महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-129, verse-18

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तत्र सभ्रातृकः स्नात्वा स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः ।
लोमशं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१८॥

18. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tatra sabhrātṛkaḥ snātvā stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ ,
lomaśaṁ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha idaṁ vacanamabravīt.

18. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tatra sabhrātṛkaḥ snātvā stūyamānaḥ
maharṣibhiḥ lomaśam pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha idam vacanam abravīt

18. Vaiśampāyana said: "There, O best of the Pāṇḍavas (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha), (Yudhiṣṭhira), along with his brothers, having bathed and being praised by the great sages, spoke this word to Lomaśa."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• सभ्रातृकः (sabhrātṛkaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira with his brothers (with his brothers, accompanied by brothers)

• स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

• स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira being praised (being praised)

• महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

• लोमशम् (lomaśam) - to Lomaśa (name of a sage)

• पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - O Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration), identifying him with the best of his ancestors, the Pāṇḍavas. (O best of the Pāṇḍavas)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

सभ्रातृकः (sabhrātṛkaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira with his brothers (with his brothers, accompanied by brothers)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sabhrātṛka

sabhrātṛka - having brothers, accompanied by brothers

formed with prefix "sa-" (with) and "bhrātṛ" (brother) and suffix -ka

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+bhrātṛ)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
  prefix for bahuvrihi compounds
• bhrātṛ – brother
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira.

स्नात्वा (snātvā) - having bathed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

formed with suffix -tvā

Root: snā (class 2)

स्तूयमानः (stūyamānaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira being praised (being praised)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of stūyamāna

stūyamāna - being praised

Present Passive Participle

derived from root stu (to praise)

Root: stu (class 2)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Yudhiṣṭhira).

महर्षिभिः (maharṣibhiḥ) - by the great sages

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ

Note: Denotes the agent of praising.

लोमशम् (lomaśam) - to Lomaśa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomaśa (a sage mentioned in the Mahābhārata who accompanies the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ (pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha) - O Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration), identifying him with the best of his ancestors, the Pāṇḍavas. (O best of the Pāṇḍavas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha

pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha - best of the Pāṇḍavas

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇḍava+śreṣṭha)

• pāṇḍava – descendant of Pāṇḍu
  noun (masculine)
  patronymic from Paṇḍu
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent, foremost
  adjective (masculine)
  superl. of pra- (excellent)

Note: Addressed by Vaiśampāyana.

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Agrees with 'vacanam'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement

derived from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of vac

Imperfect

3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)