महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-1, verse-19

नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु कुरुराजो युधिष्ठिरः ।
भ्रातॄन्पप्रच्छ मेधावी वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ॥१९॥

19. nāradenaivamuktastu kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ,
bhrātṝnpapraccha medhāvī vākyametaduvāca ha.

19. nāradena eva uktaḥ tu kururājaḥ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṝn papraccha medhāvī vākyam etat uvāca ha

19. nāradena eva uktaḥ tu medhāvī kururājaḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhrātṝn papraccha etat vākyam uvāca ha

19. Thus addressed by Nārada, the wise (medhāvī) King of Kurus, Yudhiṣṭhira, questioned his brothers and then spoke these words.

Words meanings summery:

• नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

• एव (eva) - thus, indeed, only

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - King of the Kurus

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers (accusative plural)

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, questioned

• मेधावी (medhāvī) - wise, intelligent, sagacious

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

• एतत् (etat) - this (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

Words meanings and morphology

नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage)

एव (eva) - thus, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, addressed, said

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

कुरुराजः (kururājaḥ) - King of the Kurus

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kururāja

kururāja - King of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+rāja)

• kuru – Kuru (name of an ancient king and his descendants/country)
  proper noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest of the Pāṇḍavas)

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers (accusative plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of prach

Perfect Active Indicative

Root: prach (class 6)

मेधावी (medhāvī) - wise, intelligent, sagacious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of medhāvin

medhāvin - intelligent, wise, sagacious

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, speech, sentence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

एतत् (etat) - this (neuter nominative/accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Perfect Active Indicative

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

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