महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-45, verse-6

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
वदन्ति पुरुषा मेऽद्य गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः ।
धृतराष्ट्रं महात्मानमास्थितं परमं तपः ॥६॥

6. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
vadanti puruṣā me'dya gaṅgātīranivāsinaḥ ,
dhṛtarāṣṭraṁ mahātmānamāsthitaṁ paramaṁ tapaḥ.

6. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca vadanti puruṣāḥ me adya gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭram mahā-ātmānam āsthitam paramam tapaḥ

6. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca adya gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinaḥ puruṣāḥ me
vadanti mahā-ātmānam dhṛtarāṣṭram paramam tapaḥ āsthitam

6. Yudhiṣṭhira said: Today, men dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā are telling me that the great-souled (mahā-ātman) Dhṛtarāṣṭra is practicing supreme austerity (tapas).

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - King Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - are telling (they say, they speak)

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men (men, persons)

• मे (me) - to me (by me, to me, for me)

• अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

• गङ्गा-तीर-निवासिनः (gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinaḥ) - dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā

• धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the blind king, father of the Kauravas) (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

• महा-आत्मानम् (mahā-ātmānam) - the great-souled (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (great-souled, noble, magnanimous)

• आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - practicing (austerity) (situated, standing, practicing, resorted to)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

• तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - King Yudhiṣṭhira (Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (son of Pāṇḍu, eldest Pāṇḍava)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular, perfect active indicative

Root: vac (class 2)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - are telling (they say, they speak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Lat) of vad

Present

3rd person plural, present active indicative

Root: vad (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men (men, persons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person

मे (me) - to me (by me, to me, for me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

अद्य (adya) - today (today, now)

(indeclinable)

गङ्गा-तीर-निवासिनः (gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsinaḥ) - dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsin

gaṅgā-tīra-nivāsin - dwelling on the bank of the Gaṅgā

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (gaṅgā+tīra+nivāsin)

• gaṅgā – the Gaṅgā river
  proper noun (feminine)
• tīra – bank, shore
  noun (neuter)
• nivāsin – dwelling, residing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  Derived from root vas with prefix ni, indicating one who dwells
  Prefix: ni
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'puruṣāḥ'.

धृतराष्ट्रम् (dhṛtarāṣṭram) - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the blind king, father of the Kauravas) (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Note: Object of 'vadanti' (indirect speech).

महा-आत्मानम् (mahā-ātmānam) - the great-souled (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (great-souled, noble, magnanimous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahā-ātman

mahā-ātman - great-souled, noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'dhṛtarāṣṭram'.

आस्थितम् (āsthitam) - practicing (austerity) (situated, standing, practicing, resorted to)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of āsthita

āsthita - situated, practicing

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root sthā with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'dhṛtarāṣṭram'.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest

Note: Qualifies 'tapaḥ'.

तपः (tapaḥ) - austerity (tapas) (austerity, penance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - austerity, penance

Note: Object of 'āsthitam'.