महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-1, verse-0

नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् ।
देवीं सरस्वतीं चैव ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥०॥

0. nārāyaṇaṁ namaskṛtya naraṁ caiva narottamam ,
devīṁ sarasvatīṁ caiva tato jayamudīrayet.

0. nārāyaṇam namaskṛtya naram ca eva narottamam
devīm sarasvatīm ca eva tataḥ jayam udīrayet

0. Having bowed down to Nārāyaṇa, and also to Nara, the best of men (puruṣa), and indeed to the goddess Sarasvatī, one should then recite the Jaya (Mahābhārata).

Words meanings summery:

• नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu

• नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed down, having saluted

• नरम् (naram) - referring to Nara, the divine sage, companion of Nārāyaṇa (puruṣa) (man, person)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• नरोत्तमम् (narottamam) - referring to Nara as the best of men (puruṣa) (best of men, supreme man)

• देवीम् (devīm) - referring to goddess Sarasvatī (goddess)

• सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - the goddess of learning and speech (Sarasvatī)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, thence

• जयम् (jayam) - referring to the Mahābhārata itself, also known as Jaya (victory, the Jaya (Mahābhārata))

• उदीरयेत् (udīrayet) - one should recite, one should proclaim

Words meanings and morphology

नारायणम् (nārāyaṇam) - Nārāyaṇa, Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa, a name for Viṣṇu, the supreme being

नमस्कृत्य (namaskṛtya) - having bowed down, having saluted

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive

Formed from namas (bow, reverence) and kṛ (to do) with -tvā suffix, becoming -tya after prefix (here, namas acts as a prefix).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

नरम् (naram) - referring to Nara, the divine sage, companion of Nārāyaṇa (puruṣa) (man, person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, male, person, hero, a divine sage (Nara)

Root: nṛ

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

नरोत्तमम् (narottamam) - referring to Nara as the best of men (puruṣa) (best of men, supreme man)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best of men, supreme man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree.

देवीम् (devīm) - referring to goddess Sarasvatī (goddess)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of devī

devī - goddess, female deity

Root: div

सरस्वतीम् (sarasvatīm) - the goddess of learning and speech (Sarasvatī)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sarasvatī

sarasvatī - Sarasvatī, goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech, wisdom, and learning

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, thence

(indeclinable)

Avyaya from pronoun 'tad'.

जयम् (jayam) - referring to the Mahābhārata itself, also known as Jaya (victory, the Jaya (Mahābhārata))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jaya

jaya - victory, triumph, conquest, the Mahābhārata

From root 'ji' (to conquer).

Root: ji (class 1)

उदीरयेत् (udīrayet) - one should recite, one should proclaim

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of udīr

optative mood

3rd person singular, active voice, optative mood, from root īr (to stir, set in motion) with upasarga ud-.

Prefix: ud

Root: īr (class 2)