महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-295, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
एवं हृतायां कृष्णायां प्राप्य क्लेशमनुत्तमम् ।
प्रतिलभ्य ततः कृष्णां किमकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
evaṁ hṛtāyāṁ kṛṣṇāyāṁ prāpya kleśamanuttamam ,
pratilabhya tataḥ kṛṣṇāṁ kimakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ.

1. janamejaya uvāca | evam hṛtāyām kṛṣṇāyām prāpya kleśam
anuttamam | pratilabhya tataḥ kṛṣṇām kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

1. Janamejaya asked: "After Krishna (kṛṣṇā) had been thus abducted and they had experienced unsurpassed distress, what did the Pāṇḍavas do once they had regained Krishna (kṛṣṇā)?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

• हृतायाम् (hṛtāyām) - having been abducted, stolen

• कृष्णायाम् (kṛṣṇāyām) - referring to Draupadi (Krishna (Draupadi))

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having experienced

• क्लेशम् (kleśam) - distress, suffering, pain

• अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, unequalled, best

• प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, recovered, obtained

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

• कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - referring to Draupadi (Krishna (Draupadi))

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king of the Kuru dynasty, recipient of the Mahābhārata narration)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

हृतायाम् (hṛtāyām) - having been abducted, stolen

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of hṛta

hṛta - taken, carried off, stolen, abducted

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root hṛ (to take, carry, steal)

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

कृष्णायाम् (kṛṣṇāyām) - referring to Draupadi (Krishna (Draupadi))

(proper noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - Draupadi (wife of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Used in locative absolute construction

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, having reached, having experienced

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root āp with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

क्लेशम् (kleśam) - distress, suffering, pain

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - affliction, suffering, pain, distress

Root: kliś

अनुत्तमम् (anuttamam) - unsurpassed, unequalled, best

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unsurpassed, unequalled, supreme, best

Nañ-Tatpuruṣa compound: an (not) + uttama (best, highest)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (an+uttama)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
• uttama – highest, best, principal
  adjective (masculine)

प्रतिलभ्य (pratilabhya) - having regained, recovered, obtained

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root labh with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: labh (class 1)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

कृष्णाम् (kṛṣṇām) - referring to Draupadi (Krishna (Draupadi))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛṣṇā

kṛṣṇā - Draupadi (wife of the Pāṇḍavas)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what? who? which? (interrogative pronoun/adverb)

अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu (referring to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva)