महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-46, verse-16

अभिवादयन्ति वृद्धांश्च वयस्यांश्च वयस्यवत् ।
यूनश्चाभ्यवदन्पार्थाः प्रतिपूज्य यथावयः ॥१६॥

16. abhivādayanti vṛddhāṁśca vayasyāṁśca vayasyavat ,
yūnaścābhyavadanpārthāḥ pratipūjya yathāvayaḥ.

16. abhivādayanti vṛddhān ca vayasyān ca vayasyavat
yūnaḥ ca abhyavadan pārthāḥ pratipūjya yathāvayaḥ

16. The Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pṛthā) salute the elders and greet their peers like friends. They also address the young ones after honoring them appropriately according to their age.

Words meanings summery:

• अभिवादयन्ति (abhivādayanti) - they salute, they greet respectfully

• वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old ones

• च (ca) - and

• वयस्यान् (vayasyān) - peers, friends of the same age

• च (ca) - and

• वयस्यवत् (vayasyavat) - like peers, like friends

• यूनः (yūnaḥ) - young ones, youths

• च (ca) - and

• अभ्यवदन् (abhyavadan) - they addressed, they spoke to

• पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)

• प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored, having worshipped, having respected

• यथावयः (yathāvayaḥ) - according to age

Words meanings and morphology

अभिवादयन्ति (abhivādayanti) - they salute, they greet respectfully

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of abhivāday

Causative of root 'vad' with prefix 'abhi'.

Prefix: abhi

Root: vad (class 1)

वृद्धान् (vṛddhān) - elders, old ones

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vṛddha

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, augmented; an elder

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛdh' (to grow).

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वयस्यान् (vayasyān) - peers, friends of the same age

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vayasya

vayasya - peer, friend, contemporary

Derived from 'vayas' (age).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

वयस्यवत् (vayasyavat) - like peers, like friends

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'vayas' (age) + '-vat' suffix (like, as if).

यूनः (yūnaḥ) - young ones, youths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yuvan

yuvan - young, youth, young man

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अभ्यवदन् (abhyavadan) - they addressed, they spoke to

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of abhyavadan

Prefixes: abhi+ava

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Imperfect 3rd plural active of 'vad' with prefixes 'abhi' and 'ava'.

पार्थाः (pārthāḥ) - sons of Pṛthā (Pāṇḍavas)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pārtha

pārtha - son of Pṛthā (Kuntī), an epithet for Arjuna and other Pāṇḍavas

Derived from Pṛthā (Kuntī).

प्रतिपूज्य (pratipūjya) - having honored, having worshipped, having respected

(indeclinable)

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed from prefix 'prati' and root 'pūj' with the lYAP suffix.

Prefix: prati

Root: pūj (class 10)

यथावयः (yathāvayaḥ) - according to age

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound of 'yathā' and 'vayas'.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vayas)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• vayas – age, period of life, youth
  noun (neuter)