महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-53, verse-17

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य तथा कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ।
युक्तं रथवरं तस्मा आचचक्षे नरर्षभ ॥१७॥

17. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tadvākyamākarṇya tathā kuntīputro dhanaṁjayaḥ ,
yuktaṁ rathavaraṁ tasmā ācacakṣe nararṣabha.

17. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tat vākyam ākarṇya tathā kuntīputraḥ
dhanaṃjayaḥ yuktam rathavaram tasmai ācacakshe nararṣabha

17. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca.
nararṣabha kuntīputraḥ dhanaṃjayaḥ tathā tat vākyam ākarṇya tasmai yuktam rathavaram ācacakshe

17. Vaiśampāyana said: Hearing those words, the son of Kunti (Arjuna), Dhananjaya, who was the best of men, then explained the properly harnessed excellent chariot to him.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• तत् (tat) - those (that, those)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement)

• आकर्ण्य (ākarṇya) - having heard, after hearing

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti (Arjuna))

• धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Arjuna (Dhananjaya (Arjuna))

• युक्तम् (yuktam) - properly harnessed (joined, harnessed, equipped, fit, proper)

• रथवरम् (rathavaram) - excellent chariot (excellent chariot, best chariot)

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (to Yudhiṣṭhira, implied) (to him, for him)

• आचचक्स्हे (ācacakshe) - he explained, he narrated, he recounted

• नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (referring to Arjuna/Dhananjaya) (O best of men, O chief of men)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, disciple of Vyāsa)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (liṭ) of vac

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice of root VAC ('to speak').

Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - those (that, those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Qualifies 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From root VAC ('to speak').

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of the gerund 'ākarṇya'.

आकर्ण्य (ākarṇya) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root KARṆ ('to hear') with upasarga 'ā' and suffix -ya (absolutive).

Prefix: ā

Root: karṇ (class 10)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

कुन्तीपुत्रः (kuntīputraḥ) - Arjuna (son of Kunti (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuntīputra

kuntīputra - son of Kunti, referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, or Arjuna

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'Kuntī' and 'putra'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kuntī+putra)

• kuntī – Kunti (name of Arjuna's mother)
  proper noun (feminine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

धनंजयः (dhanaṁjayaḥ) - Arjuna (Dhananjaya (Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhanaṃjaya

dhanaṁjaya - conqueror of wealth, a name for Arjuna

Compound of 'dhana' (wealth) and 'jaya' (conqueror).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (dhana+jaya)

• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• jaya – victory, conquest; victorious, conquering
  noun (masculine)
  From root JI ('to conquer') + suffix -a.
  Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Appositive to 'Kuntīputraḥ'.

युक्तम् (yuktam) - properly harnessed (joined, harnessed, equipped, fit, proper)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yukta

yukta - joined, connected, harnessed, endowed with, proper

Past Passive Participle

From root YUJ ('to join, yoke') + past passive participle suffix -ta.

Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'rathavaram'.

रथवरम् (rathavaram) - excellent chariot (excellent chariot, best chariot)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rathavara

rathavara - excellent chariot, best of chariots

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'ratha' and 'vara'.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (ratha+vara)

• ratha – chariot, car
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ram (class 1)
• vara – best, excellent, superior; a boon
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of 'ācacakshe'.

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (to Yudhiṣṭhira, implied) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Indirect object of 'ācacakshe'.

आचचक्स्हे (ācacakshe) - he explained, he narrated, he recounted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, Perfect (liṭ) of ācakṣ

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice of root CAKṢ ('to tell') with upasarga 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

नरर्षभ (nararṣabha) - O best of men (referring to Arjuna/Dhananjaya) (O best of men, O chief of men)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nararṣabha

nararṣabha - chief/best of men, prominent man

Tatpuruṣa compound of 'nara' (man) and 'ṛṣabha' (bull, best).

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (nara+ṛṣabha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull; chief, excellent, best
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for Arjuna.