महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-119, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
प्रभासतीर्थं संप्राप्य वृष्णयः पाण्डवास्तथा ।
किमकुर्वन्कथाश्चैषां कास्तत्रासंस्तपोधन ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
prabhāsatīrthaṁ saṁprāpya vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavāstathā ,
kimakurvankathāścaiṣāṁ kāstatrāsaṁstapodhana.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca prabhāsatīrtham saṃprāpya vṛṣṇayaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ
tathā kim akurvan kathāḥ ca eṣām kāḥ tatra āsan tapodhana

1. Janamejaya said: "O ascetic (tapasya-dhana), after reaching the sacred ford (tirtha) of Prabhāsa, what did the Vṛṣṇis and the Pāṇḍavas do? And what accounts concerning them were discussed there?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• प्रभासतीर्थम् (prabhāsatīrtham) - the Prabhasa sacred ford/place

• संप्राप्य (saṁprāpya) - having reached, having attained

• वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vrishnis (a Yadava clan)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

• तथा (tathā) - here functions as 'and' (thus, so, similarly)

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?

• अकुर्वन् (akurvan) - they did

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, narrations

• च (ca) - and, also

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of the Vrishnis and Pandavas (of these)

• काः (kāḥ) - interrogative for 'kathāḥ' (which ones?)

• तत्र (tatra) - at Prabhasa tirtha (there, in that place)

• आसन् (āsan) - they were

• तपोधन (tapodhana) - refers to a sage, possibly Vyasa or another wise person being addressed by Janamejaya (O ascetic, O rich in penance)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parikṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect (Lit-lakāra), 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रभासतीर्थम् (prabhāsatīrtham) - the Prabhasa sacred ford/place

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prabhāsatīrtha

prabhāsatīrtha - the sacred bathing place (tirtha) named Prabhāsa

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prabhāsa+tīrtha)

• prabhāsa – Prabhāsa (proper name of a place)
  proper noun (masculine)
• tīrtha – sacred ford, bathing place, holy place
  noun (neuter)

संप्राप्य (saṁprāpya) - having reached, having attained

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root āp 'to obtain' with prefixes sam and pra, suffix -ya

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: āp (class 5)

वृष्णयः (vṛṣṇayaḥ) - the Vrishnis (a Yadava clan)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛṣṇi

vṛṣṇi - a member of the Vṛṣṇi clan (a division of Yadavas)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pandavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

तथा (tathā) - here functions as 'and' (thus, so, similarly)

(indeclinable)

किम् (kim) - what?, why?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

अकुर्वन् (akurvan) - they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra), 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: kṛ (class 8)

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, narrations

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narration

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एषाम् (eṣām) - of the Vrishnis and Pandavas (of these)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of etad

etad - this, these

काः (kāḥ) - interrogative for 'kathāḥ' (which ones?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kim

kim - what, which

तत्र (tatra) - at Prabhasa tirtha (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

आसन् (āsan) - they were

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect (Laṅ-lakāra), 3rd person plural, active voice

Root: as (class 2)

तपोधन (tapodhana) - refers to a sage, possibly Vyasa or another wise person being addressed by Janamejaya (O ascetic, O rich in penance)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of tapodhana

tapodhana - whose wealth is asceticism/penance, an ascetic, a sage

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (tapas+dhana)

• tapas – penance, asceticism, spiritual austerity
  noun (neuter)
• dhana – wealth, riches, property
  noun (neuter)