महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-20, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तस्मिन्वाक्यान्तरे वक्ता देवस्थानो महातपाः ।
अभिनीततरं वाक्यमित्युवाच युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tasminvākyāntare vaktā devasthāno mahātapāḥ ,
abhinītataraṁ vākyamityuvāca yudhiṣṭhiram.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tasmin vākyāntare vaktā devasthānaḥ
mahātapaḥ abhinītataraṃ vākyam iti uvāca yudhiṣṭhiram

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tasmin vākyāntare vaktā devasthānaḥ
mahātapaḥ yuḍhiṣṭhiram abhinītataraṃ vākyam iti uvāca

1. Vaiśampāyana said: At that juncture in the discourse, Devathāna, a speaker of great spiritual discipline (tapas), addressed Yudhiṣṭhira with an exceedingly profound statement.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

• वाक्यान्तरे (vākyāntare) - in the interval of speech, at the juncture of the discourse

• वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, orator

• देवस्थानः (devasthānaḥ) - Devathāna (name of a sage)

• महातपः (mahātapaḥ) - great ascetic, one of great spiritual discipline

• अभिनीततरं (abhinītataraṁ) - more skillfully delivered, very refined, exceedingly profound

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, speech, word

• इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - to Yudhiṣṭhira

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that, at that

(pronoun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

वाक्यान्तरे (vākyāntare) - in the interval of speech, at the juncture of the discourse

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vākyāntara

vākyāntara - interval of speech, juncture in discourse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vākya+antara)

• vākya – speech, word, sentence
  noun (neuter)
• antara – interval, space, inner, other
  noun (neuter)

वक्ता (vaktā) - speaker, orator

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaktṛ

vaktṛ - speaker, orator, one who speaks

agent noun from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

देवस्थानः (devasthānaḥ) - Devathāna (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of devasthāna

devasthāna - Devathāna (proper name)

महातपः (mahātapaḥ) - great ascetic, one of great spiritual discipline

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahātapas

mahātapas - great ascetic, mighty penance

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+tapas)

• mahat – great, large, important
  adjective
• tapas – spiritual discipline, austerity, penance
  noun (neuter)

अभिनीततरं (abhinītataraṁ) - more skillfully delivered, very refined, exceedingly profound

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of abhinītatara

abhinītatara - more/most skillfully led/presented/refined/profound

comparative of past passive participle

comparative suffix -tara added to abhinīta

Prefix: abhi

Root: nī (class 1)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - statement, speech, word

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

इति (iti) - thus, so, saying

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - to Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava)