महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-29, verse-3

आविष्टा इव शोकेन नाभ्यनन्दन्त किंचन ।
संभाष्यमाणा अपि ते न किंचित्प्रत्यपूजयन् ॥३॥

3. āviṣṭā iva śokena nābhyanandanta kiṁcana ,
saṁbhāṣyamāṇā api te na kiṁcitpratyapūjayan.

3. āviṣṭāḥ iva śokena na abhyanandanta kiṃcana |
saṃbhāṣyamāṇāḥ api te na kiṃcit pratyapūjayan

3. śokena āviṣṭāḥ iva,
te kiṃcana na abhyanandanta saṃbhāṣyamāṇāḥ api te kiṃcit na pratyapūjayan

3. As if overwhelmed by sorrow, they found no delight in anything. Even when spoken to, they did not respond to anything at all.

Words meanings summery:

• आविष्टाः (āviṣṭāḥ) - overcome (by sorrow) (entered, possessed, overcome, seized)

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• शोकेन (śokena) - by grief, by sorrow

• न (na) - not

• अभ्यनन्दन्त (abhyanandanta) - they found delight in (they rejoiced in, they welcomed, they delighted in)

• किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (used with negation to mean 'nothing at all') (anything, something)

• संभाष्यमाणाः (saṁbhāṣyamāṇāḥ) - being spoken to, being addressed

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

• न (na) - not

• किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything at all (used with negation to mean 'nothing at all') (anything, something)

• प्रत्यपूजयन् (pratyapūjayan) - they responded (in kind) (they honored in return, they responded)

Words meanings and morphology

आविष्टाः (āviṣṭāḥ) - overcome (by sorrow) (entered, possessed, overcome, seized)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āviṣṭa

āviṣṭa - entered, possessed, filled, overcome, seized

past passive participle

Derived from the root 'viś' (to enter) with the prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Adjectival predicate for the implied subject (Pāṇḍavas).

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

शोकेन (śokena) - by grief, by sorrow

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śoka

śoka - grief, sorrow, distress

Derived from the root 'śuc' (to grieve, burn).

Root: śuc (class 1)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

अभ्यनन्दन्त (abhyanandanta) - they found delight in (they rejoiced in, they welcomed, they delighted in)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of nand

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Imperfect middle 3rd plural form of the root 'nand' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: abhi+ā

Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Negated by 'na'.

किंचन (kiṁcana) - anything (used with negation to mean 'nothing at all') (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiṃcana

kiṁcana - anything, something (used with negation means 'nothing at all')

Indefinite pronoun formed from 'kim' + 'cana'.

Note: Object of 'abhyanandanta'.

संभाष्यमाणाः (saṁbhāṣyamāṇāḥ) - being spoken to, being addressed

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃbhāṣyamāṇa

saṁbhāṣyamāṇa - being spoken to, being addressed

present passive participle (middle voice)

Derived from the root 'bhāṣ' (to speak) with the prefix 'sam' and the middle participle suffix 'yamāna'.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

ते (te) - they (the Pāṇḍavas) (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negative particle.

किंचित् (kiṁcit) - anything at all (used with negation to mean 'nothing at all') (anything, something)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kiṃcid

kiṁcid - anything, something (used with negation means 'nothing at all')

Indefinite pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative. Formed from 'kim' + 'cid'.

Note: Object of 'pratyapūjayan'. Used with 'na' to mean 'nothing at all'.

प्रत्यपूजयन् (pratyapūjayan) - they responded (in kind) (they honored in return, they responded)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pūj

imperfect tense (laṅ)

Imperfect active 3rd plural form of the root 'pūj' with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)

Note: Negated by 'na'.