महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-157, verse-2

कानि चाभ्यवहार्याणि तत्र तेषां महात्मनाम् ।
वसतां लोकवीराणामासंस्तद्ब्रूहि सत्तम ॥२॥

2. kāni cābhyavahāryāṇi tatra teṣāṁ mahātmanām ,
vasatāṁ lokavīrāṇāmāsaṁstadbrūhi sattama.

2. kāni ca abhyavahāryāṇi tatra teṣām mahātmanām
| vasatām lokavīrāṇām āsan tat brūhi sattama

2. And what provisions were there for those high-souled (mahātman) heroes among men who resided there? Tell me that, O best of good men (sattama).

Words meanings summery:

• कानि (kāni) - what (provisions) (what (things), which (things))

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• अभ्यवहार्याणि (abhyavahāryāṇi) - provisions (provisions, food, things to be eaten)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (on Mount Gandhamādana) (there, in that place)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (of them, for them)

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of those high-souled (mahātman) ones (of the high-souled, of the great-souled (mahātman))

• वसताम् (vasatām) - of those who resided (there) (of those residing, of those dwelling)

• लोकवीराणाम् (lokavīrāṇām) - of the heroes among men (of the heroes of the world, of the world's heroes)

• आसन् (āsan) - there were (they were, there were)

• तत् (tat) - that (the information about provisions) (that, it)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (speak, tell, say)

• सत्तम (sattama) - O best of good men (sattama) (best of the good, most excellent being)

Words meanings and morphology

कानि (kāni) - what (provisions) (what (things), which (things))

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Subject of the sentence with 'āsan'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अभ्यवहार्याणि (abhyavahāryāṇi) - provisions (provisions, food, things to be eaten)

(verbal adjective)

Note: Functions as a noun here.

तत्र (tatra) - there (on Mount Gandhamādana) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb of place.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - for them (referring to the Pāṇḍavas) (of them, for them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the Pandavas.

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of those high-souled (mahātman) ones (of the high-souled, of the great-souled (mahātman))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble, revered person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective for 'teṣām'.

वसताम् (vasatām) - of those who resided (there) (of those residing, of those dwelling)

(verbal adjective)

Note: Adjective for 'teṣām' and 'lokavīrāṇām'.

लोकवीराणाम् (lokavīrāṇām) - of the heroes among men (of the heroes of the world, of the world's heroes)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of lokavīra

lokavīra - hero of the world, valiant man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+vīra)

• loka – world, people, men
  noun (masculine)
• vīra – hero, warrior, valiant
  noun (masculine)

Note: In apposition with 'teṣām' and 'mahātmanām'.

आसन् (āsan) - there were (they were, there were)

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense

Root as (to be), imperfect tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Verb for 'kāni abhyavahāryāṇi'.

तत् (tat) - that (the information about provisions) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, this

Note: Object of 'brūhi'.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell (speak, tell, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Imperative mode

Root brū (to speak), imperative mode, 2nd person singular.

Root: brū (class 2)

सत्तम (sattama) - O best of good men (sattama) (best of the good, most excellent being)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sattama

sattama - best of the good, most excellent, supreme being

Superlative degree from sat (good, existing)

Note: Address to Saṅjaya or Vyāsa typically.