महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-4, chapter-66, verse-10

उषिताः स्म महाराज सुखं तव निवेशने ।
अज्ञातवासमुषिता गर्भवास इव प्रजाः ॥१०॥

10. uṣitāḥ sma mahārāja sukhaṁ tava niveśane ,
ajñātavāsamuṣitā garbhavāsa iva prajāḥ.

10. uṣitāḥ sma mahārāja sukham tava niveśane
ajñātavāsam uṣitāḥ garbhavāsaḥ iva prajāḥ

10. O great king, we have resided comfortably in your dwelling, spending our period of incognito exile like beings residing within a womb.

Words meanings summery:

• उषिताः (uṣitāḥ) - dwelled, resided

• स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used to form past tense with present forms or participles)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Virata (O great king)

• सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, easily

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• निवेशने (niveśane) - in your palace/residence (in the dwelling, in the house)

• अज्ञातवासम् (ajñātavāsam) - the period of living in disguise (incognito residence, dwelling in concealment)

• उषिताः (uṣitāḥ) - having dwelled, resided

• गर्भवासः (garbhavāsaḥ) - dwelling in the womb, foetal existence

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, subjects, offspring, people

Words meanings and morphology

उषिताः (uṣitāḥ) - dwelled, resided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uṣita

uṣita - dwelled, resided, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root VAS (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively, implying 'we'.

स्म (sma) - indeed, certainly (used to form past tense with present forms or participles)

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O King Virata (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+rājan)

• mahat – great, large
  adjective
• rājan – king
  noun (masculine)

सुखम् (sukham) - happily, comfortably, easily

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage.

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

निवेशने (niveśane) - in your palace/residence (in the dwelling, in the house)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of niveśana

niveśana - dwelling, house, abode, encampment

Derived from prefix NI + root VIŚ (to enter)

Prefix: ni

Root: viś (class 6)

अज्ञातवासम् (ajñātavāsam) - the period of living in disguise (incognito residence, dwelling in concealment)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ajñātavāsa

ajñātavāsa - dwelling in concealment, incognito residence

Compound type : bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa (a+jñāta+vāsa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• jñāta – known, understood
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root JÑĀ (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root VAS (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Object of the implied action of dwelling.

उषिताः (uṣitāḥ) - having dwelled, resided

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uṣita

uṣita - dwelled, resided, spent (time)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root VAS (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Predicative, agreeing with the implied subject (Pandavas).

गर्भवासः (garbhavāsaḥ) - dwelling in the womb, foetal existence

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garbhavāsa

garbhavāsa - dwelling in the womb, foetal state

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (garbha+vāsa)

• garbha – womb, embryo, fetus
  noun (masculine)
• vāsa – dwelling, abode, residence
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root VAS (to dwell)
  Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Part of a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

प्रजाः (prajāḥ) - creatures, subjects, offspring, people

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of prajā

prajā - creatures, subjects, progeny, offspring, people

Derived from prefix PRA + root JAN (to be born)

Prefix: pra

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Used as the object of comparison in the simile.