महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-62, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं ब्रह्मन्व्यासेनोक्तं महात्मना ।
अश्वमेधं प्रति तदा किं नृपः प्रचकार ह ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
śrutvaitadvacanaṁ brahmanvyāsenoktaṁ mahātmanā ,
aśvamedhaṁ prati tadā kiṁ nṛpaḥ pracakāra ha.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca śrutvā etat vacanam brahman vyāsena uktam
mahātmanā aśvamedham prati tadā kim nṛpaḥ pracakāra ha

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca brahman mahātmanā vyāsena uktam etat
vacanam aśvamedham prati śrutvā tadā nṛpaḥ kim ha pracakāra

1. Janamejaya said: "O Brahmin (brahman), having heard this instruction concerning the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual), which was spoken by the great sage Vyasa, what did the king then actually do?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name of a king))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• एतत् (etat) - this (instruction) (this, that)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction (speech, word, statement, instruction)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (brahman) (O Brahmin, O holy one)

• व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by the sage Vyasa (by Vyasa)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said)

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great sage (by the great soul, by the magnanimous one, by the sage)

• अश्वमेधम् (aśvamedham) - the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual) (horse Vedic ritual, aśvamedha (Vedic ritual))

• प्रति (prati) - concerning (towards, regarding, concerning)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

• नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (Yudhishthira) (king, ruler)

• प्रचकार (pracakāra) - he actually do (he did, he performed, he acted)

• ह (ha) - actually (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - King Janamejaya (Janamejaya (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

suffix -tvā added to root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form

एतत् (etat) - this (instruction) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

Note: modifies vacanam

वचनम् (vacanam) - instruction (speech, word, statement, instruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, instruction

Action noun

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (brahman) (O Brahmin, O holy one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman)

Root: bṛh (class 1)

व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by the sage Vyasa (by Vyasa)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (name of a sage)

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (spoken, said)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great sage (by the great soul, by the magnanimous one, by the sage)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great soul, magnanimous, sage

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

अश्वमेधम् (aśvamedham) - the aśvamedha (Vedic ritual) (horse Vedic ritual, aśvamedha (Vedic ritual))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of aśvamedha

aśvamedha - aśvamedha (Vedic ritual), horse sacrifice

Compound type : tatpurusha (aśva+medha)

• aśva – horse
  noun (masculine)
• medha – Vedic ritual, oblation
  noun (masculine)
  from root medh (to mix, purify)
  Root: medh (class 1)

प्रति (prati) - concerning (towards, regarding, concerning)

(indeclinable)

preposition/prefix

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

indeclinable, derived from pronominal base 'tad'

किम् (kim) - what (what, why)

(indeclinable)

नृपः (nṛpaḥ) - the king (Yudhishthira) (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, protector of men

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

प्रचकार (pracakāra) - he actually do (he did, he performed, he acted)

(verb)

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

Perfect active third person singular

root kṛ with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛ (class 8)

ह (ha) - actually (emphatic particle) (indeed, certainly, surely)

(indeclinable)