महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-105, verse-1

लोमश उवाच ।
एतच्छ्रुत्वान्तरिक्षाच्च स राजा राजसत्तम ।
यथोक्तं तच्चकाराथ श्रद्दधद्भरतर्षभ ॥१॥

1. lomaśa uvāca ,
etacchrutvāntarikṣācca sa rājā rājasattama ,
yathoktaṁ taccakārātha śraddadhadbharatarṣabha.

1. lomaśaḥ uvāca etat śrutvā antarikṣāt ca sa rājā rājasattama
yathoktam tat ca cakāra atha śraddhat bharatarṣabha

1. Lomaśa said: O best among the Bhāratas, hearing this from the sky, that king, the most excellent of kings, then performed (the ritual) exactly as instructed, having faith (śraddhā).

Words meanings summery:

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एतत् (etat) - this, this (instruction)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• अन्तरिक्षात् (antarikṣāt) - from the sky, from space, from the atmosphere

• च (ca) - and

• स (sa) - that King Pāṇḍu (he, that (king))

• राजा (rājā) - King Pāṇḍu (the king)

• राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - best of kings, most excellent king

• यथोक्तम् (yathoktam) - as spoken, as said, as instructed

• तत् (tat) - that, that (instruction/action)

• च (ca) - and

• चकार (cakāra) - he did, he made, he performed

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• श्रद्धत् (śraddhat) - having faith, believing, trusting

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas, O bull of the Bharatas

Words meanings and morphology

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomaśa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomaśa (name of a sage mentioned in the Mahābhārata)

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (liṭ) form of root `vac`.

Root: vac (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this, this (instruction)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Accusative singular neuter of `etad`.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Formed from root `śru` with the `ktvā` suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

अन्तरिक्षात् (antarikṣāt) - from the sky, from space, from the atmosphere

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of antarikṣa

antarikṣa - mid-air, atmosphere, sky, space

From `antar` (between) and related to `īkṣ` (to see, appear).

Prefix: antar

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

स (sa) - that King Pāṇḍu (he, that (king))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Nominative singular masculine of `tad`.

राजा (rājā) - King Pāṇḍu (the king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Subject of the sentence.

राजसत्तम (rājasattama) - best of kings, most excellent king

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājasattama

rājasattama - best of kings, chief of kings, most excellent among kings

Tatpurusha compound: `rājan` (king) + `sattama` (best, most excellent).

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+sattama)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix `tama` added to `sat` (good, existing).
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agrees with rājā.

यथोक्तम् (yathoktam) - as spoken, as said, as instructed

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound or adverbial usage of `yathā` (as) + `ukta` (spoken).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+ukta)

• yathā – as, in the manner that, according to
  indeclinable
• ukta – spoken, said, told
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `vac` (to speak) with `kta` suffix.
  Root: vac (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, that (instruction/action)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Accusative singular neuter of `tad`.

Note: Object of cakāra.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

चकार (cakāra) - he did, he made, he performed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ

Perfect tense (liṭ) form of root `kṛ`.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

श्रद्धत् (śraddhat) - having faith, believing, trusting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śrad-dhā

śrad-dhā - to put faith in, to believe, to trust (śraddhā)

Present Active Participle

From compound root `śrad-dhā` (root `dhā` with prefix `śrad`), with `śatṛ` suffix.

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas, O bull of the Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of Bharata, best of the Bharatas (an epithet for great warriors or kings in the Bhārata lineage)

Tatpurusha compound: `bharata` (descendant of Bharata) + `ṛṣabha` (bull, best).

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage, name of a king
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent one
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣabh

Note: An address, likely by Lomaśa to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.