महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-240, verse-25

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवमुक्त्वा परिष्वज्य दैत्यास्तं राजकुञ्जरम् ।
समाश्वास्य च दुर्धर्षं पुत्रवद्दानवर्षभाः ॥२५॥

25. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evamuktvā pariṣvajya daityāstaṁ rājakuñjaram ,
samāśvāsya ca durdharṣaṁ putravaddānavarṣabhāḥ.

25. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca evam uktvā pariṣvajya daityāḥ tam
rājakunjjaram samāśvāsya ca durdharṣam putravat dānavarṣabhāḥ

25. Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, the Daityas and the foremost Dānavas embraced that best of kings, the formidable one, and consoled him as if he were their own son.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

• परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

• दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - the Daityas, demons

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• राजकुन्ज्जरम् (rājakunjjaram) - Referring to Duryodhana as the best among kings. (elephant among kings, best of kings)

• समाश्वास्य (samāśvāsya) - having consoled, having comforted

• च (ca) - and, also

• दुर्धर्षम् (durdharṣam) - Referring to Duryodhana as one who is difficult to conquer. (formidable, unconquerable, difficult to overcome)

• पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as a son

• दानवर्षभाः (dānavarṣabhāḥ) - Referring to the powerful Dānava leaders who were allied with Duryodhana. (bulls among Dānavas, best of Dānavas (a class of demons))

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

3rd person singular perfect tense active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having said, having spoken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √vac with the suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

परिष्वज्य (pariṣvajya) - having embraced, having hugged

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √svaj with the upasarga pari and the suffix -ya (lyap)

Prefix: pari

Root: svaj (class 1)

दैत्याः (daityāḥ) - the Daityas, demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of daitya

daitya - demon, son of Diti

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजकुन्ज्जरम् (rājakunjjaram) - Referring to Duryodhana as the best among kings. (elephant among kings, best of kings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājakunjjara

rājakunjjara - elephant among kings (metaphor for best of kings)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+kunjjara)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• kunjjara – elephant (often used as 'best of' or 'chief')
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'tam'

समाश्वास्य (samāśvāsya) - having consoled, having comforted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root √śvas with the upasargas sam and ā, and the suffix -ya (lyap)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

दुर्धर्षम् (durdharṣam) - Referring to Duryodhana as one who is difficult to conquer. (formidable, unconquerable, difficult to overcome)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durdharṣa

durdharṣa - difficult to be overcome, formidable, irresistible

Compound of dur- (bad/difficult) and dharṣa (daring, assailable, from √dhṛṣ)

Compound type : dur-tatpuruṣa (dur+dharṣa)

• dur – bad, difficult, hard (prefix)
  indeclinable
• dharṣa – assault, attack, daring, bold
  adjective (masculine)
  From verbal root
  From √dhṛṣ (to be bold, attack)
  Root: dhṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'tam'

पुत्रवत् (putravat) - like a son, as a son

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -vat added to putra (son)

दानवर्षभाः (dānavarṣabhāḥ) - Referring to the powerful Dānava leaders who were allied with Duryodhana. (bulls among Dānavas, best of Dānavas (a class of demons))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dānavarṣabha

dānavarṣabha - bull among Dānavas (metaphor for best/chief of Dānavas)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dānava+vṛṣabha)

• dānava – a Dānava (class of demons)
  noun (masculine)
• vṛṣabha – bull, chief, best
  noun (masculine)