महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-282, verse-20

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
एवमाश्वासितस्तैस्तु सत्यवाग्भिस्तपस्विभिः ।
तांस्तान्विगणयन्नर्थानवस्थित इवाभवत् ॥२०॥

20. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
evamāśvāsitastaistu satyavāgbhistapasvibhiḥ ,
tāṁstānvigaṇayannarthānavasthita ivābhavat.

20. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca evam āśvāsitaḥ taiḥ tu satyavāgbhiḥ
tapasvibhiḥ tān tān vigaṇayan arthān avasthitaḥ iva abhavat

20. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Thus comforted by those truth-speaking ascetics (tapasvin), he (the king Dyumatsena) became as if composed, contemplating those (auspicious) matters."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - the sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• आश्वासितः (āśvāsitaḥ) - comforted, consoled, reassured

• तैः (taiḥ) - by the sages Māṇḍavya and Dhaumya (by them)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

• सत्यवाग्भिः (satyavāgbhiḥ) - by those whose words are true, by truth-speakers

• तपस्विभिः (tapasvibhiḥ) - by the sages (Māṇḍavya and Dhaumya) who practiced (tapas) (by ascetics, by those practicing penance (tapas))

• तान् (tān) - those very (repeated for emphasis) (those)

• तान् (tān) - those very (repeated for emphasis) (those)

• विगणयन् (vigaṇayan) - considering, pondering, counting, discerning

• अर्थान् (arthān) - the auspicious predictions and assurances (matters, meanings, objects, purposes)

• अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - composed, steady, firm, situated

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• अभवत् (abhavat) - the king Dyumatsena became (he became, he was)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - the sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - a proper name, particularly of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (Lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आश्वासितः (āśvāsitaḥ) - comforted, consoled, reassured

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āśvāsita

āśvāsita - comforted, consoled, reassured, encouraged

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śvas' (to breathe) with prefix 'ā', meaning to assure or console.

Prefix: ā

Root: śvas (class 2)

Note: Modifies the implied subject of 'abhavat', i.e., the king Dyumatsena.

तैः (taiḥ) - by the sages Māṇḍavya and Dhaumya (by them)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

तु (tu) - but, indeed, yet

(indeclinable)

सत्यवाग्भिः (satyavāgbhiḥ) - by those whose words are true, by truth-speakers

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of satyavāc

satyavāc - truth-speaking, truthful in speech

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+vāc)

• satya – truth, true, real, sincere
  noun (neuter)
• vāc – speech, word, voice
  noun (feminine)

Note: Modifies 'tapasvibhiḥ'.

तपस्विभिः (tapasvibhiḥ) - by the sages (Māṇḍavya and Dhaumya) who practiced (tapas) (by ascetics, by those practicing penance (tapas))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, one practicing penance (tapas)

Suffix -vin indicates possession of 'tapas'.

तान् (tān) - those very (repeated for emphasis) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'arthān'.

तान् (tān) - those very (repeated for emphasis) (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'arthān'.

विगणयन् (vigaṇayan) - considering, pondering, counting, discerning

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vigaṇayat

vigaṇayat - considering, reflecting, counting, distinguishing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gaṇ' (to count, consider) with prefix 'vi'

Prefix: vi

Root: gaṇ (class 10)

Note: Functions as a present active participle, modifying the implied subject of 'abhavat'.

अर्थान् (arthān) - the auspicious predictions and assurances (matters, meanings, objects, purposes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, matter, thing, wealth

Note: Object of 'vigaṇayan'.

अवस्थितः (avasthitaḥ) - composed, steady, firm, situated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avasthita

avasthita - situated, placed, fixed, steady, composed, firm

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'sthā' (to stand) with prefix 'ava'

Prefix: ava

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Modifies the implied subject of 'abhavat'.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - the king Dyumatsena became (he became, he was)

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense (Laṅ)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject is implied, referring to the king (Dyumatsena) in context.