महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-243, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
प्रविशन्तं महाराज सूतास्तुष्टुवुरच्युतम् ।
जनाश्चापि महेष्वासं तुष्टुवू राजसत्तमम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
praviśantaṁ mahārāja sūtāstuṣṭuvuracyutam ,
janāścāpi maheṣvāsaṁ tuṣṭuvū rājasattamam.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca praviśantam mahārāja sūtāḥ tuṣṭuvuḥ
acyutam janāḥ ca api maheṣvāsam tuṣṭuvuḥ rājasattamam

1. Vaiśampāyana said: 'O great king (Janamejaya), as he was entering, the bards praised the unswerving one. And the people also praised the great archer, the best of kings.'

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• प्रविशन्तम् (praviśantam) - referring to the king, Yudhiṣṭhira, as he enters Hastinapura (him who was entering)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O great king)

• सूताः (sūtāḥ) - the bards, charioteers

• तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

• अच्युतम् (acyutam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the unswerving one, the infallible one)

• जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the great archer)

• तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

• राजसत्तमम् (rājasattamam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the best of kings)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of Vyāsa's disciple)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रविशन्तम् (praviśantam) - referring to the king, Yudhiṣṭhira, as he enters Hastinapura (him who was entering)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praviśant

viś - to enter, to go into

Present Active Participle

from pra-viś

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

महाराज (mahārāja) - vocative, addressing Janamejaya (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

सूताः (sūtāḥ) - the bards, charioteers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, herald

तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of stu

Perfect Active

from root stu

Root: stu (class 2)

अच्युतम् (acyutam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the unswerving one, the infallible one)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of acyuta

acyuta - unswerving, firm, immutable, imperishable; an epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa, or a great king

Past Passive Participle (negative)

a- (not) + cyuta (fallen, swerved) from root cyu

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+cyuta)

• a – not, un-, in-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• cyuta – fallen, swerved, moved
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root cyu
  Root: cyu (class 1)

Note: Used as an epithet for the king.

जनाः (janāḥ) - people, men

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of jana

jana - people, person, man, creature

from root jan (to be born)

Root: jan (class 4)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

महेष्वासम् (maheṣvāsam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the great archer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of maheṣvāsa

maheṣvāsa - great archer, mighty bowman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+iṣvāsa)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• iṣvāsa – bowman, archer (from iṣu 'arrow' + āsa 'thrower' or 'one who shoots')
  noun (masculine)
  Root: as (class 4)

Note: Used as an epithet for the king.

तुष्टुवुः (tuṣṭuvuḥ) - they praised

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (Lit) of stu

Perfect Active

from root stu

Root: stu (class 2)

राजसत्तमम् (rājasattamam) - referring to King Yudhiṣṭhira (the best of kings)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājasattama

rājasattama - best of kings, chief of kings

from rājan (king) + sattama (best/most excellent, superlative suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+sattama)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative suffix -tama
  Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used as an epithet for the king.