महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-13

ऋषय ऊचुः ।
अक्षौहिण्य इति प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया सूतनन्दन ।
एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं सर्वमेव यथातथम् ॥१३॥

13. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ ,
akṣauhiṇya iti proktaṁ yattvayā sūtanandana ,
etadicchāmahe śrotuṁ sarvameva yathātatham.

13. ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ | akṣauhiṇyaḥ iti proktam yat tvayā
sūtanandana | etat icchāmahe śrotum sarvam eva yathātatham

13. The sages said, "O son of Sūta, we wish to hear a complete and accurate account of what you have described as 'akṣauhiṇīs'."

Words meanings summery:

• ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - The sages (who are speaking) (sages, seers)

• ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

• अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - the divisions of an akṣauhiṇī (akṣauhiṇīs (a specific army division))

• इति (iti) - as (in 'as akṣauhiṇīs') (thus, in this manner, as)

• प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - stated, described (said, spoken, declared)

• यत् (yat) - what (you have stated) (which, what, that)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (addressing Sūta, i.e., Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, that)

• इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish (we wish, we desire)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of it (all, whole, entire)

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

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - accurately, completely (accurately, truly, exactly as it is)

Words meanings and morphology

ऋषयः (ṛṣayaḥ) - The sages (who are speaking) (sages, seers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - a sage, a seer, an inspired poet

ऊचुः (ūcuḥ) - said (they said, they spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: From root 'vac' (to speak).

अक्षौहिण्यः (akṣauhiṇyaḥ) - the divisions of an akṣauhiṇī (akṣauhiṇīs (a specific army division))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of akṣauhiṇī

akṣauhiṇī - a large army division, specific type of military formation

Note: Refers to the military formation.

इति (iti) - as (in 'as akṣauhiṇīs') (thus, in this manner, as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle used to indicate a quotation or to refer to something previously mentioned.

प्रोक्तम् (proktam) - stated, described (said, spoken, declared)

(nominal form)

neuter, singular of pro-vac

pro-vac - to say, to declare, to state

past passive participle

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: It is a past passive participle, here used substantively or as part of a passive construction.

यत् (yat) - what (you have stated) (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Instrumental case of 'you'.

सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (addressing Sūta, i.e., Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtanandana

sūtanandana - son of a charioteer (Sūta), beloved of Sūta

Compound type : tatpurusha (sūta+nandana)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, Sūta (caste)
  noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, delighting
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

Note: Vocative case.

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of 'to hear'.

इच्छामहे (icchāmahe) - we wish (we wish, we desire)

(verb)

1st person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: From root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire).

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

(verb)

active, infinitive of śru

infinitive

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Infinitive form.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all of it (all, whole, entire)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Object of 'to hear'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - accurately, completely (accurately, truly, exactly as it is)

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+tatham)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• tatham – truth, reality, fact
  noun (neuter)

Note: Avyayibhāva compound, functioning as an adverb.