महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-51, verse-4

ततस्तौ रथमास्थाय प्रयातौ कृष्णपाण्डवौ ।
विकुर्वाणौ कथाश्चित्राः प्रीयमाणौ विशां पते ॥४॥

4. tatastau rathamāsthāya prayātau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau ,
vikurvāṇau kathāścitrāḥ prīyamāṇau viśāṁ pate.

4. tataḥ tau ratham āsthāya prayātau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau
| vikurvāṇau kathāḥ citrāḥ prīyamāṇau viśām pate

4. viśām pate,
tataḥ tau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau ratham āsthāya prayātau vikurvāṇau citrāḥ kathāḥ prīyamāṇau

4. O lord of men (viśām pate), then those two, Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍava (pāṇḍava), mounting the chariot, set forth. They exchanged varied and delightful stories, finding joy in their journey.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

• तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava (those two)

• रथम् (ratham) - the chariot (mentioned in verse 106940) (chariot)

• आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted (the chariot) (having mounted, having taken up, having ascended)

• प्रयातौ (prayātau) - set forth on their journey (set out, departed, went forth)

• कृष्णपाण्डवौ (kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau) - Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava)

• विकुर्वाणौ (vikurvāṇau) - narrating (varied stories) (making, performing, creating, narrating)

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - varied conversations (stories, tales, conversations)

• चित्राः (citrāḥ) - varied and interesting (varied, wonderful, colorful, strange)

• प्रीयमाणौ (prīyamāṇau) - finding joy in their journey/conversation (delighting, being pleased, enjoying)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, referring to the populace or subjects (vocative address to King Janamejaya) (of the people, of the subjects)

• पते (pate) - O master, addressing the narrator's audience (King Janamejaya) (O lord, O master)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter

(indeclinable)

तौ (tau) - Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava (those two)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava.

रथम् (ratham) - the chariot (mentioned in verse 106940) (chariot)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ratha

ratha - chariot, car

Note: Object of 'āsthāya'.

आस्थाय (āsthāya) - having mounted (the chariot) (having mounted, having taken up, having ascended)

(indeclinable)

Gerund (absolutive)

Gerund of √sthā with 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Gerund, expressing an action completed before the main verb.

प्रयातौ (prayātau) - set forth on their journey (set out, departed, went forth)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of yāta

yāta - gone, departed, proceeded

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √yā with 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Functions as the main verb of the clause in a participial construction.

कृष्णपाण्डवौ (kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau) - Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna (Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛṣṇapāṇḍava

kṛṣṇapāṇḍava - Kṛṣṇa and Pāṇḍava

Compound type : dvandva (kṛṣṇa+pāṇḍava)

• kṛṣṇa – Kṛṣṇa
  proper noun (masculine)
• pāṇḍava – Pāṇḍava, son of Pāṇḍu
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

विकुर्वाणौ (vikurvāṇau) - narrating (varied stories) (making, performing, creating, narrating)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of kṛ

kṛ - to make, to do, to perform

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of √kṛ with 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau'.

कथाः (kathāḥ) - varied conversations (stories, tales, conversations)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, discourse, conversation

Note: Object of 'vikurvāṇau'.

चित्राः (citrāḥ) - varied and interesting (varied, wonderful, colorful, strange)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, plural of citra

citra - varied, manifold, wonderful, strange, bright

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

प्रीयमाणौ (prīyamāṇau) - finding joy in their journey/conversation (delighting, being pleased, enjoying)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prī

prī - to please, to delight, to love

Present Middle Participle

Present Middle Participle of √prī

Root: prī (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau'.

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people, referring to the populace or subjects (vocative address to King Janamejaya) (of the people, of the subjects)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, community, subject

Note: Part of the compound address 'viśām pate'.

पते (pate) - O master, addressing the narrator's audience (King Janamejaya) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

Note: Part of the compound address 'viśām pate'.