महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-1, verse-24

एवं ते धर्मराजस्य श्रुत्वा वचनमर्थवत् ।
सविशेषमवर्तन्त भीममेकं विना तदा ॥२४॥

24. evaṁ te dharmarājasya śrutvā vacanamarthavat ,
saviśeṣamavartanta bhīmamekaṁ vinā tadā.

24. evam te dharmarājasya śrutvā vacanam arthavat
saviśeṣam avartanta bhīmam ekam vinā tadā

24. tadā,
te dharmarājasya arthavat vacanam śrutvā,
bhīmam ekam vinā,
evam saviśeṣam avartanta

24. Having thus heard the meaningful words of Yudhishthira, the king of natural law (dharma), they all behaved with special deference then, except for Bhima alone.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• ते (te) - referring to the Pandava brothers other than Bhima (they)

• धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Yudhishthira, who is known as Dharmaraja (of the king of (dharma))

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

• अर्थवत् (arthavat) - meaningful, significant, purposeful

• सविशेषम् (saviśeṣam) - behaving with special care or reverence (particularly, with distinction, especially)

• अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they behaved, they acted, they existed

• भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima

• एकम् (ekam) - one, alone

• विना (vinā) - without, except for

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - referring to the Pandava brothers other than Bhima (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

धर्मराजस्य (dharmarājasya) - of Yudhishthira, who is known as Dharmaraja (of the king of (dharma))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of (dharma)/righteousness, Yama (god of death and justice), Yudhishthira

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, justice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

formed from root śru (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, command

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, statement, saying, command

अर्थवत् (arthavat) - meaningful, significant, purposeful

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of arthavat

arthavat - meaningful, significant, rich in meaning, having purpose

suffix -vat (possessive) added to artha

सविशेषम् (saviśeṣam) - behaving with special care or reverence (particularly, with distinction, especially)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+viśeṣa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• viśeṣa – distinction, difference, peculiarity, special quality
  noun (masculine)

अवर्तन्त (avartanta) - they behaved, they acted, they existed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of vṛt

imperfect middle

root vṛt (class 1) with augment a-

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भीमम् (bhīmam) - Bhima

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - terrible, formidable; name of the second Pandava brother

एकम् (ekam) - one, alone

(numeral)

विना (vinā) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)