महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-6, chapter-5, verse-2

स मुहूर्तमिव ध्यात्वा विनिःश्वस्य मुहुर्मुहुः ।
संजयं संशितात्मानमपृच्छद्भरतर्षभ ॥२॥

2. sa muhūrtamiva dhyātvā viniḥśvasya muhurmuhuḥ ,
saṁjayaṁ saṁśitātmānamapṛcchadbharatarṣabha.

2. sa muhūrtam iva dhyātvā viniḥśvasya muhuḥ muhuḥ
sañjayam saṃśitātmanam apṛcchat bharatarṣabha

2. sa bharatarṣabhaḥ muhūrtam iva dhyātvā muhuḥ
muhuḥ viniḥśvasya saṃśitātmanam sañjayam apṛcchat

2. He (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), the best among the Bharatas, having pondered for a moment, and sighing repeatedly, asked Sanjaya, who possessed a disciplined self (ātman).

Words meanings summery:

• स (sa) - He (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - a moment, a short time

• इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

• ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered

• विनिःश्वस्य (viniḥśvasya) - having sighed, having breathed out

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly, frequently

• मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly, frequently

• सञ्जयम् (sañjayam) - Sanjaya

• संशितात्मनम् (saṁśitātmanam) - referring to Sanjaya, who was self-controlled (one whose self (ātman) is disciplined, self-controlled)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked, questioned

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (epithet for Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

स (sa) - He (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - a moment, a short time

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a period of 48 minutes

Note: Functions adverbially, 'for a moment'.

इव (iva) - like, as, as it were

(indeclinable)

ध्यात्वा (dhyātvā) - having meditated, having pondered

(indeclinable)

absolutive

root dhyā + suffix tvā

Root: dhyā (class 1)

Note: Absolutive form, indicating a prior action.

विनिःश्वस्य (viniḥśvasya) - having sighed, having breathed out

(indeclinable)

absolutive

upasarga vi- + niḥ- (nir-) + root śvas + suffix -ya (after upasarga)

Prefixes: vi+nis

Root: śvas (class 2)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly, frequently

(indeclinable)

मुहुः (muhuḥ) - again, repeatedly, frequently

(indeclinable)

सञ्जयम् (sañjayam) - Sanjaya

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (proper name), victory, victorious

Prefix: sam

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: Object of 'asked'.

संशितात्मनम् (saṁśitātmanam) - referring to Sanjaya, who was self-controlled (one whose self (ātman) is disciplined, self-controlled)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśitātman

saṁśitātman - one whose self (ātman) is disciplined/sharpened, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (saṃśita+ātman)

• saṃśita – disciplined, sharpened, well-trained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  upasarga sam- + root śā/śo 'to sharpen, make keen' + kta suffix
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śā (class 4)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adjective modifying Sanjaya.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked, questioned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of pṛcch

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular, active voice. Root pṛcch is class 6.

Root: pṛcch (class 6)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best of Bharatas (epithet for Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of Bharatas, O bull among Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull (best) among the Bharatas, chief of the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a king, a member of the Bharata clan
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

Note: An epithet used by the narrator for Dhṛtarāṣṭra.