महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-2, verse-8

मदिराश्व इति ख्यातः पृथिव्यां पृथिवीपतिः ।
धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च निरतो योऽभवत्सदा ॥८॥

8. madirāśva iti khyātaḥ pṛthivyāṁ pṛthivīpatiḥ ,
dhanurvede ca vede ca nirato yo'bhavatsadā.

8. madirāśvaḥ iti khyātaḥ pṛthivyām pṛthivīpatiḥ
dhanur-vede ca vede ca nirataḥ yaḥ abhavat sadā

8. yaḥ pṛthivyām madirāśvaḥ iti khyātaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ abhavat,
(saḥ) sadā dhanur-vede ca vede ca nirataḥ (āsīt).

8. He was renowned on earth as Madirāśva, the lord of the earth, who was always engrossed in the science of archery and the Vedas.

Words meanings summery:

• मदिराश्वः (madirāśvaḥ) - Madirāśva (name)

• इति (iti) - used to introduce a name or quotation, meaning "named (so)" (thus, so, named)

• ख्यातः (khyātaḥ) - renowned, famous, known

• पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

• पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

• धनुर्-वेदे (dhanur-vede) - in the science of archery

• च (ca) - and

• वेदे (vede) - in the Vedas (plural meaning implied from context 'Vedas' in English) (in the Veda, in knowledge)

• च (ca) - and

• निरतः (nirataḥ) - engrossed in, devoted to, absorbed in

• यः (yaḥ) - referring to Madirāśva (who, which)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

Words meanings and morphology

मदिराश्वः (madirāśvaḥ) - Madirāśva (name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of madirāśva

madirāśva - name of a king, having intoxicating horses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (madira+aśva)

• madira – intoxicating, gladdening, beautiful
  adjective
  Root: mad (class 4)
• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)

इति (iti) - used to introduce a name or quotation, meaning "named (so)" (thus, so, named)

(indeclinable)

ख्यातः (khyātaḥ) - renowned, famous, known

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khyāta

khyāta - known, famous, renowned

past passive participle

from root khyā (to be known, to tell)

Root: khyā (class 2)

पृथिव्याम् (pṛthivyām) - on earth, in the world

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - earth, ground, world

Root: pṛth (class 1)

पृथिवीपतिः (pṛthivīpatiḥ) - lord of the earth, king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛthivīpati

pṛthivīpati - lord of the earth, king, monarch

Compound type : tatpurusha (pṛthivī+pati)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
  Root: pṛth (class 1)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

धनुर्-वेदे (dhanur-vede) - in the science of archery

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dhanur-veda

dhanur-veda - science of archery, knowledge of bows

Compound type : tatpurusha (dhanus+veda)

• dhanus – bow, archery
  noun (neuter)
• veda – knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vid (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वेदे (vede) - in the Vedas (plural meaning implied from context 'Vedas' in English) (in the Veda, in knowledge)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of veda

veda - knowledge, sacred knowledge, Veda

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: The singular "vede" refers to the entire corpus of Vedic knowledge.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'dhanurvede' and 'vede'.

निरतः (nirataḥ) - engrossed in, devoted to, absorbed in

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirata

nirata - engrossed, devoted, attached to

past passive participle

from root ram (to delight) with prefix nir

Prefix: nis

Root: ram (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - referring to Madirāśva (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Subject of the subordinate clause.

अभवत् (abhavat) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhū

root bhū, a-augment for past tense

Root: bhū (class 1)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

(indeclinable)