महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-36, verse-1

शौनक उवाच ।
जरत्कारुरिति प्रोक्तं यत्त्वया सूतनन्दन ।
इच्छाम्येतदहं तस्य ऋषेः श्रोतुं महात्मनः ॥१॥

1. śaunaka uvāca ,
jaratkāruriti proktaṁ yattvayā sūtanandana ,
icchāmyetadahaṁ tasya ṛṣeḥ śrotuṁ mahātmanaḥ.

1. śaunakaḥ uvāca jaratkāruḥ iti proktaṃ yat tvayā
sūtanandana icchāmi etat ahaṃ tasya ṛṣeḥ śrotuṃ mahātmanaḥ

1. Śaunaka said: O son of Sūta, I desire to hear more about this Jaratkāru, that great-souled sage, whom you have mentioned.

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (Śaunaka (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (the sage) (Jaratkāru (proper noun))

• इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote or refers to the preceding) (thus, so, in this manner (particle))

• प्रोक्तं (proktaṁ) - mentioned, spoken about (spoken, said, told)

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the topic of Jaratkāru) (which, what)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Sūta's son) (by you)

• सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (vocative, addressing Romaharṣaṇa's son, Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• एतत् (etat) - this (story/topic) (this)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Śaunaka) (I)

• तस्य (tasya) - of that (Jaratkāru) (of that, his)

• ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage

• श्रोतुं (śrotuṁ) - to hear

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, noble)

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (Śaunaka (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - Śaunaka (name of a sage)

Note: One of the interlocutors in the Mahābhārata.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

जरत्कारुः (jaratkāruḥ) - Jaratkāru (the sage) (Jaratkāru (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jaratkāru

jaratkāru - Jaratkāru (name of a sage and a Nāginī)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarat+kāru)

• jarat – decaying, old, worn out
  adjective
  Root: jṛ (class 1)
• kāru – making, doing; maker, doer; a creator, artisan
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The topic being referred to.

इति (iti) - (marks the end of a quote or refers to the preceding) (thus, so, in this manner (particle))

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used after a word to indicate it's a name or topic.

प्रोक्तं (proktaṁ) - mentioned, spoken about (spoken, said, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

past passive participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'yat' (what was spoken).

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the topic of Jaratkāru) (which, what)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the 'Jaratkāru' topic mentioned.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you (Sūta's son) (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular/plural)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'proktaṃ'.

सूतनन्दन (sūtanandana) - O son of Sūta (vocative, addressing Romaharṣaṇa's son, Ugraśravas) (O son of Sūta)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sūtanandana

sūtanandana - son of a sūta

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (sūta+nandana)

• sūta – charioteer, bard, narrator
  noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child; delighting, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

एतत् (etat) - this (story/topic) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of 'śrotuṃ'.

अहं (ahaṁ) - I (Śaunaka) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our

Note: Subject of 'icchāmi'.

तस्य (tasya) - of that (Jaratkāru) (of that, his)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Note: Refers to 'ṛṣeḥ' and 'mahātmanaḥ'.

ऋषेः (ṛṣeḥ) - of the sage

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

Note: Refers to Jaratkāru.

श्रोतुं (śrotuṁ) - to hear

(verb)

active

infinitive

Infinitive of root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Governed by 'icchāmi'.

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great-souled one (of the great-souled, noble)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous; a great person

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'ṛṣeḥ'.