महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-39, verse-31

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततो राजन्ब्राह्मणास्ते सर्व एव विशां पते ।
ऊचुर्नैतद्वचोऽस्माकं श्रीरस्तु तव पार्थिव ॥३१॥

31. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tato rājanbrāhmaṇāste sarva eva viśāṁ pate ,
ūcurnaitadvaco'smākaṁ śrīrastu tava pārthiva.

31. Vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ rājan brāhmaṇāḥ te sarve eva viśām
pate ūcuḥ na etat vacaḥ asmākam śrīḥ astu tava pārthiva

31. Vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ rājan viśām pate pārthiva sarve
eva te brāhmaṇāḥ ūcuḥ etat vacaḥ asmākam na śrīḥ tava astu

31. Vaiśampāyana said: "Then, O King, O lord of the people, all those brahmins declared, 'This statement is not ours. May prosperity be with you, O ruler of the earth.'"

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampayana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampayana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

• राजन् (rājan) - O King, ruler

• ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins, learned priests

• ते (te) - those, they

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

• एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'all'. (indeed, only, just)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

• न (na) - not, no

• एतत् (etat) - this, this one

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

• अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

• श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, fortune, wealth, glory

• अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

• तव (tava) - your, to you

• पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler of the earth, O king

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampayana, the narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Vaiśampāyana

Vaiśampāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyasa who narrated the Mahābhārata.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense form

Irregular perfect stem from root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, afterwards

(indeclinable)

Derived from pronoun ta, with suffix -tas.

राजन् (rājan) - O King, ruler

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj

ब्राह्मणाः (brāhmaṇāḥ) - brahmins, learned priests

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

From brahman (Veda/prayer) + aṇ.

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

सर्वे (sarve) - all, every

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Universal pronoun.

Note: Adjective agreeing with brāhmaṇāḥ.

एव (eva) - Emphasizes 'all'. (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, of the subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community, tribe

Root used as a noun, feminine.

Root: viś (class 6)

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, owner

Note: Forms a compound with viśām (viśām-pati = lord of people).

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - they said, they spoke

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of vac

perfect tense form

Irregular perfect tense, 3rd plural.

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

एतत् (etat) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one, that

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative.

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, statement, saying

From root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्माकम् (asmākam) - our, of us

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun, genitive plural.

श्रीः (śrīḥ) - prosperity, fortune, wealth, glory

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śrī

śrī - prosperity, wealth, glory, beauty, fortune

Feminine i-stem noun.

Root: śrī

अस्तु (astu) - let it be, may it be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (Lot) of as

optative/imperative

Imperative 3rd singular.

Root: as (class 2)

तव (tava) - your, to you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun, genitive singular.

पार्थिव (pārthiva) - O ruler of the earth, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pārthiva

pārthiva - king, sovereign, ruler of the earth

Derived from pṛthivī (earth) + aṇ.