महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-16, verse-2

वासुदेव उवाच ।
हतं श्रुत्वा महाबाहो मया श्रौतश्रवं नृपम् ।
उपायाद्भरतश्रेष्ठ शाल्वो द्वारवतीं पुरीम् ॥२॥

2. vāsudeva uvāca ,
hataṁ śrutvā mahābāho mayā śrautaśravaṁ nṛpam ,
upāyādbharataśreṣṭha śālvo dvāravatīṁ purīm.

2. vāsudevaḥ uvāca hatam śrutvā mahābāho mayā śrautaśravam
nṛpam upāyāt bharataśreṣṭha śālvaḥ dvāravatīm purīm

2. Vāsudeva said: 'O mighty-armed one, O best of the Bharatas, when Śālva heard that King Śrutaśrava had been slain by me, he approached the city of Dvāravatī.'

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Krishna)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

• मया (mayā) - by me

• श्रौतश्रवम् (śrautaśravam) - Śrutaśrava (a king)

• नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

• उपायात् (upāyāt) - approached, came near

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas

• शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva (name of a king)

• द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvāravatī (the city of)

• पुरीम् (purīm) - city

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (Krishna)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva, an epithet of Krishna)

Note: Name of Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

हतम् (hatam) - slain, killed

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'han' (to strike, to kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'nṛpam'

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear) with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu

mahābāhu - mighty-armed, strong-armed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bāhu – arm
  noun (masculine)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'hatam'

श्रौतश्रवम् (śrautaśravam) - Śrutaśrava (a king)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śrautaśrava

śrautaśrava - Śrutaśrava (name of a king, brother of Śiśupāla)

नृपम् (nṛpam) - king

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nṛpa

nṛpa - king, ruler

उपायात् (upāyāt) - approached, came near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (aorist) (luṅ) of upā-yā

Prefix: upā

Root: yā (class 2)

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of the Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of the Bharatas, pre-eminent among Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

शाल्वः (śālvaḥ) - Śālva (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śālva

śālva - Śālva (name of a king, enemy of Krishna)

द्वारवतीम् (dvāravatīm) - Dvāravatī (the city of)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dvāravatī

dvāravatī - Dvāravatī (the city of Krishna, Dvārakā)

पुरीम् (purīm) - city

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of purī

purī - city, town