महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-43, verse-17

सूत उवाच ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठात्स राजा जनमेजयः ।
पूजयामास तमृषिमनुमान्य पुनः पुनः ॥१७॥

17. sūta uvāca ,
etacchrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhātsa rājā janamejayaḥ ,
pūjayāmāsa tamṛṣimanumānya punaḥ punaḥ.

17. sūtaḥ uvāca etat śrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhāt sa rājā
janamejayaḥ pūjayāmāsa tam ṛṣim anumānya punaḥ punaḥ

17. Sūta said: Having heard this [account] from the foremost among the twice-born, King Janamejaya repeatedly honored and worshipped that sage.

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, Sūta (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एतत् (etat) - this [account] (this, that)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• द्विजश्रेष्ठात् (dvijaśreṣṭhāt) - from the foremost among the twice-born (from the best of the twice-born, from the foremost Brahmin)

• स (sa) - that (that, he)

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper name))

• पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped (worshipped, honored)

• तम् (tam) - that (that, him)

• ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage (sage, seer)

• अनुमान्य (anumānya) - having honored (having honored, having respected, having approved)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard, Sūta (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, a class of mixed caste, Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular of root 'vac'.

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this [account] (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etas

etas - this, that

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'śru' (to hear) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

द्विजश्रेष्ठात् (dvijaśreṣṭhāt) - from the foremost among the twice-born (from the best of the twice-born, from the foremost Brahmin)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best of the twice-born, foremost Brahmin

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'dvija' (twice-born) + 'śreṣṭha' (best, foremost).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost, superior
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree from 'praśasya' (praiseworthy).

स (sa) - that (that, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

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

पूजयामास (pūjayāmāsa) - worshipped (worshipped, honored)

(verb)

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

periphrastic perfect tense

Periphrastic perfect 3rd person singular of root 'pūj'. Formed with 'āmāsa' from 'as' (to be) and 'pūjayā' (accusative of pūjā, action noun from pūj).

Root: pūj (class 10)

तम् (tam) - that (that, him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ऋषिम् (ṛṣim) - sage (sage, seer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, Vedic singer

अनुमान्य (anumānya) - having honored (having honored, having respected, having approved)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root 'man' (to think, respect) with prefix 'anu-' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, repeatedly, moreover)

(indeclinable)