महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-101, verse-18

कण्व उवाच ।
मातलिस्त्वेकमव्यग्रः सततं संनिरीक्ष्य वै ।
पप्रच्छ नारदं तत्र प्रीतिमानिव चाभवत् ॥१८॥

18. kaṇva uvāca ,
mātalistvekamavyagraḥ satataṁ saṁnirīkṣya vai ,
papraccha nāradaṁ tatra prītimāniva cābhavat.

18. kaṇvaḥ uvāca mātaliḥ tu ekam avyagraḥ satatam saṃnirīkṣya
vai papraccha nāradam tatra prītimān iva ca abhavat

18. Kaṇva said: Mātali, intensely scrutinizing him (or them) one by one, constantly and without distraction, then asked Nārada there, and indeed became filled with affection, as it were.

Words meanings summery:

• कण्वः (kaṇvaḥ) - Kaṇva (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali (a proper name)

• तु (tu) - here, serves as an emphatic particle, 'indeed' (but, indeed, however)

• एकम् (ekam) - referring to the suitors, implies 'one by one' or 'him alone' (among them) (one, alone, singular)

• अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - undistracted, attentive

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always

• संनिरीक्ष्य (saṁnirīkṣya) - having thoroughly observed/scrutinized

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• पप्रच्च्छ (papracccha) - asked, inquired

• नारदम् (nāradam) - asked Nārada (Nārada (a proper name, accusative))

• तत्र (tatra) - at that location (there, in that place)

• प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - Mātali became filled with affection (filled with joy/affection, delightful)

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• च (ca) - and

• अभवत् (abhavat) - he became, he was

Words meanings and morphology

कण्वः (kaṇvaḥ) - Kaṇva (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṇva

kaṇva - name of an ancient sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - name of Indra's charioteer

तु (tu) - here, serves as an emphatic particle, 'indeed' (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

एकम् (ekam) - referring to the suitors, implies 'one by one' or 'him alone' (among them) (one, alone, singular)

(numeral)

Note: Modifying an implied object, or used adverbially.

अव्यग्रः (avyagraḥ) - undistracted, attentive

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avyagra

avyagra - not agitated, undistracted, attentive

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+vyagra)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• vyagra – agitated, distracted
  adjective
  Prefixes: vi+ā

Note: Agrees with Mātali.

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, always

(adverb)

संनिरीक्ष्य (saṁnirīkṣya) - having thoroughly observed/scrutinized

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

From root īkṣ (to see) with prefixes sam and nis

Prefixes: sam+nis

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

पप्रच्च्छ (papracccha) - asked, inquired

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of pracch

Root: pracch (class 6)

नारदम् (nāradam) - asked Nārada (Nārada (a proper name, accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - name of a divine sage, messenger of the gods

तत्र (tatra) - at that location (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

प्रीतिमान् (prītimān) - Mātali became filled with affection (filled with joy/affection, delightful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prītimat

prītimat - joyful, affectionate, delightful

Derived from prīti (joy, affection) with matup suffix

Note: Agrees with Mātali.

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अभवत् (abhavat) - he became, he was

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)