महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-194, verse-15

संजय उवाच ।
श्रुत्वा भीष्मस्य तद्वाक्यं राजा दुर्योधनस्तदा ।
पर्यपृच्छत राजेन्द्र द्रोणमङ्गिरसां वरम् ॥१५॥

15. saṁjaya uvāca ,
śrutvā bhīṣmasya tadvākyaṁ rājā duryodhanastadā ,
paryapṛcchata rājendra droṇamaṅgirasāṁ varam.

15. saṃjayaḥ uvāca | śrutvā bhīṣmasya tat vākyam rājā duryodhanaḥ
tadā | paryapṛcchat rājendra droṇam aṅgirasām varam

15. saṃjayaḥ uvāca: rājendra,
tadā rājā duryodhanaḥ bhīṣmasya tat vākyam śrutvā,
aṅgirasām varam droṇam paryapṛcchat.

15. Saṃjaya said: O king, at that time, King Duryodhana, having heard those words of Bhīṣma, questioned Droṇa, the best among the Aṅgirases.

Words meanings summery:

• संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

• भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

• तत् (tat) - that

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech

• राजा (rājā) - king, sovereign

• दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he questioned, he interrogated, he asked closely

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O chief of kings, O king

• द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona

• अङ्गिरसाम् (aṅgirasām) - of the Aṅgirases, of the descendants of Aṅgiras

• वरम् (varam) - best, excellent, pre-eminent

Words meanings and morphology

संजयः (saṁjayaḥ) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sanjaya (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard, after hearing

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Formed by adding -tvā suffix to the root.

Root: śru (class 5)

भीष्मस्य (bhīṣmasya) - of Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (proper name), terrible, formidable

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that

Note: Modifies 'vākyam'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - word, statement, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, statement, speech, sentence

Derived from 'vāc' (speech).

राजा (rājā) - king, sovereign

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

दुर्योधनः (duryodhanaḥ) - Duryodhana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of duryodhana

duryodhana - Duryodhana (proper name, son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

पर्यपृच्छत् (paryapṛcchat) - he questioned, he interrogated, he asked closely

(verb)

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

Prefixes: pari+pra

Root: prach (class 6)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O chief of kings, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - chief of kings, excellent king, great king

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)
• indra – chief, lord, Indra (god)
  noun (masculine)

Note: Sanjaya addresses Dhṛtarāṣṭra.

द्रोणम् (droṇam) - Drona

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (proper name, the guru of the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas)

अङ्गिरसाम् (aṅgirasām) - of the Aṅgirases, of the descendants of Aṅgiras

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of aṅgiras

aṅgiras - Aṅgiras (name of an ancient sage, progenitor of a priestly lineage), a descendant of Aṅgiras

वरम् (varam) - best, excellent, pre-eminent

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest, boon

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Modifies 'droṇam'.