महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-120, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
कृपस्यापि महाब्रह्मन्संभवं वक्तुमर्हसि ।
शरस्तम्भात्कथं जज्ञे कथं चास्त्राण्यवाप्तवान् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
kṛpasyāpi mahābrahmansaṁbhavaṁ vaktumarhasi ,
śarastambhātkathaṁ jajñe kathaṁ cāstrāṇyavāptavān.

1. janamejaya uvāca kṛpasya api mahābrahman saṃbhavam vaktum
arhasi śarastambhāt katham jajñe katham ca astrāṇi avāptavān

1. Janamejaya said: "O great Brahmin, you should also narrate the origin of Kripa. How was he born from a clump of reeds, and how did he obtain his weapons?"

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kripa

• अपि (api) - also, even

• महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great Brahmin

• संभवम् (saṁbhavam) - birth, origin

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to tell, to speak

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are able, you ought, you deserve

• शरस्तम्भात् (śarastambhāt) - from a clump of reeds/arrows

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• जज्ञे (jajñe) - he was born

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• च (ca) - and, also

• अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons, missiles

• अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - he obtained, he acquired

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

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

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कृपस्य (kṛpasya) - of Kripa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛpa

kṛpa - Kripa (name of a warrior and preceptor in the Mahābhārata)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

महाब्रह्मन् (mahābrahman) - O great Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābrahman

mahābrahman - great Brahmin, exalted priest

Karmadhāraya compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'brahman' (Brahmin).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+brahman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, excellent
  adjective
• brahman – a Brahmin (a member of the priestly class)
  noun (masculine)

संभवम् (saṁbhavam) - birth, origin

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - birth, origin, production, possibility, existence

From root bhū (to be, become) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to tell, to speak

(verb)

singular, infinitive of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Infinitive form of the root vac (वच्).

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you are able, you ought, you deserve

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

शरस्तम्भात् (śarastambhāt) - from a clump of reeds/arrows

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śarastambha

śarastambha - a clump or cluster of reeds or arrows

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'śarāṇāṃ stambhaḥ' (clump of reeds/arrows).

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śara+stambha)

• śara – reed, arrow
  noun (masculine)
• stambha – post, pillar, clump, bush, cluster
  noun (masculine)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

जज्ञे (jajñe) - he was born

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (liṭ) of jan

Root: jan (class 4)

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अस्त्राणि (astrāṇi) - weapons, missiles

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of astra

astra - missile, weapon (especially one discharged by spells or divine power)

From root as (to throw, cast).

Root: as (class 4)

अवाप्तवान् (avāptavān) - he obtained, he acquired

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avāpta

avāpta - obtained, acquired, reached, gained

Past Active Participle

Past active participle (kṛt suffix -tavat) of root āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: āp (class 5)