महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-139, verse-16

प्रीतास्तस्याभवन्देवाः कर्मणार्वावसोर्नृप ।
तं ते प्रवरयामासुर्निरासुश्च परावसुम् ॥१६॥

16. prītāstasyābhavandevāḥ karmaṇārvāvasornṛpa ,
taṁ te pravarayāmāsurnirāsuśca parāvasum.

16. prītāḥ tasya abhavan devāḥ karmaṇā arvāvasoḥ
nṛpa tam te pravarayāmāsuḥ nirāsuḥ ca parāvasum

16. O king, the gods were pleased by the deed (karma) of Arvāvasu. They esteemed him and rejected Parāvasu.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, delighted

• तस्य (tasya) - of Arvāvasu (of him, his)

• अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

• देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

• कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the righteous deed (karma) of Arvāvasu (by the action, by the deed)

• अर्वावसोः (arvāvasoḥ) - of Arvāvasu

• नृप (nṛpa) - O King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O king)

• तम् (tam) - Arvāvasu (him)

• ते (te) - the gods (they)

• प्रवरयामासुः (pravarayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to choose, they favored, they appointed as best

• निरासुः (nirāsuḥ) - they rejected, cast out

• च (ca) - and

• परावसुम् (parāvasum) - Parāvasu

Words meanings and morphology

प्रीताः (prītāḥ) - pleased, delighted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prīta

prīta - pleased, delighted, satisfied

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √prī (to please, to love)

Root: prī (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - of Arvāvasu (of him, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अभवन् (abhavan) - became, were

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

कर्मणा (karmaṇā) - by the righteous deed (karma) of Arvāvasu (by the action, by the deed)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, work, ritual, fate (karma)

Derived from the root √kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अर्वावसोः (arvāvasoḥ) - of Arvāvasu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of Arvāvasu

Arvāvasu - name of a sage, son of Raibhya

नृप (nṛpa) - O King Yudhiṣṭhira (implied) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler, protector of men

Compound of nṛ (man) and pa (protector, from √pā)

तम् (tam) - Arvāvasu (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ते (te) - the gods (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रवरयामासुः (pravarayāmāsuḥ) - they caused to choose, they favored, they appointed as best

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of pra-√vṛ

Causative perfect

Causative of √vṛ + perfect ending

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 9)

निरासुः (nirāsuḥ) - they rejected, cast out

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of nir-√as

Perfect

Perfect form with prefix 'nir-'

Prefix: nir

Root: as (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

परावसुम् (parāvasum) - Parāvasu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of Parāvasu

Parāvasu - name of a sage, brother of Arvāvasu