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

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततस्ते नियतात्मान उदीचीं दिशमास्थिताः ।
ददृशुर्योगयुक्ताश्च हिमवन्तं महागिरिम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tataste niyatātmāna udīcīṁ diśamāsthitāḥ ,
dadṛśuryogayuktāśca himavantaṁ mahāgirim.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tataḥ te niyata ātmānaḥ udīcīm diśam
āsthitāḥ dadṛśuḥ yogayuktāḥ ca himavantam mahāgirim

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tataḥ te niyata ātmānaḥ yogayuktāḥ
ca udīcīm diśam āsthitāḥ himavantam mahāgirim dadṛśuḥ

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Then they, with their selves (ātman) controlled and engaged in `yoga` (yoga), having proceeded towards the northern direction, beheld the great mountain Himavat.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• नियत (niyata) - controlled (controlled, restrained, fixed, disciplined)

• आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - selves (ātman) (selves, souls, minds)

• उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern (direction) (northern, upper, excellent)

• दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

• आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having proceeded towards / established in (situated, occupied, undertaken, resorted to)

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw (they saw, they beheld)

• योगयुक्ताः (yogayuktāḥ) - engaged in `yoga` (joined in `yoga`, connected with `yoga`, absorbed in `yoga`)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himavat (the Himalayas) (Himavat, the Himalayas (mountain range))

• महागिरिम् (mahāgirim) - the great mountain (great mountain)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a prominent sage, student of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit) third person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb for the speaker.

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

From tad (that) + tas suffix (ablative sense)

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas.

नियत (niyata) - controlled (controlled, restrained, fixed, disciplined)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niyata

niyata - controlled, restrained, fixed, disciplined, regulated

Past Passive Participle

From root yam (to hold, restrain) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Part of the compound niyatātmānaḥ, here separated as niyata ātmānaḥ.

आत्मानः (ātmānaḥ) - selves (ātman) (selves, souls, minds)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, mind, essence

Note: Part of the compound niyatātmānaḥ.

उदीचीम् (udīcīm) - northern (direction) (northern, upper, excellent)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of udīcī

udīcī - northern (direction), upper, excellent

Note: Qualifies an implied 'diśam' (direction).

दिशम् (diśam) - direction (direction, quarter, region)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky, region

Note: Object of implied motion or direction.

आस्थिताः (āsthitāḥ) - having proceeded towards / established in (situated, occupied, undertaken, resorted to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āsthita

āsthita - situated, standing, having taken up, resorted to, occupied

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā (to stand) with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Adjectival predicate for the subject.

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw (they saw, they beheld)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect (Lit) third person plural

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Denotes the action of seeing.

योगयुक्ताः (yogayuktāḥ) - engaged in `yoga` (joined in `yoga`, connected with `yoga`, absorbed in `yoga`)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yogayukta

yogayukta - connected with `yoga`, engaged in `yoga`, having practiced `yoga`

Compound type : tatpurusha (yoga+yukta)

• yoga – union, spiritual discipline, system of philosophy
  noun (masculine)
  From root yuj (to join, connect)
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• yukta – joined, connected, engaged, endowed with, proper
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yuj (to join, connect)
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies te.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

हिमवन्तम् (himavantam) - Himavat (the Himalayas) (Himavat, the Himalayas (mountain range))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of himavat

himavat - Himavat (personification of the Himalaya mountains), snowy, wintry

From hima (snow) + vat (possessing)

Note: Object of dadṛśuḥ.

महागिरिम् (mahāgirim) - the great mountain (great mountain)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāgiri

mahāgiri - great mountain

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+giri)

• mahā – great, large, extensive
  adjective
• giri – mountain, hill, peak
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies himavantam.