महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-250, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अथाब्रवीद्द्रौपदी राजपुत्री पृष्टा शिबीनां प्रवरेण तेन ।
अवेक्ष्य मन्दं प्रविमुच्य शाखां संगृह्णती कौशिकमुत्तरीयम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
athābravīddraupadī rājaputrī; pṛṣṭā śibīnāṁ pravareṇa tena ,
avekṣya mandaṁ pravimucya śākhāṁ; saṁgṛhṇatī kauśikamuttarīyam.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca | atha abravīt
draupadī rājaputrī pṛṣṭā śibīnām
pravaraṇa tena | avekṣya mandam pravimucya
śākhām saṃgṛhṇatī kauśikam uttariyam

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Then Princess Draupadī spoke, having been questioned by that chief of the Śibis. She looked around slowly, released the branch she was holding, and gathered her silk upper garment.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she spoke, said

• द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī

• राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - princess (daughter of a king)

• पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - questioned, asked

• शिबीनाम् (śibīnām) - of the Śibis

• प्रवरण (pravaraṇa) - by the chief, by the foremost

• तेन (tena) - by that (one)

• अवेक्ष्य (avekṣya) - having looked around, having perceived

• मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

• प्रविमुच्य (pravimucya) - having released, having let go

• शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

• संगृह्णती (saṁgṛhṇatī) - gathering, holding

• कौशिकम् (kauśikam) - silken (garment)

• उत्तरियम् (uttariyam) - upper garment

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

अथ (atha) - then, now, moreover

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he/she spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, with augment 'a-'.

Root: brū (class 2)

द्रौपदी (draupadī) - Draupadī

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of draupadī

draupadī - Name of the daughter of Drupada, wife of the Pāṇḍavas

राजपुत्री (rājaputrī) - princess (daughter of a king)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rājaputrī

rājaputrī - daughter of a king, princess

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+putrī)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

पृष्टा (pṛṣṭā) - questioned, asked

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - questioned, asked

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'prach' (to ask, question) with suffix '-ta'.

Root: prach (class 6)

शिबीनाम् (śibīnām) - of the Śibis

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of śibi

śibi - Name of an ancient tribe or people, or their king

प्रवरण (pravaraṇa) - by the chief, by the foremost

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of pravara

pravara - excellent, chief, foremost, best

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to the chief of the Śibis.

तेन (tena) - by that (one)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

अवेक्ष्य (avekṣya) - having looked around, having perceived

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root 'īkṣ' (to see) with prefix 'ava' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefix: ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मन्दम् (mandam) - slowly, gently

(indeclinable)

प्रविमुच्य (pravimucya) - having released, having let go

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

Derived from root 'muc' (to release) with prefixes 'pra' and 'vi' and suffix '-ya'.

Prefixes: pra+vi

Root: muc (class 6)

शाखाम् (śākhām) - branch

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śākhā

śākhā - branch, bough

Note: Object of 'pravimucya'.

संगृह्णती (saṁgṛhṇatī) - gathering, holding

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of saṃgṛhṇat

saṁgṛhṇat - gathering, holding, collecting

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'grah' (to seize, take) with prefix 'saṃ' and present participle suffix '-at'.

Prefix: sam

Root: grah (class 9)

कौशिकम् (kauśikam) - silken (garment)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kauśika

kauśika - silken, made of silk; relating to Viśvāmitra (Kausika)

उत्तरियम् (uttariyam) - upper garment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttarīya

uttarīya - upper garment, shawl

Note: Object of 'saṃgṛhṇatī'.