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

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्तास्तु ते तेन पौरजानपदा जनाः ।
वृद्धेन राज्ञा कौरव्य नष्टसंज्ञा इवाभवन् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktāstu te tena paurajānapadā janāḥ ,
vṛddhena rājñā kauravya naṣṭasaṁjñā ivābhavan.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca evam uktāḥ tu te tena paurajānapadāḥ
janāḥ vṛddhena rājñā kauravya naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca kauravya! tena vṛddhena rājñā evam
uktāḥ te paurajānapadāḥ janāḥ tu naṣṭasaṃjñāḥ iva abhavan

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: 'O scion of Kuru, when those citizens and country folk were thus addressed by that aged king, they became as if deprived of their consciousness.'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśaṃpāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• ते (te) - they, those

• तेन (tena) - by him, by that

• पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - the town and country dwellers, citizens and country folk

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

• वृद्धेन (vṛddhena) - by the old, by the aged

• राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

• कौरव्य (kauravya) - O scion of Kuru (addressing Janamejaya) (O scion of Kuru, O descendant of Kuru)

• नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - deprived of consciousness, unconscious, stunned

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as

• अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata) (Vaiśaṃpāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्ताः (uktāḥ) - addressed, spoken to

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ukta

ukta - spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - they, those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तेन (tena) - by him, by that

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पौरजानपदाः (paurajānapadāḥ) - the town and country dwellers, citizens and country folk

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paurajānapada

paurajānapada - inhabitants of town and country

Compound type : dvandva (paura+jānapada)

• paura – a citizen, townsman
  noun (masculine)
• jānapada – an inhabitant of a country/district, country folk
  noun (masculine)

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - person, people, creature

वृद्धेन (vṛddhena) - by the old, by the aged

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vṛdh

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

राज्ञा (rājñā) - by the king

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कौरव्य (kauravya) - O scion of Kuru (addressing Janamejaya) (O scion of Kuru, O descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - a descendant of Kuru

नष्टसंज्ञाः (naṣṭasaṁjñāḥ) - deprived of consciousness, unconscious, stunned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of naṣṭasaṃjñā

naṣṭasaṁjñā - having lost consciousness or senses

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (naṣṭa+saṃjñā)

• naṣṭa – lost, destroyed, perished
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root naś
  Root: naś (class 4)
• saṃjñā – consciousness, perception, understanding, name, sign
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: jñā (class 9)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as

(indeclinable)

अभवन् (abhavan) - they became, they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)