महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-79, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
भगवन्काम्यकात्पार्थे गते मे प्रपितामहे ।
पाण्डवाः किमकुर्वन्त तमृते सव्यसाचिनम् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
bhagavankāmyakātpārthe gate me prapitāmahe ,
pāṇḍavāḥ kimakurvanta tamṛte savyasācinam.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca bhagavan kāmyakāt pārthe gate me
prapitāmahe pāṇḍavāḥ kim akurvanta tam ṛte savyasācinam

1. Janamejaya said: "O venerable one (bhagavan), after my great-grandfather Pārtha (Arjuna), the ambidextrous warrior (savyasācin), had departed from the Kāmyaka forest, what did the Pāṇḍavas do without him?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O Lord, O divine one)

• काम्यकात् (kāmyakāt) - from the Kāmyaka forest (from Kāmyaka (forest))

• पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, when Pārtha)

• गते (gate) - having departed (gone, departed, having gone)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• प्रपितामहे (prapitāmahe) - (when) my great-grandfather (Arjuna) (in the great-grandfather, when the great-grandfather)

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

• किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

• अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

• तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

• सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Arjuna, the ambidextrous warrior (ambidextrous, Savyasācin (name for Arjuna))

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king, descendant of the Pāṇḍavas)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect, parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O Lord, O divine one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, glorious, divine, fortunate

Mat-suffix derivative from bhaga

काम्यकात् (kāmyakāt) - from the Kāmyaka forest (from Kāmyaka (forest))

(proper noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāmyaka

kāmyaka - Kāmyaka (name of a forest)

Note: Source of departure

पार्थे (pārthe) - when Pārtha (Arjuna) (in Pārtha, when Pārtha)

(proper noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā, Arjuna

Derivative of Pṛthā

Note: Part of locative absolute construction

गते (gate) - having departed (gone, departed, having gone)

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, arrived

Past Passive Participle

From root gam with suffix -ta

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction with pārthe and prapitāmahe

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Possessive

प्रपितामहे (prapitāmahe) - (when) my great-grandfather (Arjuna) (in the great-grandfather, when the great-grandfather)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of prapitāmaha

prapitāmaha - great-grandfather

Compound type : tatpurusha (pra+pitāmaha)

• pra – fore, before, greatly
  indeclinable
• pitāmaha – grandfather
  noun (masculine)

Note: Part of locative absolute construction, referring to Arjuna as Janamejaya's great-grandfather.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, a Pāṇḍava

Derived from Pāṇḍu

Note: Subject of 'akurvanta'

किम् (kim) - what? (what? why?)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Interrogative particle

अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect, ātmanepada, 3rd plural

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: From √kṛ (class 8, ātmanepada)

तम् (tam) - him (Arjuna) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Object of ṛte

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for

(indeclinable)

Note: Governs accusative 'tam savyasācinam'

सव्यसाचिनम् (savyasācinam) - Arjuna, the ambidextrous warrior (ambidextrous, Savyasācin (name for Arjuna))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of savyasācin

savyasācin - ambidextrous, Savyasācin (Arjuna)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (savya+sācin)

• savya – left, left-handed
  adjective (masculine)
• sācin – shooting, drawing (bow)
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from root sañj (to attach/cast), but contextually related to archery action.
  Root: sac (class 1)

Note: Refers to Arjuna