महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-327, verse-99

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
इत्युक्तास्तु वयं तेन वेदव्यासेन धीमता ।
सर्वे शिष्याः सुतश्चास्य शुकः परमधर्मवित् ॥९९॥

99. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ityuktāstu vayaṁ tena vedavyāsena dhīmatā ,
sarve śiṣyāḥ sutaścāsya śukaḥ paramadharmavit.

99. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca iti uktāḥ tu vayam tena vedavyāsena
dhīmatā sarve śiṣyāḥ sutaḥ ca asya śukaḥ paramadharmavit

99. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca iti uktāḥ tu vayam sarve śiṣyāḥ ca
asya sutaḥ śukaḥ paramadharmavit tena dhīmatā vedavyāsena

99. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Indeed, when we, all his disciples, along with his son Śuka, who was an expert in the supreme (dharma), were thus addressed by that intelligent Vyāsa,

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The narrator, Vaiśampāyana. (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

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

• इति (iti) - introducing the statement that follows or summarizing the preceding context. (thus, so, in this manner, (quotation marker))

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed (by Vyāsa) (said, spoken, addressed)

• तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the previous statement. (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

• वयम् (vayam) - Vaiśampāyana and the other disciples. (we)

• तेन (tena) - by that (Vyāsa) (by him, by that)

• वेदव्यासेन (vedavyāsena) - by the sage Vedavyāsa. (by Vyāsa, by the compiler of the Vedas)

• धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent (Vyāsa) (by the intelligent, by the wise)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (the disciples) (all, every)

• शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ) - Vyāsa's disciples. (disciples, students)

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - Vyāsa's son. (son)

• च (ca) - and (connecting disciples and son) (and)

• अस्य (asya) - his (Vyāsa's) (his, of this)

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Vyāsa's son Śuka. (Śuka (proper name))

• परमधर्मवित् (paramadharmavit) - Śuka, who was an expert in the supreme (dharma). (knowing the supreme (dharma) / expert in supreme (dharma))

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The narrator, Vaiśampāyana. (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

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

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of √vac

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect active, from √vac (2nd class irregular)

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - introducing the statement that follows or summarizing the preceding context. (thus, so, in this manner, (quotation marker))

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed (by Vyāsa) (said, spoken, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `vayam` (we) which is masculine in context of male disciples.

तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the previous statement. (but, indeed, yet, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

वयम् (vayam) - Vaiśampāyana and the other disciples. (we)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

तेन (tena) - by that (Vyāsa) (by him, by that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Vedavyāsa.

वेदव्यासेन (vedavyāsena) - by the sage Vedavyāsa. (by Vyāsa, by the compiler of the Vedas)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vedavyāsa

vedavyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a sage, arranger of the Vedas)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (veda+vyāsa)

• veda – Veda, sacred knowledge
  noun (masculine)
  From √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)
• vyāsa – compiler, arranger, expansion, name of a sage
  noun (masculine)
  From vi-as (to throw apart, arrange)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: as (class 4)

धीमता (dhīmatā) - by the intelligent (Vyāsa) (by the intelligent, by the wise)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, discerning

Possessive suffix -mat added to dhī (intellect).

Note: Agrees with `vedavyāsena`.

सर्वे (sarve) - all (the disciples) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with `śiṣyāḥ`.

शिष्याः (śiṣyāḥ) - Vyāsa's disciples. (disciples, students)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śiṣya

śiṣya - disciple, student

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From √śās 'to teach, instruct', literally 'one to be taught'.

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Forms a nominative plural group with `vayam`.

सुतः (sutaḥ) - Vyāsa's son. (son)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born, produced

Past Passive Participle

From √sū (to beget, produce).

Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Refers to Śuka.

च (ca) - and (connecting disciples and son) (and)

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - his (Vyāsa's) (his, of this)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to `vedavyāsena`.

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Vyāsa's son Śuka. (Śuka (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - parrot, name of Vyāsa's son

परमधर्मवित् (paramadharmavit) - Śuka, who was an expert in the supreme (dharma). (knowing the supreme (dharma) / expert in supreme (dharma))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramadharmavit

paramadharmavit - knower of the supreme (dharma/law/duty)

Compound of `parama` and `dharma`, with `vit` (knower) from √vid.

Compound type : tatpurusha (parama+dharma+vit)

• parama – supreme, highest, utmost
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of pra (foremost)
• dharma – (dharma), righteousness, duty, law, intrinsic nature, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  From √dhṛ (to support, uphold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• vit – knower, understanding
  adjective/noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From √vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Agrees with `śukaḥ`.