महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-92, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
तथा कथयतोरेव तयोर्बुद्धिमतोस्तदा ।
शिवा नक्षत्रसंपन्ना सा व्यतीयाय शर्वरी ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tathā kathayatoreva tayorbuddhimatostadā ,
śivā nakṣatrasaṁpannā sā vyatīyāya śarvarī.

1. vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca tathā kathayatoḥ eva tayoḥ buddhimatoḥ
tadā śivā nakṣatrasaṃpannā sā vyatīyāya śarvarī

1. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: As those two intelligent ones were thus conversing, that auspicious, star-filled night passed.

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

• कथयतोः (kathayatoḥ) - of the two speaking, while they were speaking

• एव (eva) - just, indeed, only

• तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

• बुद्धिमतोः (buddhimatoḥ) - of the two intelligent ones

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• शिवा (śivā) - auspicious, benevolent, prosperous

• नक्षत्रसंपन्ना (nakṣatrasaṁpannā) - endowed with stars, star-filled

• सा (sā) - that (feminine)

• व्यतीयाय (vyatīyāya) - passed, went by

• शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायन (vaiśaṁpāyana) - Vaiśaṃpāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, narrator of the Mahābhārata)

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

From root vac, perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

तथा (tathā) - thus, so, in that manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb modifying 'kathayatoḥ'.

कथयतोः (kathayatoḥ) - of the two speaking, while they were speaking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of kathayat

kathayat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

From root kath (10th class) + śatṛ

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'tayoḥ buddhimatoḥ'.

एव (eva) - just, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'kathayatoḥ'.

तयोः (tayoḥ) - of those two

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the two intelligent speakers.

बुद्धिमतोः (buddhimatoḥ) - of the two intelligent ones

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of buddhimat

buddhimat - intelligent, wise, endowed with intellect

From buddhi + matup suffix

Note: Qualifies 'tayoḥ'.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Note: Temporal adverb.

शिवा (śivā) - auspicious, benevolent, prosperous

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śiva

śiva - auspicious, benevolent, propitious, prosperous

Note: Qualifies 'śarvarī'.

नक्षत्रसंपन्ना (nakṣatrasaṁpannā) - endowed with stars, star-filled

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nakṣatrasaṃpanna

nakṣatrasaṁpanna - endowed with stars, full of stars

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nakṣatra+saṃpanna)

• nakṣatra – star, constellation, lunar mansion
  noun (neuter)
• saṃpanna – endowed with, furnished with, full of, complete
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From sam-pad + kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Modifies 'śarvarī'.

सा (sā) - that (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'śarvarī'.

व्यतीयाय (vyatīyāya) - passed, went by

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

From vi-ati-i, perfect 3rd person singular

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Main verb.

शर्वरी (śarvarī) - night

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śarvarī

śarvarī - night

Note: Subject of 'vyatīyāya'.