महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-41, verse-3

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
विश्वामित्रस्य चैवर्षेर्वसिष्ठस्य च भारत ।
भृशं वैरमभूद्राजंस्तपःस्पर्धाकृतं महत् ॥३॥

3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
viśvāmitrasya caivarṣervasiṣṭhasya ca bhārata ,
bhṛśaṁ vairamabhūdrājaṁstapaḥspardhākṛtaṁ mahat.

3. vaiśampāyanaḥ uvāca viśvāmitrasya ca eva ṛṣeḥ vasiṣṭhasya ca
bhārata bhṛśam vairam abhūt rājan tapaḥspardhākṛtam mahat

3. Vaiśampāyana said: 'O descendant of Bharata (bhārata), O King, indeed, a great enmity arose between the sage Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, caused by rivalry in their ascetic practices (tapas).'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• विश्वामित्रस्य (viśvāmitrasya) - of Viśvāmitra (a powerful sage) (of Viśvāmitra)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

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

• ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, of the seer)

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha (another powerful sage) (of Vasiṣṭha)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Janamejaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

• भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, intensely, very much)

• वैरम् (vairam) - enmity (enmity, hostility, hatred)

• अभूत् (abhūt) - arose (became, occurred, arose)

• राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

• तपःस्पर्धाकृतम् (tapaḥspardhākṛtam) - caused by rivalry in ascetic practices (tapas) (caused by rivalry in asceticism, produced by contention in penance)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायनः (vaiśampāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana, the narrator (Vaiśampāyana (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - name of a sage, a disciple of Vyasa and narrator of the Mahābhārata

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

3rd person singular, Perfect Tense, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

विश्वामित्रस्य (viśvāmitrasya) - of Viśvāmitra (a powerful sage) (of Viśvāmitra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of viśvāmitra

viśvāmitra - name of a celebrated sage, 'friend of all'

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, verily (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage (of the sage, of the seer)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha (another powerful sage) (of Vasiṣṭha)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - name of a celebrated Vedic sage, one of the seven ṛṣis

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (addressing Janamejaya) (O descendant of Bharata, O Indian)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, name of a king

भृशम् (bhṛśam) - greatly (greatly, intensely, very much)

(indeclinable)

वैरम् (vairam) - enmity (enmity, hostility, hatred)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaira

vaira - enmity, hostility, hatred

अभूत् (abhūt) - arose (became, occurred, arose)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist Active

3rd person singular, Aorist Tense, Parasmaipada

Root: bhū (class 1)

राजन् (rājan) - O King (addressing Janamejaya) (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

तपःस्पर्धाकृतम् (tapaḥspardhākṛtam) - caused by rivalry in ascetic practices (tapas) (caused by rivalry in asceticism, produced by contention in penance)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tapaḥspardhākṛta

tapaḥspardhākṛta - caused by rivalry in asceticism

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+spardhā+kṛta)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor
  noun (neuter)
• spardhā – rivalry, competition, emulation
  noun (feminine)
• kṛta – made, done, caused, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies 'vairam'.

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, important

Note: Qualifies 'vairam'.