महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-5, chapter-96, verse-1

कण्व उवाच ।
मातलिस्तु व्रजन्मार्गे नारदेन महर्षिणा ।
वरुणं गच्छता द्रष्टुं समागच्छद्यदृच्छया ॥१॥

1. kaṇva uvāca ,
mātalistu vrajanmārge nāradena maharṣiṇā ,
varuṇaṁ gacchatā draṣṭuṁ samāgacchadyadṛcchayā.

1. kaṇva uvāca mātaliḥ tu vrajan mārge nāradena maharṣiṇā
varuṇam gacchata draṣṭum samāgacchat yadṛcchayā

1. Kaṇva said: Mātali, while proceeding on his way, happened to meet the great sage Nārada, who was going to see Varuṇa.

Words meanings summery:

• कण्व (kaṇva) - Kaṇva (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, moving

• मार्गे (mārge) - on the way, in the path

• नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

• महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by the great sage

• वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa

• गच्छत (gacchata) - going

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, in order to see

• समागच्छत् (samāgacchat) - he met, he came together

• यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, fortuitously

Words meanings and morphology

कण्व (kaṇva) - Kaṇva (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaṇva

kaṇva - Kaṇva (proper name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular, Perfect tense, Parasmaipada.

Root: vac (class 2)

मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mātali

mātali - Mātali (proper name, Indra's charioteer)

Note: Subject of `samāgacchat`.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

व्रजन् (vrajan) - going, moving

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vrajat

vrajat - going, moving, proceeding

Present active participle

Formed from root 'vraj' (1st class) + suffix '-at'. Declines like a noun.

Root: vraj (class 1)

मार्गे (mārge) - on the way, in the path

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mārga

mārga - path, road, way, street

Root: mṛg (class 2)

नारदेन (nāradena) - by Nārada

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (proper name of a divine sage)

Note: Agent of the meeting.

महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by the great sage

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, venerable seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛṣ

वरुणम् (varuṇam) - Varuṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (proper name of a Vedic deity, god of waters and cosmic order)

Note: Object of `gacchata` and `draṣṭum`.

गच्छत (gacchata) - going

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of gacchat

gacchat - going, moving

Present active participle

Formed from root 'gam' (1st class) + suffix '-at'. Declines like a noun.

Root: gam (class 1)

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, in order to see

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Formed from root 'dṛś' (1st class) + suffix '-tum'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

समागच्छत् (samāgacchat) - he met, he came together

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (Laṅ) of samāgam

Imperfect active

3rd person singular, Imperfect tense, Parasmaipada, from prefix 'sam' + 'ā' + root 'gam' (1st class).

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

यदृच्छया (yadṛcchayā) - by chance, accidentally, fortuitously

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of yadṛcchā

yadṛcchā - chance, accident, free will, spontaneity

From 'yat' + 'ṛcchā' (desire, will, chance).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa or avyayībhāva (adverbial) (yad+ṛcchā)

• yad – which, what (relative pronoun stem)
  pronoun (neuter)
• ṛcchā – wish, desire, will, inclination, chance
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'ṛcch' (to go, to move, to obtain).
  Root: ṛcch (class 6)

Note: Adverbial use.