महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-80, verse-7

अथ धर्मसुतो राजा प्रणम्य भ्रातृभिः सह ।
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं नारदं देवसंमितम् ॥७॥

7. atha dharmasuto rājā praṇamya bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ,
uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṁ nāradaṁ devasaṁmitam.

7. atha dharmasutaḥ rājā praṇamya bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
| uvāca prāñjaliḥ vākyam nāradam devasaṃmitam

7. Then King Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma (dharma), having bowed down together with his brothers, spoke to Narada, who was revered as a god, with folded hands.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - Indicates sequence of events. (then, now, thereupon)

• धर्मसुतः (dharmasutaḥ) - Yudhishthira. (the son of Dharma (dharma))

• राजा (rājā) - Yudhishthira. (the king)

• प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - Yudhishthira bowing to Narada. (having bowed down, having saluted)

• भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - With Yudhishthira's brothers (Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva). (with brothers)

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira spoke. (he said, he spoke)

• प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - Yudhishthira addressing Narada respectfully. (with folded hands)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - The words spoken by Yudhishthira. (word, speech, sentence)

• नारदम् (nāradam) - The divine sage Narada, the recipient of Yudhishthira's words. (to Narada)

• देवसंमितम् (devasaṁmitam) - Modifies Narada, highlighting his divine status. (equal to a god, comparable to a deity)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - Indicates sequence of events. (then, now, thereupon)

(indeclinable)

धर्मसुतः (dharmasutaḥ) - Yudhishthira. (the son of Dharma (dharma))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmasuta

dharmasuta - son of Dharma (dharma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+suta)

• dharma – righteousness, duty, natural law, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• suta – son, born
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'sū' (to give birth).
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

राजा (rājā) - Yudhishthira. (the king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Appositive to 'dharmasutaḥ'.

प्रणम्य (praṇamya) - Yudhishthira bowing to Narada. (having bowed down, having saluted)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed with 'lyap' suffix ('-ya' after prefix 'pra'). Root 'nam' (to bow).

Prefix: pra

Root: nam (class 1)

भ्रातृभिः (bhrātṛbhiḥ) - With Yudhishthira's brothers (Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva). (with brothers)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Used with 'saha'.

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

उवाच (uvāca) - Yudhishthira spoke. (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Strong form of the root 'vac' in the perfect tense.

Root: vac (class 2)

प्राञ्जलिः (prāñjaliḥ) - Yudhishthira addressing Narada respectfully. (with folded hands)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prāñjali

prāñjali - with folded hands (in reverence)

'pra' + 'añjali' (cupped hands).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (pra+añjali)

• pra – forth, forward, before
  indeclinable
• añjali – the hollow of the hands, a respectful salutation with folded hands
  noun (masculine)
  Root: añj (class 7)

Note: Modifies 'dharmasutaḥ' / 'rājā'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - The words spoken by Yudhishthira. (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, utterance

Gerundive

From root 'vac' (to speak) + suffix 'ṇya'.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Direct object of 'uvāca'.

नारदम् (nāradam) - The divine sage Narada, the recipient of Yudhishthira's words. (to Narada)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada (name of a divine sage)

Note: Object of 'uvāca', implies a dative sense (to Narada).

देवसंमितम् (devasaṁmitam) - Modifies Narada, highlighting his divine status. (equal to a god, comparable to a deity)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of devasaṃmita

devasaṁmita - equal to a god, resembling a deity

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+saṃmita)

• deva – god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• saṃmita – measured, compared, equal to, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From 'sam' + root 'mā' (to measure).
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'nāradam'.