महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-259, verse-3

स राजराजो लङ्कायां निवसन्नरवाहनः ।
राक्षसीः प्रददौ तिस्रः पितुर्वै परिचारिकाः ॥३॥

3. sa rājarājo laṅkāyāṁ nivasannaravāhanaḥ ,
rākṣasīḥ pradadau tisraḥ piturvai paricārikāḥ.

3. sa rāja-rājaḥ laṅkāyām nivasat nara-vāhanaḥ
rākṣasīḥ pradadāu tisraḥ pituḥ vai paricārikāḥ

3. That king of kings (Kubera), Naravāhana, dwelling in Laṅkā, indeed gave three Rākṣasa women as attendants to his father.

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - he (referring to Kubera) (he, that)

• राज-राजः (rāja-rājaḥ) - Kubera, who is called king of kings (king of kings)

• लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Laṅkā

• निवसत् (nivasat) - dwelling, residing

• नर-वाहनः (nara-vāhanaḥ) - Epithet of Kubera, whose vehicle is often depicted as men. (having men as a vehicle, one whose vehicle is men)

• राक्षसीः (rākṣasīḥ) - Rākṣasa women, female demons

• प्रददाउ (pradadāu) - he gave, offered

• तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

• पितुः (pituḥ) - to his father (Viśravā) (to the father, for the father)

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

• परिचारिकाः (paricārikāḥ) - female attendants, maidservants

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - he (referring to Kubera) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राज-राजः (rāja-rājaḥ) - Kubera, who is called king of kings (king of kings)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāja-rāja

rāja-rāja - king of kings, sovereign

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+rājan)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Kubera).

लङ्कायाम् (laṅkāyām) - in Laṅkā

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of laṅkā

laṅkā - Laṅkā (the name of the capital of Rāvaṇa, originally Kubera's)

Note: Indicates location.

निवसत् (nivasat) - dwelling, residing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nivasat

vas - to dwell, live, reside

Present Active Participle

From root vas (to dwell), with prefix ni. Present participle (śatṛ), masculine nominative singular.

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Kubera).

नर-वाहनः (nara-vāhanaḥ) - Epithet of Kubera, whose vehicle is often depicted as men. (having men as a vehicle, one whose vehicle is men)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara-vāhana

nara-vāhana - having men as a vehicle, riding on men; an epithet of Kubera

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nara+vāhana)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• vāhana – vehicle, conveyance, mount
  noun (neuter)
  from root vah (to carry)
  Root: vah (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'sa' (Kubera).

राक्षसीः (rākṣasīḥ) - Rākṣasa women, female demons

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - a female Rākṣasa, ogress

Feminine form of 'rākṣasa'.

Note: Object of 'pradadāu'.

प्रददाउ (pradadāu) - he gave, offered

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice

From root dā (to give), with prefix pra. Perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular, active voice. Reduplicated form.

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Subject is 'sa' (Kubera).

तिस्रः (tisraḥ) - three

(numeral)

Note: Qualifies 'rākṣasīḥ' and 'paricārikāḥ'.

पितुः (pituḥ) - to his father (Viśravā) (to the father, for the father)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

r-stem noun.

Note: Formally genitive, functionally dative for 'to the father'.

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, verily

(indeclinable)

An enclitic particle emphasizing the preceding word or clause.

परिचारिकाः (paricārikāḥ) - female attendants, maidservants

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of paricārikā

paricārikā - female attendant, maidservant

from pari-car (to attend, serve) + ṇvul (kā).

Prefix: pari

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Object of 'pradadāu'.