महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-2, verse-154

अत ऊर्ध्वं विचित्रार्थं भीष्मपर्व प्रचक्षते ।
जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणं यत्रोक्तं संजयेन ह ॥१५४॥

154. ata ūrdhvaṁ vicitrārthaṁ bhīṣmaparva pracakṣate ,
jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇaṁ yatroktaṁ saṁjayena ha.

154. ataḥ ūrdhvam vicitrārtham bhīṣmaparva pracakṣate
jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇam yatra uktam sañjayena ha

154. Hereafter, they describe the Bhīṣmaparva, which contains diverse topics, and in which the description of the Jambukhaṇḍa was narrated by Sañjaya.

Words meanings summery:

• अतः (ataḥ) - hereafter, after this (hence, thereafter, therefore)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - hereafter, subsequently (upwards, above, thereafter)

• विचित्रार्थम् (vicitrārtham) - containing diverse topics/wonders (of various meanings/purposes, wonderful in meaning)

• भीष्मपर्व (bhīṣmaparva) - the Bhīṣmaparva (the Bhīṣmaparva (a section of the Mahābhārata))

• प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they describe (they tell, they declare, they describe)

• जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणम् (jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇam) - the description of Jambukhaṇḍa (the description/creation of Jambukhaṇḍa)

• यत्र (yatra) - in which (Bhīṣmaparva) (where, in which, when)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - was told/narrated (said, spoken, told)

• सञ्जयेन (sañjayena) - by Sañjaya

• ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, surely (particle of emphasis or affirmation))

Words meanings and morphology

अतः (ataḥ) - hereafter, after this (hence, thereafter, therefore)

(indeclinable)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - hereafter, subsequently (upwards, above, thereafter)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used adverbially to mean 'afterwards, subsequently'

विचित्रार्थम् (vicitrārtham) - containing diverse topics/wonders (of various meanings/purposes, wonderful in meaning)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vicitrārtha

vicitrārtha - having various meanings, wonderful in meaning, diverse in scope

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vicitra+artha)

• vicitra – diverse, variegated, wonderful, strange
  adjective
  Prefix: vi
  Root: citr (class 10)
• artha – meaning, purpose, object, wealth, matter
  noun (masculine)

Note: agrees with bhīṣmaparvam

भीष्मपर्व (bhīṣmaparva) - the Bhīṣmaparva (the Bhīṣmaparva (a section of the Mahābhārata))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhīṣmaparvan

bhīṣmaparvan - the Bhīṣma-section (of the Mahābhārata)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhīṣma+parvan)

• bhīṣma – Bhīṣma (a Kuru warrior), terrible, formidable
  noun (masculine)
  Root: bhī (class 3)
• parvan – section, chapter, knot, joint, festival
  noun (neuter)

Note: object of pracakṣate

प्रचक्षते (pracakṣate) - they describe (they tell, they declare, they describe)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present (laṭ) of cakṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: The implied subject is 'people' or 'sages'.

जम्बूखण्डविनिर्माणम् (jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇam) - the description of Jambukhaṇḍa (the description/creation of Jambukhaṇḍa)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇa

jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇa - the delineation/formation of Jambukhaṇḍa

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jambū+khaṇḍa+vinirmāṇa)

• jambū – rose-apple tree, a region of the world (Jambudvīpa)
  noun (feminine)
• khaṇḍa – piece, part, section, division
  noun (masculine)
• vinirmāṇa – construction, creation, formation, description, delineation
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from root mā with vi-nir
  Prefixes: vi+nir
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: subject of the passive verb 'uktam'

यत्र (yatra) - in which (Bhīṣmaparva) (where, in which, when)

(indeclinable)

उक्तम् (uktam) - was told/narrated (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told, declared

past passive participle

pp. of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: agrees with jambūkhaṇḍavinirmāṇam

सञ्जयेन (sañjayena) - by Sañjaya

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sañjaya (name of Dhṛtarāṣṭra's charioteer), victory, triumph

Root: ji (class 1)

Note: agent of the passive verb 'uktam'

ह (ha) - indeed (indeed, surely (particle of emphasis or affirmation))

(indeclinable)