महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-1

शौनक उवाच ।
यदपृच्छत्तदा राजा मन्त्रिणो जनमेजयः ।
पितुः स्वर्गगतिं तन्मे विस्तरेण पुनर्वद ॥१॥

1. śaunaka uvāca ,
yadapṛcchattadā rājā mantriṇo janamejayaḥ ,
pituḥ svargagatiṁ tanme vistareṇa punarvada.

1. śaunakaḥ uvāca yat apṛcchat tadā rājā mantriṇaḥ
janamejayaḥ pituḥ svargagatim tat me vistareṇa punaḥ vada

1. Śaunaka said: "King Janamejaya then asked his ministers about his father's attainment of heaven. Please tell me that again in detail."

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Sage Shaunaka (Shaunaka (a proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - that which (what, which, that)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, questioned)

• तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

• राजा (rājā) - King

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - his ministers (ministers)

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name))

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (of the father)

• स्वर्गगतिम् (svargagatim) - attainment of heaven (attainment of heaven, going to heaven)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (by detail, in detail, extensively)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

• वद (vada) - tell (tell, speak, say)

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Sage Shaunaka (Shaunaka (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - name of a sage, descendant of Śunaka

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - that which (what, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Used here correlatively with 'tat'.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, questioned)

(verb)

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

Root: prach (class 6)

तदा (tadā) - then (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

राजा (rājā) - King

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - his ministers (ministers)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit

पितुः (pituḥ) - of his father (of the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

स्वर्गगतिम् (svargagatim) - attainment of heaven (attainment of heaven, going to heaven)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of svargagati

svargagati - going to heaven, attainment of heaven

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svarga+gati)

• svarga – heaven, paradise
  noun (masculine)
• gati – going, motion, path, destination, attainment
  noun (feminine)
  Root: gam (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (matter) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative with 'yat'.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail (by detail, in detail, extensively)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - extension, expansion, detail

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, once more, back)

(indeclinable)

वद (vada) - tell (tell, speak, say)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of vad

Root: vad (class 1)