महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-229, verse-17

ते तथेत्येव कौरव्यमुक्त्वा वचनकारिणः ।
चिकीर्षन्तस्तदाक्रीडाञ्जग्मुर्द्वैतवनं सरः ॥१७॥

17. te tathetyeva kauravyamuktvā vacanakāriṇaḥ ,
cikīrṣantastadākrīḍāñjagmurdvaitavanaṁ saraḥ.

17. te tathā iti eva kauravyam uktvā vacanakāriṇaḥ
cikīrṣantaḥ tadā ākīḍān jagmuḥ dvaitavanam saras

17. Then, having said 'So be it' to the Kaurava (Duryodhana), those obedient messengers, desiring to build pleasure-houses, went to the Dvaita lake.

Words meanings summery:

• ते (te) - those messengers (they, those)

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• कौरव्यम् (kauravyam) - to Duryodhana (to the Kaurava)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• वचनकारिणः (vacanakāriṇaḥ) - obedient messengers (obedient, performing commands)

• चिकीर्षन्तः (cikīrṣantaḥ) - desiring to make/do, wishing to accomplish

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आकीडान् (ākīḍān) - the pleasure-houses mentioned in the previous verse (pleasure-houses, places of sport)

• जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

• द्वैतवनम् (dvaitavanam) - to Dvaitavana (forest of Dwaita)

• सरस् (saras) - to the lake

Words meanings and morphology

ते (te) - those messengers (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, so saying

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

कौरव्यम् (kauravyam) - to Duryodhana (to the Kaurava)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kauravya

kauravya - a descendant of Kuru, belonging to the Kuru family

Patronymic from Kuru.

Note: Object of 'uktvā'.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From root vac with suffix -tvā. Root 'vac' becomes 'uk' in some forms.

Root: vac (class 2)

वचनकारिणः (vacanakāriṇaḥ) - obedient messengers (obedient, performing commands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vacanakārin

vacanakārin - obedient, performing commands, dutiful

Compound. Agent noun from vacana + √kṛ.

Compound type : upapada-tatpuruṣa (vacana+kārin)

• vacana – word, speech, command
  noun (neuter)
  From √vac.
  Root: vac (class 2)
• kārin – doing, making, performing
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun suffix -in
  From √kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

चिकीर्षन्तः (cikīrṣantaḥ) - desiring to make/do, wishing to accomplish

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of cikīrṣat

cikīrṣat - desiring to make/do

Present Active Participle (Desiderative)

Desiderative stem of √kṛ (to do, make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

From tad + -dā (suffix for time).

आकीडान् (ākīḍān) - the pleasure-houses mentioned in the previous verse (pleasure-houses, places of sport)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ākīḍa

ākīḍa - place of sport, pleasure-ground, amusement

From ā-√krīḍ.

Prefix: ā

Root: krīḍ (class 1)

जग्मुः (jagmuḥ) - they went

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of gam

Perfect active 3rd plural

Reduplicated perfect stem of √gam.

Root: gam (class 1)

द्वैतवनम् (dvaitavanam) - to Dvaitavana (forest of Dwaita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dvaitavana

dvaitavana - Dvaitavana (name of a forest)

Compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvaita+vana)

• dvaita – twofold, duality, name of a sage
  proper noun (masculine)
• vana – forest, wood, grove
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of motion.

सरस् (saras) - to the lake

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saras

saras - lake, pond, water

Note: Object of motion, in apposition to 'dvaitavanam'.