महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-13, verse-45

एतदाख्यानमास्तीकं यथावत्कीर्तितं मया ।
प्रब्रूहि भृगुशार्दूल किं भूयः कथ्यतामिति ॥४५॥

45. etadākhyānamāstīkaṁ yathāvatkīrtitaṁ mayā ,
prabrūhi bhṛguśārdūla kiṁ bhūyaḥ kathyatāmiti.

45. etad ākhyānam āstīkam yathāvat kīrtitam mayā
prabrūhi bhṛguśārdūla kim bhūyaḥ kathyatām iti

45. This narrative concerning Astika has been properly recounted by me. O best of the Bhrigus, please tell me what more should be narrated.

Words meanings summery:

• एतद् (etad) - this (narrative) (this, that)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, account (narrative, story, tale)

• आस्तीकम् (āstīkam) - relating to Astika

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, completely (properly, duly, exactly, as it should be)

• कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - recounted (narrated, recounted, praised)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell, relate (tell, declare)

• भृगुशार्दूल (bhṛguśārdūla) - O best of the Bhrigus (O tiger among Bhrigus, O best of the Bhrigus)

• किम् (kim) - what (more) (what? why?)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (again, further, more)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - should be narrated (let it be told, should be told)

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote or indirect speech) (thus, so (quotative particle))

Words meanings and morphology

एतद् (etad) - this (narrative) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'ākhyānam'.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative, account (narrative, story, tale)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, tradition, legend

action noun

Derived from root 'khyā' with prefix 'ā', -ana suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular neuter.

आस्तीकम् (āstīkam) - relating to Astika

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of āstīka

āstīka - relating to Astika, descendant of Astika, a follower of Astika

Patronymic adjective from Astika.

Note: Accusative singular neuter, agreeing with 'ākhyānam'.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, completely (properly, duly, exactly, as it should be)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

कीर्तितम् (kīrtitam) - recounted (narrated, recounted, praised)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kīrtita

kīrtita - narrated, recounted, praised, celebrated

past passive participle

Derived from root 'kīrt' with suffix -ta.

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Nominative singular neuter, predicate adjective (or part of implied verb 'is recounted') agreeing with 'ākhyānam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Agent in passive construction.

प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - tell, relate (tell, declare)

(verb)

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

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

भृगुशार्दूल (bhṛguśārdūla) - O best of the Bhrigus (O tiger among Bhrigus, O best of the Bhrigus)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhṛguśārdūla

bhṛguśārdūla - tiger of Bhrigu, best of Bhrigu

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhṛgu+śārdūla)

• bhṛgu – name of a sage, member of Bhrigu clan
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger, best of, excellent among
  noun (masculine)

Note: Vocative singular.

किम् (kim) - what (more) (what? why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Nominative singular neuter, subject of 'should be narrated'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - more (again, further, more)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb.

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - should be narrated (let it be told, should be told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Denominative root from 'kathā'.

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Passive imperative singular.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote or indirect speech) (thus, so (quotative particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Quotative particle.