महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-35, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
स तां दृष्ट्वा विशालाक्षीं राजपुत्रीं सखीं सखा ।
प्रहसन्नब्रवीद्राजन्कुत्रागमनमित्युत ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
sa tāṁ dṛṣṭvā viśālākṣīṁ rājaputrīṁ sakhīṁ sakhā ,
prahasannabravīdrājankutrāgamanamityuta.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca saḥ tām dṛṣṭvā viśālākhṣīm rājaputrīm
sakhīm sakhā prahasan abravīt rājan kutra āgamanam iti uta

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Seeing that wide-eyed princess, his friend, he (Arjuna) laughed and said, 'O King, what brings you here?'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that one)

• ताम् (tām) - princess Uttarā (her, that one (feminine))

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

• विशालाख्षीम् (viśālākhṣīm) - wide-eyed, having large eyes

• राजपुत्रीम् (rājaputrīm) - Uttarā, daughter of King Virāṭa (princess, daughter of a king)

• सखीम् (sakhīm) - princess Uttarā, who was a student and companion of Arjuna (in disguise) (female friend, companion)

• सखा (sakhā) - Arjuna, in his role as Bṛhannaḷā, the dance teacher and friend of Uttarā (friend, companion)

• प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

• राजन् (rājan) - O King Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration) (O king)

• कुत्र (kutra) - where, in which place, to what place

• आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming, visit

• इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so, in this manner)

• उत (uta) - emphasis (also, even, indeed, a particle of interrogation or emphasis)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - The narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, perfect tense, active voice

Root: vac (class 2)

सः (saḥ) - Arjuna (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

ताम् (tām) - princess Uttarā (her, that one (feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'dṛś' with suffix '-tvā'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

विशालाख्षीम् (viśālākhṣīm) - wide-eyed, having large eyes

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of viśālākhṣī

viśālākhṣī - wide-eyed, large-eyed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – large, broad, wide
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'tām' and 'rājaputrīm'

राजपुत्रीम् (rājaputrīm) - Uttarā, daughter of King Virāṭa (princess, daughter of a king)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rājaputrī

rājaputrī - princess, king's daughter

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājan+putrī)

• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)
• putrī – daughter
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with 'tām' and 'viśālākhṣīm'

सखीम् (sakhīm) - princess Uttarā, who was a student and companion of Arjuna (in disguise) (female friend, companion)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sakhī

sakhī - female friend, companion

Note: Agrees with 'tām'

सखा (sakhā) - Arjuna, in his role as Bṛhannaḷā, the dance teacher and friend of Uttarā (friend, companion)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

Note: In apposition to 'saḥ'

प्रहसन् (prahasan) - laughing, smiling

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prahasat

prahasat - laughing, smiling

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'has' (to laugh) with prefix 'pra'

Prefix: pra

Root: has (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Active

3rd person singular, imperfect, active voice

Root: brū (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O King Janamejaya (the listener of the Mahābhārata narration) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

कुत्र (kutra) - where, in which place, to what place

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb

आगमनम् (āgamanam) - arrival, coming, visit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āgamana

āgamana - arrival, coming, approach

Derived from root 'gam' with prefix 'ā'

verbal noun

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: The implied question is 'What is the purpose of your arrival?'

इति (iti) - marks the end of a quote (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उत (uta) - emphasis (also, even, indeed, a particle of interrogation or emphasis)

(indeclinable)