महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-14, verse-3

अस्मच्छुश्रूषणे नित्यं पिता हि निरतस्तव ।
आचष्टैतद्यथाख्यानं पिता ते त्वं तथा वद ॥३॥

3. asmacchuśrūṣaṇe nityaṁ pitā hi niratastava ,
ācaṣṭaitadyathākhyānaṁ pitā te tvaṁ tathā vada.

3. asmad śuśrūṣaṇe nityam pitā hi nirataḥ tava ācaṣṭa
etad yathā ākhyānam pitā te tvam tathā vada

3. Indeed, your father was constantly devoted to our service (of hearing stories). Just as your father recounted this narrative, so too should you relate it.

Words meanings summery:

• अस्मद् (asmad) - our (us, our)

• शुश्रूषणे (śuśrūṣaṇe) - in (our) hearing/listening (in serving, in hearing, in obeying)

• नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

• निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted (engaged, devoted, attached to)

• तव (tava) - your (father) (your)

• आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - recounted (he related, he told)

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

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

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

• पिता (pitā) - your father (father)

• ते (te) - your (your (genitive/dative singular of 'yuṣmad'))

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• तथा (tathā) - in that manner (so, thus, in that way)

• वद (vada) - relate (speak, tell, say)

Words meanings and morphology

अस्मद् (asmad) - our (us, our)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - we, us, our

Note: Part of a compound 'asmad-śuśrūṣaṇe'.

शुश्रूषणे (śuśrūṣaṇe) - in (our) hearing/listening (in serving, in hearing, in obeying)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of śuśrūṣaṇa

śuśrūṣaṇa - desire to hear, service, listening, obedience

desiderative action noun

Derived from desiderative stem of root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Locative singular. Can be interpreted as 'in the matter of our desire to hear (stories)'.

नित्यम् (nityam) - constantly (always, constantly, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb, modifying 'nirataḥ'.

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject of implied verb 'was'.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely)

(indeclinable)

निरतः (nirataḥ) - devoted (engaged, devoted, attached to)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nirata

nirata - engaged in, devoted to, attached to, engrossed in

past passive participle

Derived from root 'ram' with prefix 'nir'.

Prefix: nir

Root: ram (class 1)

Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with 'pitā'. Takes locative ('śuśrūṣaṇe').

तव (tava) - your (father) (your)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: Genitive singular, modifying 'pitā'.

आचष्ट (ācaṣṭa) - recounted (he related, he told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past (luṅ) of cakṣ

Aorist (luṅ) or past tense form.

Prefix: ā

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Third singular aorist middle.

एतद् (etad) - this (narrative) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

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

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Note: Correlative with 'tathā'.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, story)

(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: Object of 'ācaṣṭa'.

पिता (pitā) - your father (father)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

Note: Subject of 'ācaṣṭa'.

ते (te) - your (your (genitive/dative singular of 'yuṣmad'))

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your

Note: Enclitic genitive singular, modifying 'pitā'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you (singular)

Note: Subject of 'vada'.

तथा (tathā) - in that manner (so, thus, in that way)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverb, modifying 'vada'.

वद (vada) - relate (speak, tell, say)

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Second singular imperative active.