महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-298, verse-15

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
वर्षाणि द्वादशारण्ये त्रयोदशमुपस्थितम् ।
तत्र नो नाभिजानीयुर्वसतो मनुजाः क्वचित् ॥१५॥

15. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
varṣāṇi dvādaśāraṇye trayodaśamupasthitam ,
tatra no nābhijānīyurvasato manujāḥ kvacit.

15. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca varṣāṇi dvādaśa araṇye trayodaśam
upasthitam tatra naḥ na abhijānīyuḥ vasataḥ manujāḥ kvacit

15. Yudhiṣṭhira said: "Having completed twelve years in the forest, the thirteenth year has now arrived. While we reside there, no people should recognize us anywhere."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

• अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

• त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - the thirteenth

• उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - arrived, present, standing by

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• नः (naḥ) - us

• न (na) - not, no

• अभिजानीयुः (abhijānīyuḥ) - they should recognize, they should know

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - while we are dwelling (dwelling, residing)

• मनुजाः (manujāḥ) - people, human beings

• क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, by chance

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Firm in battle; Name of the eldest Pāṇḍava

Compound type : aluk-tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudh – battle, war
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh
• sthira – firm, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From √sthā
  Root: sthā

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

Irregular perfect of √vac, 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, monsoon

From √vṛṣ (to rain)

Root: vṛṣ

Note: Duration of time, hence accusative.

द्वादश (dvādaśa) - twelve

(numeral)

Note: Adjective for varṣāṇi.

अरण्ये (araṇye) - in the forest, in the wilderness

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of araṇya

araṇya - forest, wilderness

त्रयोदशम् (trayodaśam) - the thirteenth

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of trayodaśa

trayodaśa - thirteenth

Ordinal numeral from traya (three) + daśa (ten)

Note: Refers to an implied varṣam (year), hence accusative singular neuter.

उपस्थितम् (upasthitam) - arrived, present, standing by

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of upasthita

upasthita - arrived, present, standing near

past passive participle

Past passive participle of upa-sthā

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle, acting as an adjective.

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

tad + tra suffix

नः (naḥ) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us

Note: Object of abhijānīyuḥ.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अभिजानीयुः (abhijānīyuḥ) - they should recognize, they should know

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of abhi-jñā

optative active

3rd person plural optative active of √jñā with upasarga abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: jñā (class 9)

वसतः (vasataḥ) - while we are dwelling (dwelling, residing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasat

vasat - dwelling, residing

present active participle

Present active participle of √vas (to dwell), genitive singular

Root: vas (class 1)

मनुजाः (manujāḥ) - people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of manu-ja

manu-ja - human, born from Manu

Formed from manu (Manu) and √jan (to be born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manu+ja)

• manu – Manu, man
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced
  adjective (masculine)
  From √jan
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of abhijānīyuḥ.

क्वचित् (kvacit) - anywhere, somewhere, by chance

(indeclinable)

kva + cit