महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-132, verse-3

तस्मिन्काले ब्रह्मविदां वरिष्ठावास्तां तदा मातुलभागिनेयौ ।
अष्टावक्रश्चैव कहोडसूनुरौद्दालकिः श्वेतकेतुश्च राजन् ॥३॥

3. tasminkāle brahmavidāṁ variṣṭhā;vāstāṁ tadā mātulabhāgineyau ,
aṣṭāvakraścaiva kahoḍasūnu;rauddālakiḥ śvetaketuśca rājan.

3. tasmin kāle brahmavidām variṣṭhau
āstām tadā mātulabhāgineyau
aṣṭāvakraḥ ca eva kahoḍasūnuḥ
auddālakiḥ śvetaketuḥ ca rājan

3. O King, at that time, there were two individuals, an uncle and his nephew, who were preeminent among those who understood Brahman (brahman): Aṣṭāvakra, the son of Kahoḍa, and Śvetaketu, the son of Uddalaka (Auddalaki).

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - In that (time) (in that, that)

• काले (kāle) - At that time (at time, in time, on the occasion)

• ब्रह्मविदाम् (brahmavidām) - Of those who understood Brahman (brahman) (of the knowers of Brahman)

• वरिष्ठौ (variṣṭhau) - Two preeminent (among the knowers of Brahman) (foremost, most excellent (dual))

• आस्ताम् (āstām) - (they two) were, existed

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• मातुलभागिनेयौ (mātulabhāgineyau) - The pair of maternal uncle and nephew (Aṣṭāvakra and Śvetaketu) (uncle and nephew (dual))

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - The sage Aṣṭāvakra (Aṣṭāvakra)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• कहोडसूनुः (kahoḍasūnuḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra, who is the son of Kahoḍa (son of Kahoḍa)

• औद्दालकिः (auddālakiḥ) - An epithet for Śvetaketu (Auddalaki, son of Uddalaka)

• श्वेतकेतुः (śvetaketuḥ) - The sage Śvetaketu (Śvetaketu)

• च (ca) - and

• राजन् (rājan) - O King!

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - In that (time) (in that, that)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Modifies 'kāle'.

काले (kāle) - At that time (at time, in time, on the occasion)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season

ब्रह्मविदाम् (brahmavidām) - Of those who understood Brahman (brahman) (of the knowers of Brahman)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brahmavid

brahmavid - knower of Brahman

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (brahman+vid)

• brahman – the ultimate reality, the absolute (brahman)
  noun (neuter)
• vid – knowing, a knower
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective from root
  Derived from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

वरिष्ठौ (variṣṭhau) - Two preeminent (among the knowers of Brahman) (foremost, most excellent (dual))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - most excellent, best, chief, choicest

Superlative degree of 'vara' (excellent)

आस्ताम् (āstām) - (they two) were, existed

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect tense (laṅ) 3rd person dual active

Root: as (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

मातुलभागिनेयौ (mātulabhāgineyau) - The pair of maternal uncle and nephew (Aṣṭāvakra and Śvetaketu) (uncle and nephew (dual))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mātulabhāgineya

mātulabhāgineya - maternal uncle and nephew

Compound type : Dvandva (mātula+bhāgineya)

• mātula – maternal uncle
  noun (masculine)
• bhāgineya – nephew, sister's son
  noun (masculine)

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - The sage Aṣṭāvakra (Aṣṭāvakra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - Aṣṭāvakra (proper name, 'eight-crooked')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

कहोडसूनुः (kahoḍasūnuḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra, who is the son of Kahoḍa (son of Kahoḍa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kahoḍasūnu

kahoḍasūnu - son of Kahoḍa

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (kahoḍa+sūnu)

• kahoḍa – Kahoḍa (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• sūnu – son, offspring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: sū

औद्दालकिः (auddālakiḥ) - An epithet for Śvetaketu (Auddalaki, son of Uddalaka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of auddālaki

auddālaki - son of Uddalaka

Patronymic from Uddālaka

श्वेतकेतुः (śvetaketuḥ) - The sage Śvetaketu (Śvetaketu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śvetaketu

śvetaketu - Śvetaketu (proper name, 'white banner')

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

राजन् (rājan) - O King!

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler