महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-244, verse-16

विविशुस्ते स्म कौरव्या वृता विप्रर्षभैस्तदा ।
तद्वनं भरतश्रेष्ठाः स्वर्गं सुकृतिनो यथा ॥१६॥

16. viviśuste sma kauravyā vṛtā viprarṣabhaistadā ,
tadvanaṁ bharataśreṣṭhāḥ svargaṁ sukṛtino yathā.

16. viviśuḥ te sma kauravyāḥ vṛtāḥ vipraṛṣabhaiḥ tadā
tat vanam bharataśreṣṭhāḥ svargam sukṛtinaḥ yathā

16. Then, O best of Bhāratas, those Kauravas (the Pāṇḍavas), accompanied by excellent Brahmins, entered that forest, just as virtuous individuals enter heaven.

Words meanings summery:

• विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - they entered

• ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they, those)

• स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

• कौरव्याः (kauravyāḥ) - here referring to the Pāṇḍavas (the Kauravas (descendants of Kuru))

• वृताः (vṛtāḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, accompanied

• विप्रऋषभैः (vipraṛṣabhaiḥ) - by excellent Brahmins, by chief Brahmins

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• तत् (tat) - referring to the Kāmyaka forest/hermitage (that)

• वनम् (vanam) - the Kāmyaka forest/hermitage (forest, hermitage)

• भरतश्रेष्ठाः (bharataśreṣṭhāḥ) - O King Janamejaya (O best of Bhāratas)

• स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

• सुकृतिनः (sukṛtinaḥ) - virtuous ones, those who have performed good deeds

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

Words meanings and morphology

विविशुः (viviśuḥ) - they entered

(verb)

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

Root: viś (class 6)

ते (te) - the Pāṇḍavas (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: refers to the Pāṇḍavas

स्म (sma) - (particle indicating past tense)

(indeclinable)

कौरव्याः (kauravyāḥ) - here referring to the Pāṇḍavas (the Kauravas (descendants of Kuru))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kauravya

kauravya - descendant of Kuru

patronymic from Kuru

Note: refers to the Pāṇḍavas

वृताः (vṛtāḥ) - surrounded, encompassed, accompanied

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vṛta

vṛta - covered, surrounded, chosen

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛ (to cover, encompass)

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: qualifies Kauravyāḥ

विप्रऋषभैः (vipraṛṣabhaiḥ) - by excellent Brahmins, by chief Brahmins

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vipraṛṣabha

vipraṛṣabha - chief of Brahmins, excellent Brahmin

compound of vipra (Brahmin) and ṛṣabha (bull, best, chief)

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipra+ṛṣabha)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vip (class 2)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: agent of vṛtāḥ

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

from tad (that), meaning 'at that time'

तत् (tat) - referring to the Kāmyaka forest/hermitage (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: qualifies vanam

वनम् (vanam) - the Kāmyaka forest/hermitage (forest, hermitage)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vana

vana - forest, wood, grove, hermitage

Note: object of viviśuḥ

भरतश्रेष्ठाः (bharataśreṣṭhāḥ) - O King Janamejaya (O best of Bhāratas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best of Bharatas

compound of Bharata (a clan/dynasty) and śreṣṭha (best)

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata (name of a king); belonging to the Bharata clan
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya

Note: addressee of the narrator Vaiśampāyana

स्वर्गम् (svargam) - heaven, celestial world

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga

svarga - heaven, paradise

Root: svarj (class 1)

Note: object of implied verb 'enter' for the comparison

सुकृतिनः (sukṛtinaḥ) - virtuous ones, those who have performed good deeds

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sukṛtin

sukṛtin - virtuous, righteous, one who has done good deeds

agent noun from su (good) + kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: subject of the comparison (those who enter heaven)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

Note: introduces a comparison