महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-94, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
यज्ञे सक्ता नृपतयस्तपःसक्ता महर्षयः ।
शान्तिव्यवसिता विप्राः शमो दम इति प्रभो ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
yajñe saktā nṛpatayastapaḥsaktā maharṣayaḥ ,
śāntivyavasitā viprāḥ śamo dama iti prabho.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca yajñe saktāḥ nṛpatayaḥ tapaḥsaktāḥ
maharṣayaḥ śāntivyavasitāḥ viprāḥ śamaḥ damaḥ iti prabho

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca prabho nṛpatayaḥ yajñe saktāḥ maharṣayaḥ
tapaḥsaktāḥ viprāḥ śamaḥ damaḥ iti śāntivyavasitāḥ

1. Janamejaya spoke: O lord, kings are attached to Vedic rituals (yajña), great sages are devoted to ascetic practices (tapas), and learned Brahmins are resolved on inner tranquility and external self-control.

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice)

• सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, devoted, engaged

• नृपतयः (nṛpatayaḥ) - kings, rulers

• तपःसक्ताः (tapaḥsaktāḥ) - devoted to ascetic practices (tapas) (devoted to ascetic practice/penance)

• महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

• शान्तिव्यवसिताः (śāntivyavasitāḥ) - resolved on peace/tranquility

• विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones, wise men

• शमः (śamaḥ) - inner tranquility (śama) (tranquility, mental control, calmness)

• दमः (damaḥ) - external self-control (dama) (self-control, restraint of senses)

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parīkṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

यज्ञे (yajñe) - in the Vedic ritual (yajña) (in the Vedic ritual, in the sacrifice)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship

From yaj + na

Root: yaj (class 1)

सक्ताः (saktāḥ) - attached, devoted, engaged

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sakta

sakta - attached, devoted, engaged

Past Passive Participle

From root sañj + kta

Root: sañj (class 7)

नृपतयः (nṛpatayaḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, ruler, lord of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

तपःसक्ताः (tapaḥsaktāḥ) - devoted to ascetic practices (tapas) (devoted to ascetic practice/penance)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapaḥsakta

tapaḥsakta - devoted to asceticism

Tatpuruṣa compound: tapas (penance) + sakta (attached)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+sakta)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
  From tap + asun
  Root: tap (class 1)
• sakta – attached, devoted, engaged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sañj + kta
  Root: sañj (class 7)

महर्षयः (maharṣayaḥ) - great sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Karmadhāraya compound (mahā + ṛṣi)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

शान्तिव्यवसिताः (śāntivyavasitāḥ) - resolved on peace/tranquility

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāntivyavasita

śāntivyavasita - resolved on peace, determined in tranquility

Tatpuruṣa compound: śānti (peace) + vyavasita (resolved)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śānti+vyavasita)

• śānti – peace, tranquility, calmness
  noun (feminine)
  From śam + ktin
  Root: śam (class 4)
• vyavasita – resolved, determined, undertaken
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From vi-ava-so + kta
  Prefixes: vi+ava
  Root: so (class 4)

विप्राः (viprāḥ) - Brahmins, learned ones, wise men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, learned, inspired

From vip + ra

Root: vip (class 1)

शमः (śamaḥ) - inner tranquility (śama) (tranquility, mental control, calmness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śama

śama - tranquility, mental control, calmness

From śam + ac (bhāve)

Root: śam (class 4)

दमः (damaḥ) - external self-control (dama) (self-control, restraint of senses)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dama

dama - self-control, restraint of senses

From dam + ac (bhāve)

Root: dam (class 4)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, mighty

From pra-bhū + ḍu

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)