महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-134, verse-1

अष्टावक्र उवाच ।
अत्रोग्रसेनसमितेषु राजन्समागतेष्वप्रतिमेषु राजसु ।
न वै विवित्सान्तरमस्ति वादिनां महाजले हंसनिनादिनामिव ॥१॥

1. aṣṭāvakra uvāca ,
atrograsenasamiteṣu rāja;nsamāgateṣvapratimeṣu rājasu ,
na vai vivitsāntaramasti vādināṁ; mahājale haṁsaninādināmiva.

1. aṣṭāvakraḥ uvāca atra ugrasenasaṃmiteṣu
rājan samāgateṣu apratimeṣu
rājasu na vai vivitsā antaram asti
vādinām mahājale haṃsaninādinām iva

1. Aṣṭāvakra said: Here, O King, among these incomparable kings assembled in Ugrasena's gathering, there is no real distinction in their debates, just as among swans crying in a great lake.

Words meanings summery:

• अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

• उग्रसेनसंमितेषु (ugrasenasaṁmiteṣu) - among those assembled in Ugrasena's [assembly/presence]

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative singular)

• समागतेषु (samāgateṣu) - among those who have assembled, gathered

• अप्रतिमेषु (apratimeṣu) - among the incomparable, peerless

• राजसु (rājasu) - among kings

• न (na) - not, no

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

• विवित्सा (vivitsā) - desire to know, desire to contend, inquiry, disputation

• अन्तरम् (antaram) - difference, interval, scope, inner

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• वादिनाम् (vādinām) - of the debaters, speakers

• महाजले (mahājale) - in a great lake/water

• हंसनिनादिनाम् (haṁsaninādinām) - of the swans making noise, crying

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

Words meanings and morphology

अष्टावक्रः (aṣṭāvakraḥ) - Aṣṭāvakra (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of aṣṭāvakra

aṣṭāvakra - having eight crooked places, Aṣṭāvakra (name of a sage)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (aṣṭā+vakra)

• aṣṭā – eight
  adjective
• vakra – crooked, bent
  adjective

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place, in this matter

(indeclinable)

उग्रसेनसंमितेषु (ugrasenasaṁmiteṣu) - among those assembled in Ugrasena's [assembly/presence]

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of ugrasenasaṃmita

ugrasenasaṁmita - assembled with Ugrasena

Past Passive Participle

Formed from ugrasena and saṃmita (from sam-mā or sam-ita). ugrasena is a proper noun, name of a king. saṃmita here means 'met' or 'assembled'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ugrasena+saṃmita)

• ugrasena – Ugrasena (proper name, lit. having a fierce army)
  proper noun (masculine)
• saṃmita – met, assembled, joined
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root i (to go) with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: i (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O king (vocative singular)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

समागतेषु (samāgateṣu) - among those who have assembled, gathered

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, come together

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with prefixes sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

अप्रतिमेषु (apratimeṣu) - among the incomparable, peerless

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of apratima

apratima - incomparable, peerless, matchless

Negative prefix a- + pratima (image, parallel)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+pratima)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• pratima – image, likeness, parallel
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: prati
  Root: mā

राजसु (rājasu) - among kings

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly (emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

विवित्सा (vivitsā) - desire to know, desire to contend, inquiry, disputation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivitsā

vivitsā - desire to know, desire to contend, inquiry, disputation

Desiderative Noun

Derived from desiderative stem of vid (to know or to find fault)

Root: vid (class 4)

अन्तरम् (antaram) - difference, interval, scope, inner

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of antara

antara - interior, interval, difference

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present 3rd person singular

Root: as (class 2)

वादिनाम् (vādinām) - of the debaters, speakers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vādin

vādin - speaker, debater, litigant

Agent noun from vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

महाजले (mahājale) - in a great lake/water

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahājala

mahājala - great water, large lake

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+jala)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective (neuter)
• jala – water, lake
  noun (neuter)
  Root: jal

हंसनिनादिनाम् (haṁsaninādinām) - of the swans making noise, crying

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of haṃsaninādin

haṁsaninādin - making the sound of a swan, crying like a swan

Agent noun from ninād (to sound) with haṃsa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (haṃsa+ninādin)

• haṃsa – swan
  noun (masculine)
• ninādin – sounding, crying, making noise
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From root nad with prefix ni-
  Prefix: ni
  Root: nad (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)