महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-59, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
संजयस्य वचः श्रुत्वा प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्नरेश्वरः ।
ततः संख्यातुमारेभे तद्वचो गुणदोषतः ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
saṁjayasya vacaḥ śrutvā prajñācakṣurnareśvaraḥ ,
tataḥ saṁkhyātumārebhe tadvaco guṇadoṣataḥ.

1. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca saṃjayasya vacaḥ śrutvā prajñācakṣuḥ
nareśvaraḥ tataḥ saṃkhyātum ārebhe tat vacaḥ guṇadoṣataḥ

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Having heard Sañjaya's words, the king, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who possessed the eye of wisdom, then began to assess their merits and demerits.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśampāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana)

• उवाच (uvāca) - (Vaiśampāyana) said (said, spoke)

• संजयस्य (saṁjayasya) - of Sañjaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and reporter (of Sañjaya)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - Sañjaya's message or report (word, speech)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - (the king) having heard (Sañjaya's words) (having heard)

• प्रज्ञाचक्षुः (prajñācakṣuḥ) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) possessing spiritual insight, though physically blind (having the eye of wisdom, discerning)

• नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (lord of men, king)

• ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after hearing Sañjaya's words (then, therefrom, afterwards)

• संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to assess, to weigh (to count, to reckon, to enumerate)

• आरेभे (ārebhe) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) began (began)

• तत् (tat) - Sañjaya's (that)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - Sañjaya's message (word, speech)

• गुणदोषतः (guṇadoṣataḥ) - based on the good and bad aspects of the situation described (according to merits and demerits)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - The sage Vaiśampāyana, narrator of the Mahābhārata (Vaiśampāyana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - (Vaiśampāyana) said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

root vac, perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

संजयस्य (saṁjayasya) - of Sañjaya, Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer and reporter (of Sañjaya)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of saṃjaya

saṁjaya - Sañjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer); victory; victorious

वचः (vacaḥ) - Sañjaya's message or report (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, report

Root: vac

Note: Can also be nominative singular, but accusative fits context better (object of śrutvā).

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - (the king) having heard (Sañjaya's words) (having heard)

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root śru, suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

प्रज्ञाचक्षुः (prajñācakṣuḥ) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) possessing spiritual insight, though physically blind (having the eye of wisdom, discerning)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajñācakṣus

prajñācakṣus - having wisdom as eyes, endowed with spiritual insight

Compound type : bahuvrihi (prajñā+cakṣus)

• prajñā – wisdom, insight, intelligence
  noun (feminine)
• cakṣus – eye, sight
  noun (neuter)

नरेश्वरः (nareśvaraḥ) - King Dhṛtarāṣṭra (lord of men, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nareśvara

nareśvara - lord of men, king, ruler

Compound type : tatpurusha (nara+īśvara)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)

ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after hearing Sañjaya's words (then, therefrom, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

संख्यातुम् (saṁkhyātum) - to assess, to weigh (to count, to reckon, to enumerate)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root khyā (with saṃ), suffix -tum

Prefix: sam

Root: khyā (class 2)

आरेभे (ārebhe) - (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) began (began)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past aorist (luṅ) of ā-rabh

aorist middle

root rabh (with upasarga ā), aorist tense, 3rd person singular, middle voice

Prefix: ā

Root: rabh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - Sañjaya's (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to 'vacaḥ'.

वचः (vacaḥ) - Sañjaya's message (word, speech)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying, report

Root: vac

गुणदोषतः (guṇadoṣataḥ) - based on the good and bad aspects of the situation described (according to merits and demerits)

(indeclinable)

derived from guṇadoṣa with the suffix -tas

Compound type : dvandva (guṇa+doṣa)

• guṇa – merit, quality, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – demerit, fault, defect, vice
  noun (masculine)

Note: Functions as an adverb.