महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-284, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
यत्तत्तदा महाब्रह्मँल्लोमशो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
इन्द्रस्य वचनादेत्य पाण्डुपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
yattattadā mahābrahmaँllomaśo vākyamabravīt ,
indrasya vacanādetya pāṇḍuputraṁ yudhiṣṭhiram.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca yat tat tadā mahābrahman lomaśaḥ vākyam
abravīt indrasya vacanāt etya pāṇḍuputram yudhiṣṭhiram

1. Janamejaya said: O great Brahmin, what words did Lomasha then speak, having come by the command of Indra, to Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Pandu?

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king, the listener of the Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (neuter))

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to the words) (that, it (neuter))

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great Brahmin

• लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomasha (name of a sage)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, told)

• इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra

• वचनात् (vacanāt) - by the command (from the word, from the command, by saying)

• एत्य (etya) - having come, approaching

• पाण्डुपुत्रम् (pāṇḍuputram) - the son of Pandu

• युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king, the listener of the Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya, a celebrated king, son of Parikshit, and listener of the Mahabharata

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Third person singular perfect active of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Functions as object of 'abravīt'.

तत् (tat) - that (referring to the words) (that, it (neuter))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Coreferential with `yat` and `vākyam`.

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

From `tad` + `dā` suffix.

महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābrahman

mahābrahman - great Brahmin; a great knower of brahman

Vocative form of a bahuvrīhi compound: mahā (great) + brahman (brahmin).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+brahman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• brahman – Brahmin, priest; the Absolute (brahman)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Janamejaya addresses Vaiśampāyana.

लोमशः (lomaśaḥ) - Lomasha (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lomaśa

lomaśa - Lomasha, a sage who visited the Pandavas in the forest

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (word, speech, sentence, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

Derived from root vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, told)

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Third person singular imperfect active of root brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

इन्द्रस्य (indrasya) - of Indra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (name of a prominent Vedic deity, king of the gods)

Note: Modifies 'vacanāt'.

वचनात् (vacanāt) - by the command (from the word, from the command, by saying)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speech, word, saying, command

Derived from root vac 'to speak'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Functions as "by the command of".

एत्य (etya) - having come, approaching

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from prefix `ā-` and root `i` with suffix `-tya`. `ā + i` becomes `e`.

Prefix: ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Absolutive modifying Lomasha.

पाण्डुपुत्रम् (pāṇḍuputram) - the son of Pandu

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍuputra

pāṇḍuputra - son of Pandu

Tatpurusha compound: pāṇḍu (Pandu) + putra (son).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pāṇḍu+putra)

• pāṇḍu – Pandu (proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• putra – son
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of `etya` (implied goal of motion).

युधिष्ठिरम् (yudhiṣṭhiram) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest of the Pandavas, firm in battle

Compound: yudhi (in battle) + sthira (firm).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle, in war
  noun (feminine)
  Locative singular of yudh (battle).
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable, constant
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Appositive to `pāṇḍuputram`.