महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-30, verse-68

संजय उवाच ।
एवं तु विविधा वाचो जययुक्ताः पुनः पुनः ।
कीर्तयन्ति स्म ते वीरास्तत्र तत्र जनाधिप ॥६८॥

68. saṁjaya uvāca ,
evaṁ tu vividhā vāco jayayuktāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ,
kīrtayanti sma te vīrāstatra tatra janādhipa.

68. sañjaya uvāca evam tu vividhāḥ vācaḥ jayayuktāḥ punaḥ
punaḥ kīrtayanti sma te vīrāḥ tatra tatra janādhipa

68. janādhipa sañjaya uvāca evam tu te vīrāḥ vividhāḥ
jayayuktāḥ vācaḥ punaḥ punaḥ tatra tatra kīrtayanti sma

68. Sanjaya said: O lord of men, those heroes were indeed repeatedly proclaiming various words imbued with victory in different places.

Words meanings summery:

• सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya (name of Dhritarashtra's charioteer)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

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

• विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

• वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, utterances

• जययुक्ताः (jayayuktāḥ) - endowed with victory, victorious

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

• कीर्तयन्ति (kīrtayanti) - they proclaim, they praise, they chant

• स्म (sma) - indeed, indicating past tense with a present verb

• ते (te) - those

• वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones, warriors

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

Words meanings and morphology

सञ्जय (sañjaya) - Sanjaya (name of Dhritarashtra's charioteer)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, Parasmaipada

From root vac (2nd class), perfect tense, 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed, but, and, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

विविधाः (vividhāḥ) - various, diverse, manifold

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

Note: Agrees with 'vācaḥ' (feminine plural).

वाचः (vācaḥ) - words, speeches, utterances

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice

जययुक्ताः (jayayuktāḥ) - endowed with victory, victorious

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of jayayukta

jayayukta - endowed with victory, victorious

Compound type : Bahuvrīhi (jaya+yukta)

• jaya – victory, triumph
  noun (masculine)
• yukta – joined, united, endowed with, suitable
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root yuj- (to join, connect).
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Agrees with 'vācaḥ' (feminine plural).

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, repeatedly

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis, meaning 'again and again'.

कीर्तयन्ति (kīrtayanti) - they proclaim, they praise, they chant

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of kīrt

Present tense, Parasmaipada

From root kīrt (10th class or derived from kṛt- with long ī), present tense, 3rd person plural.

Root: kīrt (class 10)

स्म (sma) - indeed, indicating past tense with a present verb

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

वीराः (vīrāḥ) - heroes, brave ones, warriors

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition for emphasis, meaning 'here and there' or 'in various places'.

जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janādhipa

janādhipa - lord of men, king

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (jana+adhipa)

• jana – man, person, people
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – lord, ruler, chief
  noun (masculine)