महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-17, chapter-1, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
श्रुत्वैव कौरवो राजा वृष्णीनां कदनं महत् ।
प्रस्थाने मतिमाधाय वाक्यमर्जुनमब्रवीत् ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
śrutvaiva kauravo rājā vṛṣṇīnāṁ kadanaṁ mahat ,
prasthāne matimādhāya vākyamarjunamabravīt.

2. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca śrutvā eva kauravaḥ rājā vṛṣṇīnām
kadanam mahat prasthāne matim ādhāya vākyam arjunam abravīt

2. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca.
kauravaḥ rājā vṛṣṇīnām mahat kadanam śrutvā eva,
prasthāne matim ādhāya,
arjunam vākyam abravīt

2. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "Indeed, as soon as the Kuru king (Yudhiṣṭhira) heard of the great calamity that befell the Vṛṣṇis, he set his mind on a great departure (mahāprasthāna) and spoke to Arjuna."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• एव (eva) - as soon as (he heard) (indeed, only, just, as soon as)

• कौरवः (kauravaḥ) - the Kuru king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (a Kuru, descendant of Kuru)

• राजा (rājā) - the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (king, ruler)

• वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis

• कदनम् (kadanam) - the great calamity (destruction, calamity, slaughter)

• महत् (mahat) - great (calamity) (great, large, important, terrible)

• प्रस्थाने (prasthāne) - on a great departure (mahāprasthāna, the final journey of the Pāṇḍavas) (in the departure, regarding the departure)

• मतिम् (matim) - his mind (resolution) (mind, thought, intention, resolution)

• आधाय (ādhāya) - having fixed (his mind) (having placed, having fixed, having resolved)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - a statement (word, statement, speech)

• अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - to Arjuna, Arjuna

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said, he told

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (the sage who narrates the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

एव (eva) - as soon as (he heard) (indeed, only, just, as soon as)

(indeclinable)

कौरवः (kauravaḥ) - the Kuru king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (a Kuru, descendant of Kuru)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaurava

kaurava - descendant of Kuru; a Kuru prince/king

राजा (rājā) - the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) (king, ruler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

वृष्णीनाम् (vṛṣṇīnām) - of the Vṛṣṇis

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇi

vṛṣṇi - the Vṛṣṇi clan (a Yādava clan, to which Kṛṣṇa belonged)

कदनम् (kadanam) - the great calamity (destruction, calamity, slaughter)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kadana

kadana - destruction, slaughter, calamity

महत् (mahat) - great (calamity) (great, large, important, terrible)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, mighty, important, terrible

Note: Qualifies kadanam

प्रस्थाने (prasthāne) - on a great departure (mahāprasthāna, the final journey of the Pāṇḍavas) (in the departure, regarding the departure)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of prasthāna

prasthāna - departure, setting forth, journey

Root: sthā (class 1)

मतिम् (matim) - his mind (resolution) (mind, thought, intention, resolution)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, thought, intelligence, intention, resolution

Root: man (class 4)

आधाय (ādhāya) - having fixed (his mind) (having placed, having fixed, having resolved)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dhā (to place) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - a statement (word, statement, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, statement, sentence

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्जुनम् (arjunam) - to Arjuna, Arjuna

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (one of the Pāṇḍavas, a skilled archer)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said, he told

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)