महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-224, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
मार्कण्डेयादिभिर्विप्रैः पाण्डवैश्च महात्मभिः ।
कथाभिरनुकूलाभिः सहासित्वा जनार्दनः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
mārkaṇḍeyādibhirvipraiḥ pāṇḍavaiśca mahātmabhiḥ ,
kathābhiranukūlābhiḥ sahāsitvā janārdanaḥ.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca mārkaṇḍeyādibhiḥ vipraiḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ ca
mahātmabhiḥ kathābhiḥ anukūlābhiḥ sahāsitvā janārdanaḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa), having sat together with Mārkaṇḍeya and other Brahmins, and with the great-souled Pāṇḍavas, engaged in agreeable conversations.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मार्कण्डेयादिभिः (mārkaṇḍeyādibhiḥ) - by/with Mārkaṇḍeya and others

• विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by/with Brahmins, learned ones

• पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by/with the Pāṇḍavas

• च (ca) - and

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - (agreeing with Pāṇḍavas) by/with the great-souled Pāṇḍavas (by/with the great-souled ones)

• कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ) - by/with stories, narratives, conversations

• अनुकूलाभिः (anukūlābhiḥ) - by/with agreeable, favorable, congenial stories

• सहासित्वा (sahāsitvā) - having sat together

• जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect 3rd person singular, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

मार्कण्डेयादिभिः (mārkaṇḍeyādibhiḥ) - by/with Mārkaṇḍeya and others

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mārkaṇḍeyādi

mārkaṇḍeyādi - Mārkaṇḍeya and others, beginning with Mārkaṇḍeya

Dvigu or Tatpurusha compound with ādi (etc.)

Compound type : avyayībhāva / tatpuruṣa (mārkaṇḍeya+ādi)

• mārkaṇḍeya – Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, and so on, etc.
  indeclinable

विप्रैः (vipraiḥ) - by/with Brahmins, learned ones

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, inspired one, learned one

Root: vip (class 1)

पाण्डवैः (pāṇḍavaiḥ) - by/with the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

patronymic from Pāṇḍu

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - (agreeing with Pāṇḍavas) by/with the great-souled Pāṇḍavas (by/with the great-souled ones)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, high-minded, noble (ātman)

compound of mahā (great) + ātman (soul, self)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

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

कथाभिः (kathābhiḥ) - by/with stories, narratives, conversations

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, conversation

अनुकूलाभिः (anukūlābhiḥ) - by/with agreeable, favorable, congenial stories

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of anukūlā

anukūlā - agreeable, favorable, congenial, suitable

feminine form of anukūla

Prefix: anu

Root: kūl (class 1)

सहासित्वा (sahāsitvā) - having sat together

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root ās (to sit) with preverb/prefix sa- (together with)

Prefix: sa

Root: ās (class 2)

जनार्दनः (janārdanaḥ) - Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janārdana

janārdana - Janārdana (name of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, meaning 'agitator of men' or 'one who is worshipped by men')