महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-227, verse-24

ततः प्रहसिताः सर्वे तेऽन्योन्यस्य तलान्ददुः ।
तदेव च विनिश्चित्य ददृशुः कुरुसत्तमम् ॥२४॥

24. tataḥ prahasitāḥ sarve te'nyonyasya talāndaduḥ ,
tadeva ca viniścitya dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam.

24. tataḥ prahasitāḥ sarve te anyonyasya talān
daduḥ tat eva ca viniścitya dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam

24. Then all of them laughed and struck each other's palms. Having thus confirmed (their decision), they saw the best of the Kurus.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thereafter, from that

• प्रहसिताः (prahasitāḥ) - laughed, smiling

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• ते (te) - they

• अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, of one another

• तलान् (talān) - palms, surfaces

• ददुः (daduḥ) - they struck (palms) (they gave, they offered, they struck)

• तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, precisely

• च (ca) - and, also

• विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

• ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

• कुरुसत्तमम् (kurusattamam) - referring to Dhritarashtra (the best of the Kurus)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

प्रहसिताः (prahasitāḥ) - laughed, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of prahasita

prahasita - laughed, smiling, pleased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √has with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

ते (te) - they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

अन्योन्यस्य (anyonyasya) - of each other, of one another

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anyonyasya

anyonya - each other, one another

तलान् (talān) - palms, surfaces

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tala

tala - palm, sole, surface, flat ground

ददुः (daduḥ) - they struck (palms) (they gave, they offered, they struck)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dā

Perfect tense, 3rd conjugation (juhotyādi)

Root: dā (class 3)

तत् (tat) - that, that very thing

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - only, indeed, very, precisely

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

विनिश्चित्य (viniścitya) - having ascertained, having decided, having determined

(indeclinable)

Gerund (Absolutive)

Derived from root √ci (to gather, observe) with prefixes vi- and ni-

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: ci (class 5)

ददृशुः (dadṛśuḥ) - they saw, they beheld

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of dṛś

Perfect tense

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कुरुसत्तमम् (kurusattamam) - referring to Dhritarashtra (the best of the Kurus)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kurusattama

kurusattama - best among the Kurus

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kuru+sattama)

• kuru – a member of the Kuru dynasty, the Kuru country
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent, pre-eminent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of 'sat' (good)