महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-8, chapter-69, verse-28

आगतो बहुवृत्तान्तं द्रष्टुमायोधनं तदा ।
आभाषमाणस्तौ वीरावुभौ माधवफल्गुनौ ॥२८॥

28. āgato bahuvṛttāntaṁ draṣṭumāyodhanaṁ tadā ,
ābhāṣamāṇastau vīrāvubhau mādhavaphalgunau.

28. āgataḥ bahuvṛttāntam draṣṭum āyodhanam tadā
ābhāṣamāṇaḥ tau vīrau ubhau mādhavaphalgunau

28. tadā āgataḥ bahuvṛttāntam āyodhanam draṣṭum
tau ubhau vīrau mādhavaphalgunau ābhāṣamāṇaḥ

28. Then, having arrived to witness the many events of the battlefield, he addressed those two heroes, Krishna (Mādhava) and Arjuna (Phalguna).

Words meanings summery:

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come, arrived

• बहुवृत्तान्तम् (bahuvṛttāntam) - many events, full of many stories

• द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to witness

• आयोधनम् (āyodhanam) - battlefield, place of combat

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• आभाषमाणः (ābhāṣamāṇaḥ) - speaking, addressing

• तौ (tau) - those two

• वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

• उभौ (ubhau) - both

• माधवफल्गुनौ (mādhavaphalgunau) - Krishna (Madhava) and Arjuna (Phalguna)

Words meanings and morphology

आगतः (āgataḥ) - having come, arrived

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gam with prefix ā, past passive participle form.

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject of the sentence, implied to be Sanjaya or Dhṛtarāṣṭra's messenger.

बहुवृत्तान्तम् (bahuvṛttāntam) - many events, full of many stories

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bahuvṛttānta

bahuvṛttānta - having many events/occurrences, full of many stories

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+vṛttānta)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (masculine)
• vṛttānta – event, occurrence, story, news
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of draṣṭum.

द्रष्टुम् (draṣṭum) - to see, to witness

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root dṛś.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

आयोधनम् (āyodhanam) - battlefield, place of combat

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āyodhana

āyodhana - battlefield, combat, fighting

From root yudh with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Object of draṣṭum.

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

Temporal adverb.

आभाषमाणः (ābhāṣamāṇaḥ) - speaking, addressing

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ābhāṣamāṇa

ābhāṣamāṇa - speaking, addressing, talking

Present Middle Participle

Present participle of root bhāṣ with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying the implied subject (e.g., Sanjaya).

तौ (tau) - those two

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Object of ābhāṣamāṇaḥ.

वीरौ (vīrau) - heroes, brave ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, mighty

Note: In apposition to tau.

उभौ (ubhau) - both

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of ubha

ubha - both

Note: Modifies vīrau.

माधवफल्गुनौ (mādhavaphalgunau) - Krishna (Madhava) and Arjuna (Phalguna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of mādhavaphalguna

mādhavaphalguna - Madhava and Phalguna

Compound type : itaretarayoga dvandva (mādhava+phalguna)

• mādhava – Krishna (a name for Krishna, descendant of Madhu)
  proper noun (masculine)
• phalguna – Arjuna (a name for Arjuna)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: In apposition to tau vīrau ubhau.