महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-6, verse-22

नारद उवाच ।
उन्मत्तवेषं बिभ्रत्स चङ्क्रमीति यथासुखम् ।
वाराणसीं तु नगरीमभीक्ष्णमुपसेवते ॥२२॥

22. nārada uvāca ,
unmattaveṣaṁ bibhratsa caṅkramīti yathāsukham ,
vārāṇasīṁ tu nagarīmabhīkṣṇamupasevate.

22. nāradaḥ uvāca unmattaveṣam bibhrat saḥ caṅkramīti
yathāsukham vārāṇasīm tu nagarīm abhīkṣṇam upasevate

22. nāradaḥ uvāca saḥ unmattaveṣam bibhrat yathāsukham
caṅkramīti tu abhīkṣṇam vārāṇasīm nagarīm upasevate

22. Nārada said: "Bearing the guise of a madman, he wanders about as he pleases, but he frequently resorts to the city of Vārāṇasī."

Words meanings summery:

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उन्मत्तवेषम् (unmattaveṣam) - the guise of a madman, the appearance of one who is mad

• बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - bearing, carrying, wearing

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• चङ्क्रमीति (caṅkramīti) - wanders about, roams frequently

• यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as it pleases, according to pleasure, comfortably

• वाराणसीम् (vārāṇasīm) - Vārāṇasī (a city)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• नगरीम् (nagarīm) - city, town

• अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - frequently, repeatedly, constantly

• उपसेवते (upasevate) - resorts to (the city) (resorts to, attends, serves, worships)

Words meanings and morphology

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage, son of Brahmā)

From nara (man) + da (giving, from root dā); 'giver of men' or 'one who delights men' (narān dadāti iti)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Root vac (class 2, parasmaipada)

Root: vac (class 2)

उन्मत्तवेषम् (unmattaveṣam) - the guise of a madman, the appearance of one who is mad

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of unmattaveṣa

unmattaveṣa - garb of a madman, appearance of insanity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (unmatta+veṣa)

• unmatta – mad, insane, intoxicated, frantic
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root mad (to be mad, intoxicated) with prefix ud (up, out)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: mad (class 4)
• veṣa – dress, garment, costume, guise, appearance, disguise
  noun (masculine)
  From root viś (to enter) with suffix -a
  Root: viś (class 6)

बिभ्रत् (bibhrat) - bearing, carrying, wearing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhṛ

bhṛ - to bear, carry, support, wear, maintain

Present Active Participle

Root bhṛ (class 3, parasmaipada)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Agreement with 'saḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular nominative

चङ्क्रमीति (caṅkramīti) - wanders about, roams frequently

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kram

Intensive Active

From root kram (class 1, parasmaipada); intensive/frequentative form 'caṅkram'.

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Intensive verb form.

यथासुखम् (yathāsukham) - as it pleases, according to pleasure, comfortably

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sukha)

• yathā – as, like, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• sukha – happiness, pleasure, ease, comfort
  noun (neuter)

Note: Acts as an adverb.

वाराणसीम् (vārāṇasīm) - Vārāṇasī (a city)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vārāṇasī

vārāṇasī - Vārāṇasī (a holy city, also known as Kāśī, modern Varanasi)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: A particle indicating contrast or emphasis.

नगरीम् (nagarīm) - city, town

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of nagarī

nagarī - city, town

Feminine form of nagara (town, city)

Note: Appositive to Vārāṇasīm.

अभीक्ष्णम् (abhīkṣṇam) - frequently, repeatedly, constantly

(indeclinable)

From abhi + īkṣṇa (looking at, from root īkṣ); adverbial usage.

Prefix: abhi

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

उपसेवते (upasevate) - resorts to (the city) (resorts to, attends, serves, worships)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sev

Present Middle

Root sev (class 1, ātmanepada) with prefix upa (near, to, towards)

Prefix: upa

Root: sev (class 1)