महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-108, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
ज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठतां तेषां नामधेयानि चाभिभो ।
धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्राणामानुपूर्व्येण कीर्तय ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṁ teṣāṁ nāmadheyāni cābhibho ,
dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇāmānupūrvyeṇa kīrtaya.

1. janamejaya uvāca jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṃ teṣāṃ nāmadheyāni
ca abhibho dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putrāṇām ānupūrvyeṇa kīrtaya

1. Janamejaya said: O venerable one, please recount the names of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's sons to me in their proper sequence, from eldest to youngest.

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• ज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठतां (jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṁ) - the state of being eldest to youngest, seniority

• तेषां (teṣāṁ) - of them

• नामधेयानि (nāmadheyāni) - the names

• च (ca) - and, also

• अभिभो (abhibho) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O lord)

• धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of the sons

• आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in due order, in succession, consecutively

• कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - recount, declare, proclaim

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, listener of the Mahābhārata narration)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

ज्येष्ठानुज्येष्ठतां (jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatāṁ) - the state of being eldest to youngest, seniority

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatā

jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭhatā - seniority, the condition of being eldest to youngest, order of succession by age

Suffix `tā` (feminine) forming an abstract noun from `jyeṣṭhānujyeṣṭha`

Compound type : dvandva/karmadhāraya (jyeṣṭha+anujyeṣṭha)

• jyeṣṭha – eldest, chief, best
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative of `vṛddha`
• anujyeṣṭha – next youngest, younger (than the eldest), next in seniority
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: anu

तेषां (teṣāṁ) - of them

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

नामधेयानि (nāmadheyāni) - the names

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of nāmadheya

nāmadheya - name, appellation, designation

Note: Object of 'recount'

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अभिभो (abhibho) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O venerable one, O lord)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of abhibhu

abhibhu - a master, a lord, a venerable person, one who overcomes

Prefix: abhi

Root: bhū (class 1)

धृतराष्ट्रस्य (dhṛtarāṣṭrasya) - of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhṛtarāṣṭra (name of a Kuru king, father of the Kauravas)

पुत्राणाम् (putrāṇām) - of the sons

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of putra

putra - son, child

आनुपूर्व्येण (ānupūrvyeṇa) - in due order, in succession, consecutively

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of ānupūrvya

ānupūrvya - regular order, succession, sequence

कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - recount, declare, proclaim

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kīrt

Imperative 2nd singular active

Root: kīrt (class 10)