महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-34, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
युधिष्ठिरस्य तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा द्वैपायनस्तदा ।
समीक्ष्य निपुणं बुद्ध्या ऋषिः प्रोवाच पाण्डवम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
yudhiṣṭhirasya tadvākyaṁ śrutvā dvaipāyanastadā ,
samīkṣya nipuṇaṁ buddhyā ṛṣiḥ provāca pāṇḍavam.

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca | Yudhiṣṭhirasya
tat vākyaṃ śrutvā
Dvaipāyanastu tadā | samīkṣya nipuṇaṃ
buddhyā ṛṣiḥ provāca Pāṇḍavam

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tadā Dvaipāyanastu Yudhiṣṭhirasya tat
vākyaṃ śrutvā buddhyā nipuṇaṃ samīkṣya ṛṣiḥ Pāṇḍavam provāca

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Then, having heard those words of Yudhiṣṭhira, the sage Dvaipāyana (Vyasa), having carefully considered with his intellect, spoke to the son of Pāṇḍu.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata. (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• युधिष्ठिरस्य (yudhiṣṭhirasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira

• तत् (tat) - those specific words of Yudhiṣṭhira (that, those)

• वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - word, speech, statement

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• द्वैपायनस्तु (dvaipāyanastu) - The sage Dvaipāyana (Vyasa) who came to console Yudhiṣṭhira. (Dvaipāyana (Vyasa), then)

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having considered, having examined

• निपुणं (nipuṇaṁ) - skillfully, carefully, thoroughly

• बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with intelligence

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - The sage Dvaipāyana (Vyasa). (sage, seer)

• प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke forth, declared

• पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu. (to the Pāṇḍava)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The sage Vaiśampāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata. (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Vaiśaṃpāyana

Vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyasa.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

From root vac, perfect 3rd singular active. Irregular perfect form of 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

युधिष्ठिरस्य (yudhiṣṭhirasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of Yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhiṣṭhira - Name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother, son of Dharma and Kuntī.

तत् (tat) - those specific words of Yudhiṣṭhira (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those, it

वाक्यं (vākyaṁ) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

Indeclinable participle formed with -tvā suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

द्वैपायनस्तु (dvaipāyanastu) - The sage Dvaipāyana (Vyasa) who came to console Yudhiṣṭhira. (Dvaipāyana (Vyasa), then)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Dvaipāyana

Dvaipāyana - Name of Vyasa (born on an island, dvīpa).

Note: Sandhi with 'tu' (but, then) which is absorbed into the word form 'Dvaipāyanastu'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

समीक्ष्य (samīkṣya) - having considered, having examined

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

Indeclinable participle formed with prefix 'sam' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: sam

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

निपुणं (nipuṇaṁ) - skillfully, carefully, thoroughly

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nipuṇa

nipuṇa - skilled, clever, expert, careful, thorough

बुद्ध्या (buddhyā) - by intellect, with intelligence

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, reason, discernment

From root budh (to know, understand).

Root: budh

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - The sage Dvaipāyana (Vyasa). (sage, seer)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, inspired poet, seer, ascetic

प्रोवाच (provāca) - spoke forth, declared

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

From root vac, perfect 3rd singular active, with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

पाण्डवम् (pāṇḍavam) - to Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pāṇḍu. (to the Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Pāṇḍava

Pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, son of Pāṇḍu

Patronymic from Pāṇḍu.