महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-40, verse-15

अभिवाद्य यथान्यायं यथाज्येष्ठं नृपांश्च तान् ।
कुशलानामयं पृष्ट्वा निषण्णौ रामकेशवौ ॥१५॥

15. abhivādya yathānyāyaṁ yathājyeṣṭhaṁ nṛpāṁśca tān ,
kuśalānāmayaṁ pṛṣṭvā niṣaṇṇau rāmakeśavau.

15. abhivādya yathānyāyam yathājyeṣṭham nṛpān ca
tān kuśalam anāmayam pṛṣṭvā niṣaṇṇau rāmakeśavau

15. Having respectfully saluted those kings according to seniority and inquired about their welfare and freedom from disease, Rāma and Keśava sat down.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted

• यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to custom (according to justice, properly, suitably)

• यथाज्येष्ठम् (yathājyeṣṭham) - according to seniority, in order of age

• नृपान् (nṛpān) - kings

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• तान् (tān) - those (masculine plural)

• कुशलम् (kuśalam) - welfare, well-being, health

• अनामयम् (anāmayam) - freedom from disease, health, well-being

• पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, having inquired

• निषण्णौ (niṣaṇṇau) - seated, having sat down

• रामकेशवौ (rāmakeśavau) - Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa (Rāma and Keśava)

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवाद्य (abhivādya) - having saluted, having greeted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'vad' with prefix 'abhi'

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to custom (according to justice, properly, suitably)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+nyāya)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• nyāya – justice, rule, method, propriety
  noun (masculine)

यथाज्येष्ठम् (yathājyeṣṭham) - according to seniority, in order of age

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+jyeṣṭha)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• jyeṣṭha – eldest, senior, chief, best
  adjective (masculine)

नृपान् (nṛpān) - kings

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler (lit. protector of men)

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pa)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pa – protector, guardian (from root 'pā' to protect)
  noun (masculine)
  agent suffix -a from root pā
  Root: pā (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (masculine plural)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, it

कुशलम् (kuśalam) - welfare, well-being, health

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kuśala

kuśala - well, healthy, skillful, welfare, well-being

अनामयम् (anāmayam) - freedom from disease, health, well-being

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of anāmaya

anāmaya - freedom from sickness, health, welfare

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+āmaya)

• an – not, un-
  prefix
  Negative prefix
• āmaya – sickness, disease
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: am (class 1)

पृष्ट्वा (pṛṣṭvā) - having asked, having inquired

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

From root 'prach'

Root: prach (class 6)

निषण्णौ (niṣaṇṇau) - seated, having sat down

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of niṣaṇṇa

niṣaṇṇa - seated, sitting, having sat down

Past Passive Participle

From root 'sad' (to sit) with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: sad (class 1)

रामकेशवौ (rāmakeśavau) - Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa (Rāma and Keśava)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of rāmakeśava

rāmakeśava - Rāma and Keśava (Balarāma and Kṛṣṇa)

Compound type : dvandva (rāma+keśava)

• rāma – Balarāma, Rāma, delightful
  proper noun (masculine)
• keśava – Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu (having beautiful hair)
  proper noun (masculine)