महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-17, verse-168

नाचिकेताय भगवानाह वैवस्वतो यमः ।
मार्कण्डेयाय वार्ष्णेय नाचिकेतोऽभ्यभाषत ॥१६८॥

168. nāciketāya bhagavānāha vaivasvato yamaḥ ,
mārkaṇḍeyāya vārṣṇeya nāciketo'bhyabhāṣata.

168. nāciketāya bhagavān āha vaivasvataḥ yamaḥ
mārkaṇḍeyāya vārṣṇeya nāciketaḥ abhyabhāṣata

168. bhagavān vaivasvataḥ yamaḥ nāciketāya āha.
vārṣṇeya! nāciketaḥ mārkaṇḍeyāya abhyabhāṣata

168. Lord Yama, son of Vivasvat, spoke to Nāciketa. O Vārṣṇeya (vārṣṇeya), Nāciketa in turn addressed Mārkaṇḍeya.

Words meanings summery:

• नाचिकेताय (nāciketāya) - to Nāciketa

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord (Yama) (the Lord, the adorable one)

• आह (āha) - said, spoke

• वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, son of Vivasvat (son of Vivasvat)

• यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama

• मार्कण्डेयाय (mārkaṇḍeyāya) - to Mārkaṇḍeya

• वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, O Kṛṣṇa

• नाचिकेतः (nāciketaḥ) - Nāciketa

• अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke to, addressed

Words meanings and morphology

नाचिकेताय (nāciketāya) - to Nāciketa

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of nāciketa

nāciketa - Nāciketa (name of a sage, central figure in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the Lord (Yama) (the Lord, the adorable one)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, glorious, holy, venerable, adorable; Lord

from bhaga + -vat suffix

आह (āha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of ah

Perfect Active

root √ah, used as 3rd singular perfect active

Root: ah (class 2)

वैवस्वतः (vaivasvataḥ) - Yama, son of Vivasvat (son of Vivasvat)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - relating to Vivasvat; son of Vivasvat (e.g., Yama, Manu)

from vivasvat + -a suffix

यमः (yamaḥ) - Yama

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (god of death, lord of dharma in some contexts)

मार्कण्डेयाय (mārkaṇḍeyāya) - to Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of an ancient sage)

वार्ष्णेय (vārṣṇeya) - O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, O Kṛṣṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vārṣṇeya

vārṣṇeya - descendant of Vṛṣṇi; (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

from Vṛṣṇi + -eya suffix

नाचिकेतः (nāciketaḥ) - Nāciketa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nāciketa

nāciketa - Nāciketa (name of a sage, central figure in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad)

अभ्यभाषत (abhyabhāṣata) - spoke to, addressed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhibhāṣ

Imperfect Middle

from abhi-√bhāṣ

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)