महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-33, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
द्वाःस्थं प्राह महाप्राज्ञो धृतराष्ट्रो महीपतिः ।
विदुरं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि तमिहानय माचिरम् ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
dvāḥsthaṁ prāha mahāprājño dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ ,
viduraṁ draṣṭumicchāmi tamihānaya māciram.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca dvāḥstham prāha mahāprājñaḥ dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
mahīpatiḥ viduram draṣṭum icchāmi tam iha ānaya mā ciram

1. Vaiśampāyana said: The highly sagacious King Dhritarashtra told the doorkeeper, 'I wish to see Vidura. Bring him here immediately; do not delay.'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• द्वाःस्थम् (dvāḥstham) - to the doorkeeper

• प्राह (prāha) - said, spoke

• महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the very wise, the highly sagacious

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

• महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king, lord of the earth

• विदुरम् (viduram) - Vidura

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to behold

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• आनय (ānaya) - bring, lead hither

• मा (mā) - do not

• चिरम् (ciram) - delay (for a long time, long)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, a narrator of the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

द्वाःस्थम् (dvāḥstham) - to the doorkeeper

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dvāḥstha

dvāḥstha - doorkeeper, gatekeeper

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (dvār+stha)

• dvār – door, gate
  noun (feminine)
• stha – standing, staying, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'sthā' (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

प्राह (prāha) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of prāha

Perfect form of 'pra-ah' (from 'brū' to speak)

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

महाप्राज्ञः (mahāprājñaḥ) - the very wise, the highly sagacious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāprājña

mahāprājña - very wise, highly intelligent, greatly sagacious

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+prājña)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• prājña – wise, intelligent, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from the root 'jñā' (to know) with prefix 'pra'
  Prefix: pra
  Root: jñā (class 9)

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - Dhritarashtra

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (name of the blind king of Hastinapura)

महीपतिः (mahīpatiḥ) - the king, lord of the earth

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king, ruler

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)

विदुरम् (viduram) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (name of a wise minister and half-brother of Dhritarashtra)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to behold

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form derived from the root 'dṛś'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

आनय (ānaya) - bring, lead hither

(verb)

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

Prefix: ā

Root: nī (class 1)

मा (mā) - do not

(indeclinable)

चिरम् (ciram) - delay (for a long time, long)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cira

cira - long (time), ancient, old

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'for a long time' or 'delay'.