महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-273, verse-41

आहूयाप्सरसो देवस्ततो लोकपितामहः ।
वाचा मधुरया प्राह सान्त्वयन्निव भारत ॥४१॥

41. āhūyāpsaraso devastato lokapitāmahaḥ ,
vācā madhurayā prāha sāntvayanniva bhārata.

41. āhūya apsarasaḥ devaḥ tataḥ lokapitāmahaḥ
vācā madhurayā prāha sāntvayann iva bhārata

41. bhārata tataḥ devaḥ lokapitāmahaḥ apsarasaḥ
āhūya madhurayā vācā sāntvayann iva prāha

41. O Bhārata, then the god, the grandfather of the worlds (Brahmā), having called the Apsarasas, spoke with sweet words, as if consoling them.

Words meanings summery:

• आहूय (āhūya) - having called, having invited

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs, Apsarasas

• देवः (devaḥ) - referring to Brahmā (god, deity)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from there

• लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - referring to Brahmā (the grandfather of the worlds)

• वाचा (vācā) - with speech, by word, by voice

• मधुरया (madhurayā) - with sweet, by sweet

• प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said

• सान्त्वयन्न् (sāntvayann) - consoling, pacifying

• इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

• भारत (bhārata) - An address to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahābhārata. (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

आहूय (āhūya) - having called, having invited

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From the root √hve (to call) with the prefix ā, forming an absolutive.

Prefix: ā

Root: hvā (class 1)

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - celestial nymphs, Apsarasas

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, Apsaras

देवः (devaḥ) - referring to Brahmā (god, deity)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Root: div (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from there

(indeclinable)

लोकपितामहः (lokapitāmahaḥ) - referring to Brahmā (the grandfather of the worlds)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapitāmaha

lokapitāmaha - grandfather of the world, a title of Brahmā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pitāmaha)

• loka – world, realm, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• pitāmaha – grandfather (especially paternal grandfather), a title of Brahmā
  noun (masculine)

वाचा (vācā) - with speech, by word, by voice

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

Root: vac (class 2)

मधुरया (madhurayā) - with sweet, by sweet

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of madhura

madhura - sweet, pleasant, charming

प्राह (prāha) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of pra-√ah

Perfect form of √ah with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: ah (class 2)

सान्त्वयन्न् (sāntvayann) - consoling, pacifying

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sāntvayat

sāntvayat - consoling, comforting, pacifying

Present Active Participle

From the causative stem of the root √sāntv (to console).

Root: sāntv (class 10)

इव (iva) - as if, like, as it were

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - An address to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra in the Mahābhārata. (O descendant of Bharata)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; an Indian; belonging to India