महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-70, verse-5

ते समेत्य यथान्यायं धृतराष्ट्रं जनाधिपम् ।
कीर्तयन्तः स्वनामानि तस्य पादौ ववन्दिरे ॥५॥

5. te sametya yathānyāyaṁ dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ janādhipam ,
kīrtayantaḥ svanāmāni tasya pādau vavandire.

5. te sametya yathānyāyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam
kīrtayantaḥ svanāmāni tasya pādau vavandire

5. te yathānyāyaṃ janādhipam dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ sametya
svanāmāni kīrtayantaḥ tasya pādau vavandire

5. They, having properly approached King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and proclaiming their own names, bowed down to his feet.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - they, those

• समेत्य (sametya) - having approached, having met, having come together

• यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - according to justice, properly, duly

• धृतराष्ट्रं (dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• जनाधिपम् (janādhipam) - the king, ruler of men, lord of people

• कीर्तयन्तः (kīrtayantaḥ) - extolling, proclaiming, recounting

• स्वनामानि (svanāmāni) - their own names

• तस्य (tasya) - his

• पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual)

• ववन्दिरे (vavandire) - they saluted, they bowed down, they venerated

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas, the subject of the sentence.

समेत्य (sametya) - having approached, having met, having come together

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root i (to go) with prefix sam, followed by suffix -tya.

Prefix: sam

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Functions as a gerund.

यथान्यायं (yathānyāyaṁ) - according to justice, properly, duly

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound: yathā (as, according to) + nyāya (justice, rule).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, logic
  noun (masculine)
  From ni-i (to go) + a (suffix).
  Prefix: ni
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Adverb modifying 'sametya'.

धृतराष्ट्रं (dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of the blind king of the Kurus)

"He who holds the kingdom" (dhṛta-rāṣṭra).

Note: Object of 'sametya'.

जनाधिपम् (janādhipam) - the king, ruler of men, lord of people

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of janādhipa

janādhipa - lord of men, king, ruler

Tatpurusha compound: jana (people) + adhipa (lord).

Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+adhipa)

• jana – person, people, man, creature
  noun (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, chief
  noun (masculine)
  From adhi-pā (to protect, govern).
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Epithet for Dhṛtarāṣṭra, in apposition.

कीर्तयन्तः (kīrtayantaḥ) - extolling, proclaiming, recounting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kīrtayat

kīrtayat - extolling, proclaiming, praising, mentioning

Present Active Participle

From root kīrt (to mention, praise), causative stem kīrtaya.

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Modifies 'te' (the Pāṇḍavas).

स्वनामानि (svanāmāni) - their own names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of svanāman

svanāman - one's own name

Compound of sva (own) and nāman (name).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+nāman)

• sva – own, self, one's own
  pronoun (masculine)
• nāman – name, appellation
  noun (neuter)

तस्य (tasya) - his

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Genitive singular, referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

पादौ (pādau) - feet (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda

pāda - foot, leg, quarter, ray, verse-foot

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Accusative dual, object of 'vavandire'.

ववन्दिरे (vavandire) - they saluted, they bowed down, they venerated

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past perfect (liṭ) of vand

Perfect (Liṭ-lakāra)

Root vand, 1st class, Ātmanepada, reduplicated perfect, 3rd person plural.

Root: vand (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence, refers to the Pāṇḍavas bowing.