)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that moment (then, at that time)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement (spoken by Bhīṣma) (statement, word, speech)

• भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

• उक्तम् (uktam) - statement spoken (by Bhīṣma) (spoken, said)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled Bhīṣma (by the great-souled one)

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

• प्रीतमना (prītamanā) - Yudhiṣṭhira, whose mind was pleased (pleased in mind, cheerful)

• बभूव (babhūva) - Yudhiṣṭhira became pleased (became, was)

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O King Janamejaya (O Janamejaya)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - The narrator, Vaiśampāyana, addressing Janamejaya. (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - Vaiśampāyana said. (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Irregular perfect form from √vac, 3rd person singular

Root: √vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this statement (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - after hearing this statement (having heard, after hearing)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed with suffix -tvā

Root: √śru (class 5)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that moment (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronominal base tad + dā suffix

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - this statement (spoken by Bhīṣma) (statement, word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Note: Object of 'śrutvā'.

भीष्मेण (bhīṣmeṇa) - by Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru prince)

Note: Agent of 'uktam'.

उक्तम् (uktam) - statement spoken (by Bhīṣma) (spoken, said)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From √vac (to speak), irregular past participle

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as an adjective modifying 'vākyam'.

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled Bhīṣma (by the great-souled one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (a great person)

Compound mahā + ātman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature
  noun (masculine)

Note: In apposition to 'bhīṣmeṇa'.

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)

Compound type : aluk-tatpurusha (yudh+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight, war
  noun (feminine)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'babhūva'.

प्रीतमना (prītamanā) - Yudhiṣṭhira, whose mind was pleased (pleased in mind, cheerful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prītamanas

prītamanas - pleased in mind, cheerful, happy

Compound prīta + manas

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prīta+manas)

• prīta – pleased, delighted, satisfied
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √prī (to please, delight)
  Root: √prī (class 9)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, heart
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ'.

बभूव (babhūva) - Yudhiṣṭhira became pleased (became, was)

(verb)

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

Perfect active

From √bhū, 3rd person singular

Root: √bhū (class 1)

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - O King Janamejaya (O Janamejaya)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

Note: Addressed by Vaiśampāyana.