महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-69

अवादयत्तत्र वीणां मध्ये विश्वावसुः स्वयम् ।
सर्वभूतान्यमन्यन्त मम वादयतीत्ययम् ॥६९॥

69. avādayattatra vīṇāṁ madhye viśvāvasuḥ svayam ,
sarvabhūtānyamanyanta mama vādayatītyayam.

69. avādayat tatra vīṇām madhye viśvāvasuḥ svayam
sarvabhūtāni amanyanta mama vādayati iti ayam

69. tatra madhye viśvāvasuḥ svayam vīṇām avādayat sarvabhūtāni,
'ayam mama vādayati' iti amanyanta

69. In the midst of them, Viśvāvasu himself played the vīṇā there. All beings believed, 'This one plays for me!'

Words meanings summery:

• अवादयत् (avādayat) - played (an instrument), caused to sound

• तत्र (tatra) - on the sacrificial post, amidst the dance (there, in that place)

• वीणाम् (vīṇām) - the vīṇā (a stringed instrument, lute)

• मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst of the gods and gandharvas (in the middle, amidst)

• विश्वावसुः (viśvāvasuḥ) - Viśvāvasu (name of a celestial musician)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, himself

• सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings, all creatures

• अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - they thought, they believed

• मम (mama) - for me, to me, my

• वादयति (vādayati) - plays (an instrument), causes to sound

• इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one (Viśvāvasu) (this (one))

Words meanings and morphology

अवादयत् (avādayat) - played (an instrument), caused to sound

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of vad

Causative verb, Imperfect

Root 'vad' (1st class) + causative suffix -aya + Imperfect ending.

Root: vad (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - on the sacrificial post, amidst the dance (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

वीणाम् (vīṇām) - the vīṇā (a stringed instrument, lute)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vīṇā

vīṇā - a lute, a stringed musical instrument

Note: Object of 'avādayat'.

मध्ये (madhye) - in the midst of the gods and gandharvas (in the middle, amidst)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of madhya

madhya - middle, center, mid

Note: Adverbial usage, meaning 'in the midst (of the dancing gandharvas)'.

विश्वावसुः (viśvāvasuḥ) - Viśvāvasu (name of a celestial musician)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viśvāvasu

viśvāvasu - Viśvāvasu (name of a Gandharva, a celestial musician)

Note: Subject of 'avādayat'.

स्वयम् (svayam) - oneself, himself

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes that Viśvāvasu played personally.

सर्वभूतानि (sarvabhūtāni) - all beings, all creatures

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sarvabhūta

sarvabhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun/adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle of 'bhū' (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'amanyanta'.

अमन्यन्त (amanyanta) - they thought, they believed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect past (laṅ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

मम (mama) - for me, to me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Dative of purpose or possession, meaning 'plays for me'.

वादयति (vādayati) - plays (an instrument), causes to sound

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vad

Causative verb, Present

Root 'vad' (1st class) + causative suffix -aya + Present ending.

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Part of the direct quote.

इति (iti) - quotation marker (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this one (Viśvāvasu) (this (one))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Note: Subject of 'vādayati' within the direct quote, referring to Viśvāvasu.