महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-157, verse-5

अथ धर्मार्थवद्वाक्यमुक्त्वा स भगवानृषिः ।
विचित्राश्च कथास्तास्ताः पुनरेवेदमब्रवीत् ॥५॥

5. atha dharmārthavadvākyamuktvā sa bhagavānṛṣiḥ ,
vicitrāśca kathāstāstāḥ punarevedamabravīt.

5. atha dharmārthavat vākyam uktvā sa bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |
vicitrāḥ ca kathāḥ tāḥ tāḥ punaḥ eva idam abravīt

5. Then, having spoken meaningful words concerning natural law (dharma) and purpose, that revered sage (bhagavan ṛṣi) also recounted various stories; then he spoke this again.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• धर्मार्थवत् (dharmārthavat) - meaningful words pertaining to natural law (dharma) and purpose (containing dharma and artha, meaningful concerning righteousness)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (speech, word, sentence)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having spoken, having said)

• स (sa) - that (revered sage) (he, that)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (revered, divine, glorious, blessed)

• ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (Vyāsa) (sage, seer, inspired poet)

• विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - various (various, wonderful, strange)

• च (ca) - also (and, also)

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories (stories, tales)

• ताः (tāḥ) - those

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (repeated for emphasis) (those)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew)

• एव (eva) - (emphatic) (indeed, just, only)

• इदम् (idam) - this (following speech) (this)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

धर्मार्थवत् (dharmārthavat) - meaningful words pertaining to natural law (dharma) and purpose (containing dharma and artha, meaningful concerning righteousness)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmārthavat

dharmārthavat - containing dharma and artha (meaning/purpose/wealth/practical wisdom), righteous and purposeful

Derivative from 'dharmārtha' with possessive suffix '-vat'

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+artha)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• artha – meaning, purpose, aim, wealth, prosperity
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √ṛ

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words (speech, word, sentence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, declaration

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of uktvā.

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken (having spoken, having said)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

स (sa) - that (revered sage) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he

Note: Agrees with bhagavān ṛṣiḥ.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (revered, divine, glorious, blessed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, prosperous, glorious, revered, divine

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ṛṣiḥ.

ऋषिः (ṛṣiḥ) - sage (Vyāsa) (sage, seer, inspired poet)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet, saint

Root: ṛṣ

विचित्राः (vicitrāḥ) - various (various, wonderful, strange)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vicitra

vicitra - varied, manifold, wonderful, strange, diversified

Prefix: vi

Root: citra

च (ca) - also (and, also)

(indeclinable)

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories (stories, tales)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Grammatically nominative but functions as accusative object with abravīt in sense of "recounted".

ताः (tāḥ) - those

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with kathāḥ.

ताः (tāḥ) - those (repeated for emphasis) (those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Agrees with kathāḥ.

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, anew)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - (emphatic) (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

इदम् (idam) - this (following speech) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, these

Note: Object of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect 3rd singular, active voice

Root: bru (class 2)