महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-109, verse-4

तस्मादिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुमतिमानुषकर्मणाम् ।
तेषामाजननं सर्वं वैशंपायन कीर्तय ॥४॥

4. tasmādicchāmyahaṁ śrotumatimānuṣakarmaṇām ,
teṣāmājananaṁ sarvaṁ vaiśaṁpāyana kīrtaya.

4. tasmāt icchāmi aham śrotum atimānuṣakarmaṇām
teṣām ājananam sarvam vaiśampāyana kīrtaya

4. Therefore, O Vaiśampāyana, I desire to hear the entire account of their birth (ājanana) and their superhuman (atimānuṣa) deeds (karma). Please narrate (kīrtaya) it.

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

• अतिमानुषकर्मणाम् (atimānuṣakarmaṇām) - of those whose deeds are superhuman

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

• आजननम् (ājananam) - birth, origin, life from birth

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, whole

• वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - O Vaiśampāyana

• कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - narrate, proclaim

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore, from that

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an indeclinable meaning 'therefore'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active indicative

1st person singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of 'icchāmi'.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Purpose of 'icchāmi'.

अतिमानुषकर्मणाम् (atimānuṣakarmaṇām) - of those whose deeds are superhuman

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of atimānuṣakarman

atimānuṣakarman - having superhuman deeds

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (atimānuṣa+karman)

• atimānuṣa – superhuman, beyond human
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ati
• karman – deed, action, work (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Modifies 'teṣām'.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, their

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the 'mahātmānaḥ' mentioned in the previous verse.

आजननम् (ājananam) - birth, origin, life from birth

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ājanana

ājanana - birth, origin, whole life, from birth (ājanana)

nominalization

from ā-jan

Prefix: ā

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Object of 'śrotum'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - entire, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Adjective modifying 'ājananam'.

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - O Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana

vaiśampāyana - a proper noun, name of a sage, student of Vyasa

कीर्तय (kīrtaya) - narrate, proclaim

(verb)

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

imperative active

2nd person singular

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Refers to Vaiśampāyana.