महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-30, verse-26

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अनुज्ञातस्तु कृष्णेन पाण्डवो भ्रातृभिः सह ।
ईहितुं राजसूयाय साधनान्युपचक्रमे ॥२६॥

26. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
anujñātastu kṛṣṇena pāṇḍavo bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ,
īhituṁ rājasūyāya sādhanānyupacakrame.

26. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca | anujñātaḥ tu kṛṣṇena pāṇḍavaḥ
bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | īhitum rājasūyāya sādhanāni upacakrame

26. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca kṛṣṇena anujñātaḥ tu bhrātṛbhiḥ
saha pāṇḍavaḥ rājasūyāya īhitum sādhanāni upacakrame

26. Vaishaṃpāyana said: Having been permitted by Krishna, the son of Pāṇḍu, along with his brothers, began to procure the means for the Rājasūya (Vedic ritual).

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaishaṃpāyana (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Krishna

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu, Yudhishthira

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by/with brothers

• सह (saha) - with, along with

• ईहितुम् (īhitum) - to strive for, to procure, to seek

• राजसूयाय (rājasūyāya) - for the Rājasūya (Vedic ritual)

• साधनानि (sādhanāni) - means for the Vedic ritual (means, resources, equipment)

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - he began, commenced

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaishaṃpāyana (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - Name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From √vac (class 2) with reduplication (uvāca is an irregular perfect form)

Root: vac (class 2)

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, sanctioned

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √jñā 'to know' with upasargas 'anu-' and 'ā-'

Prefixes: anu+ā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Functions as a participial adjective here.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic or adversative particle.

कृष्णेन (kṛṣṇena) - by Krishna

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa

kṛṣṇa - Krishna; black, dark

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'anujñātaḥ'.

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - the son of Pāṇḍu, Yudhishthira

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Formed with the Taddhita suffix -a from Pāṇḍu, meaning 'son/descendant of Pāṇḍu'

Note: Subject of the main clause, referring to Yudhishthira.

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - by/with brothers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Indicates accompaniment with 'saha'.

सह (saha) - with, along with

(indeclinable)

ईहितुम् (īhitum) - to strive for, to procure, to seek

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of īh

infinitive

Infinitive form from √īh (class 1 Ātmanepada)

Root: īh (class 1)

Note: Expresses purpose.

राजसूयाय (rājasūyāya) - for the Rājasūya (Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of rājasūya

rājasūya - a royal consecration ceremony, a specific Vedic ritual (yajña)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sūya)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• sūya – propulsion, ceremony
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from √sū 'to impel, to sacrifice'
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Indicates purpose.

साधनानि (sādhanāni) - means for the Vedic ritual (means, resources, equipment)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of sādhana

sādhana - means, instrument, resource, accomplishing

Derived from √sādh 'to accomplish, effect'

Root: sādh (class 5)

Note: Object of the infinitive 'īhitum'.

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - he began, commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect past (lit) of upakram

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

From √kram 'to step' with upasarga 'upa-'

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)