महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-85, verse-22

स्मयन्नेव तु तान्वीरान्द्रोणः प्रत्यग्रहीत्स्वयम् ।
अतिथीनागतान्यद्वत्सलिलेनासनेन च ॥२२॥

22. smayanneva tu tānvīrāndroṇaḥ pratyagrahītsvayam ,
atithīnāgatānyadvatsalilenāsanena ca.

22. smayan eva tu tān vīrān droṇaḥ pratyagrahīt
svayam atithīn āgatān yadvat salilena āsanena ca

22. tu droṇaḥ svayam smayan eva tān vīrān pratyagrahīt
yadvat āgatān atithīn salilena ca āsanena

22. But Drona himself, merely smiling, received those heroes as one would welcome arriving guests with water and a seat.

Words meanings summery:

• स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling, grinning

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, merely, only

• तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

• तान् (tān) - Refers to the 'heroes' (vīrān) i.e., the Pāṇḍava and Sṛñjaya warriors. (those)

• वीरान् (vīrān) - Refers to the warriors of the Pāṇḍava and Sṛñjaya forces. (heroes, brave men)

• द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - The preceptor Droṇa, the subject of the action 'received'. (Drona)

• प्रत्यग्रहीत् (pratyagrahīt) - Droṇa received the incoming warriors (heroes), implying he engaged them in battle. (he received, he accepted, he counter-attacked)

• स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

• अतिथीन् (atithīn) - Used in the simile to refer to actual guests who are traditionally welcomed with hospitality. (guests, visitors)

• आगतान् (āgatān) - arrived, come, approached

• यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, as if

• सलिलेन (salilena) - with water

• आसनेन (āsanena) - with a seat, with a sitting place

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

स्मयन् (smayan) - smiling, grinning

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smayat

smayat - smiling

Present Active Participle

Formed from the root √smi (to smile) + śatṛ suffix.

Root: smi (class 1)

एव (eva) - indeed, just, merely, only

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - Refers to the 'heroes' (vīrān) i.e., the Pāṇḍava and Sṛñjaya warriors. (those)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

वीरान् (vīrān) - Refers to the warriors of the Pāṇḍava and Sṛñjaya forces. (heroes, brave men)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty, warrior

From the root √vī (to be strong, to be powerful).

Root: vī (class 2)

द्रोणः (droṇaḥ) - The preceptor Droṇa, the subject of the action 'received'. (Drona)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of droṇa

droṇa - Droṇa (name of a warrior and preceptor in the Mahābhārata), bucket, measure

प्रत्यग्रहीत् (pratyagrahīt) - Droṇa received the incoming warriors (heroes), implying he engaged them in battle. (he received, he accepted, he counter-attacked)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of prati-grah

Aorist

Third person singular, active voice, aorist tense, from the root √grah (to seize, to take) with the prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: grah (class 9)

स्वयम् (svayam) - himself, by himself, personally

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

अतिथीन् (atithīn) - Used in the simile to refer to actual guests who are traditionally welcomed with hospitality. (guests, visitors)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of atithi

atithi - guest, visitor, stranger

From 'a' (not) + 'tithi' (a fixed time), meaning one who comes without a fixed time.

आगतान् (āgatān) - arrived, come, approached

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, approached

Past Passive Participle

Formed from the root √gam (to go) with the prefix ā + kta suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'atithīn'.

यद्वत् (yadvat) - just as, like, as if

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form from 'yat'.

सलिलेन (salilena) - with water

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of salila

salila - water, liquid

From the root √sṛ (to flow).

Root: sṛ (class 1)

आसनेन (āsanena) - with a seat, with a sitting place

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of āsana

āsana - seat, sitting, posture

Derived from the root √ās (to sit) + ana suffix.

Root: ās (class 2)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)