महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-71, verse-14

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः स तु राजेन्द्र कृष्णद्वैपायनोऽब्रवीत् ।
भीमसेनादवरजः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥१४॥

14. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ sa tu rājendra kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt ,
bhīmasenādavarajaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām.

14. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca | iti uktaḥ saḥ tu rājendra kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ
abravīt | bhīmasenāt avarajaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām

14. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca iti uktaḥ saḥ tu rājendra kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ
abravīt bhīmasenāt avarajaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām śreṣṭhaḥ

14. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Thus addressed, O sovereign king, Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa) replied: 'He is the younger brother of Bhīmasena, and the foremost among all wielders of bows.'"

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of the narrator)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings, O sovereign

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• भीमसेनात् (bhīmasenāt) - from Bhīmasena

• अवरजः (avarajaḥ) - younger brother, born after

• श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best, foremost, most excellent

• सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - of all wielders of bows, of all archers

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of the narrator)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of uvāca

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, addressed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king of kings, O sovereign

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, sovereign, paramount ruler

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• indra – chief, lord, best (also a deity)
  noun (masculine)

कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, another name for Vyāsa

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of abravīt

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

भीमसेनात् (bhīmasenāt) - from Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Name of one of the Pāṇḍava brothers

अवरजः (avarajaḥ) - younger brother, born after

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avaraja

avaraja - younger, junior, younger brother

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (avara+ja)

• avara – later, posterior, inferior, younger
  adjective (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  From root √jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

श्रेष्ठः (śreṣṭhaḥ) - best, foremost, most excellent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śreṣṭha

śreṣṭha - best, most excellent, foremost, chief

Superlative of praśasya (excellent)

सर्वधनुष्मताम् (sarvadhanuṣmatām) - of all wielders of bows, of all archers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvadhanuṣmat

sarvadhanuṣmat - all wielders of bows, all archers

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sarva+dhanuṣmat)

• sarva – all, every
  adjective (masculine)
• dhanuṣmat – possessing a bow, an archer
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'dhanus' (bow) with the suffix '-mat'