महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-27, verse-4

सूत उवाच ।
विषयोऽयं पुराणस्य यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।
शृणु मे वदतः सर्वमेतत्संक्षेपतो द्विज ॥४॥

4. sūta uvāca ,
viṣayo'yaṁ purāṇasya yanmāṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi ,
śṛṇu me vadataḥ sarvametatsaṁkṣepato dvija.

4. sūtaḥ uvāca viṣayaḥ ayam purāṇasya yat mām tvam
paripṛcchasi śṛṇu me vadataḥ sarvam etat saṃkṣepataḥ dvija

4. Sūta said: 'This subject, about which you question me, pertains to the Purāṇa. Listen, O Dvija, as I recount all this briefly.'

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Sūta (a class of charioteers/bards))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

• विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - subject (subject, topic, object of sense)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

• पुराणस्य (purāṇasya) - of the Purāṇa (of the Purāṇa, of the ancient tale)

• यत् (yat) - which (subject) (which (neuter), because, that)

• माम् (mām) - me

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (singular))

• परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you question (you ask, you inquire)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen! hear!)

• मे (me) - to me (as I speak) (to me, my, of me)

• वदतः (vadataḥ) - as I tell (speaking, telling)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (this) (all, whole, every)

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

• संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - briefly (briefly, concisely)

• द्विज (dvija) - O Dvija (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (Sūta (a class of charioteers/bards))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, a son of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇī woman (often a genealogist or chronicler)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (liṭ) of √vac

Root: √vac (class 2)

विषयः (viṣayaḥ) - subject (subject, topic, object of sense)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣaya

viṣaya - object, sphere, domain, subject-matter

अयम् (ayam) - this (this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it (near the speaker)

पुराणस्य (purāṇasya) - of the Purāṇa (of the Purāṇa, of the ancient tale)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; (as noun) an ancient tale, traditional history, Purāṇa

यत् (yat) - which (subject) (which (neuter), because, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what; (as conjunction) that, because, if

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the topic (viṣaya).

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

परिपृच्छसि (paripṛcchasi) - you question (you ask, you inquire)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √prach

Prefix: pari

Root: √prach (class 6)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! (listen! hear!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śru

Root: √śru (class 5)

मे (me) - to me (as I speak) (to me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used as dative or genitive, here conveying 'from me' or 'as I speak'.

वदतः (vadataḥ) - as I tell (speaking, telling)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying

present active participle

from √vad + śatṛ

Root: √vad (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'me' (asmad), suggesting 'listen to me, while I speak'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (this) (all, whole, every)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (near the speaker)

संक्षेपतः (saṁkṣepataḥ) - briefly (briefly, concisely)

(indeclinable)

from saṃkṣepa + tas

द्विज (dvija) - O Dvija (O twice-born, O Brahmin)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a Brahmin, Kshatriya, or Vaishya); a bird; a tooth

bahuvrīhi compound: dvi + jan

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+janman)

• dvi – two
  numeral
• janman – birth, origin
  noun (neuter)
  action noun
  from √jan + man
  Root: √jan (class 4)

Note: Refers to the sages asking Sūta, who are Brahmins.