महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-109, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
कथितो धार्तराष्ट्राणामार्षः संभव उत्तमः ।
अमानुषो मानुषाणां भवता ब्रह्मवित्तम ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
kathito dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāmārṣaḥ saṁbhava uttamaḥ ,
amānuṣo mānuṣāṇāṁ bhavatā brahmavittama.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca kathitaḥ dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām ārṣaḥ
saṃbhavaḥ uttamaḥ amānuṣaḥ mānuṣāṇām bhavatā brahmavittama

1. Janamejaya said: "O best among those who know the absolute reality (brahman), you have recounted the excellent, ancient, and superhuman origin of the Dhṛtarāṣṭras, which occurred among human beings."

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, recounted

• धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

• आर्षः (ārṣaḥ) - ancient, traditional, divine, related to sages

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - birth, origin, possibility

• उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, highest

• अमानुषः (amānuṣaḥ) - superhuman, not human

• मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of humans, among humans

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

• ब्रह्मवित्तम (brahmavittama) - addressing Vaiśampāyana (O best knower of Brahman)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, descendant of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

perfect tense, 3rd person singular

root vac (class 2, P) - irregular perfect formation

Root: vac (class 2)

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - told, recounted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, narrated, recounted

Past Passive Participle

from root kath (class 10, U)

Root: kath (class 10)

धार्तराष्ट्राणाम् (dhārtarāṣṭrāṇām) - of the sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dhārtarāṣṭra

dhārtarāṣṭra - son/descendant of Dhṛtarāṣṭra

patronymic from Dhṛtarāṣṭra

आर्षः (ārṣaḥ) - ancient, traditional, divine, related to sages

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārṣa

ārṣa - belonging to or derived from an ṛṣi (sage), ancient, traditional, divine, sacred

derived from ṛṣi

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - birth, origin, possibility

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, production, possibility

from root bhū (class 1, P) with upasarga sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

उत्तमः (uttamaḥ) - excellent, best, highest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, principal, excellent, supreme

superlative of ud (preposition) or ut

अमानुषः (amānuṣaḥ) - superhuman, not human

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of amānuṣa

amānuṣa - not human, superhuman, divine, supernatural

negative prefix a- + mānuṣa

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+mānuṣa)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• mānuṣa – human, belonging to man
  adjective (masculine)
  from manuṣya

मानुषाणाम् (mānuṣāṇām) - of humans, among humans

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human being, man

from manuṣya

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (respectful)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite)

present active participle from bhū (class 1, P)

Root: bhū (class 1)

ब्रह्मवित्तम (brahmavittama) - addressing Vaiśampāyana (O best knower of Brahman)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahmavittama

brahmavittama - best knower of Brahman (the absolute reality)

superlative of brahmavit

Compound type : tatpurusha (brahmavit+tama)

• brahmavit – knower of Brahman
  noun (masculine)
  from brahman + root vid
• tama – most, best (superlative suffix)
  indeclinable
  superlative suffix