महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-12, verse-2

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
एवं ते न्यवसंस्तत्र प्रच्छन्नाः कुरुनन्दनाः ।
आराधयन्तो राजानं यदकुर्वन्त तच्छृणु ॥२॥

2. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
evaṁ te nyavasaṁstatra pracchannāḥ kurunandanāḥ ,
ārādhayanto rājānaṁ yadakurvanta tacchṛṇu.

2. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca evaṃ te nyavasan tatra pracchannāḥ
kurunandanāḥ ārādhayantaḥ rājānaṃ yat akurvanta tat śṛṇu

2. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Listen now to what those Kuru princes, living disguised there and propitiating the king, did thereafter.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवं (evaṁ) - thus, so, in this manner

• ते (te) - those Kuru princes (Pāṇḍavas) (they)

• न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they dwelt

• तत्र (tatra) - in the Matsya kingdom (there, in that place)

• प्रच्छन्नाः (pracchannāḥ) - hidden, disguised, concealed

• कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas (Kuru princes, sons of the Kurus)

• आराधयन्तः (ārādhayantaḥ) - propitiating, serving, honoring, worshipping

• राजानं (rājānaṁ) - King Virāṭa (the king)

• यत् (yat) - what (they did) (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

• अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

• तत् (tat) - that (which they did) (that, it)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of uvāca

Perfect Active

Root 'vac' (to speak), perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

एवं (evaṁ) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those Kuru princes (Pāṇḍavas) (they)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न्यवसन् (nyavasan) - they resided, they dwelt

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Root 'vas' (to dwell), imperfect tense, 3rd person plural, with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vas (class 1)

तत्र (tatra) - in the Matsya kingdom (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

प्रच्छन्नाः (pracchannāḥ) - hidden, disguised, concealed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pracchanna

pracchanna - covered, hidden, concealed, secret, disguised

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'chad' (to cover) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: chad (class 1)

कुरुनन्दनाः (kurunandanāḥ) - The Pāṇḍavas (Kuru princes, sons of the Kurus)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kurunandana

kurunandana - son of the Kuru race, Kuru prince, joy of the Kurus

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient country and dynasty; a warrior of that race
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, offspring, delighting, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

आराधयन्तः (ārādhayantaḥ) - propitiating, serving, honoring, worshipping

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ārādhayant

ārādhayant - propitiating, serving, honoring, pleasing

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'rādh' (to propitiate) with prefix 'ā'

Prefix: ā

Root: rādh (class 5)

Note: Agrees with kurunandanāḥ

राजानं (rājānaṁ) - King Virāṭa (the king)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

यत् (yat) - what (they did) (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

अकुर्वन्त (akurvanta) - they did, they made

(verb)

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

Imperfect Active

Root 'kṛ' (to do), imperfect tense, 3rd person plural

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (which they did) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative Active

Root 'śru' (to hear), imperative mood, 2nd person singular

Root: śru (class 5)