महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-2

सूत उवाच ।
शृणु ब्रह्मन्यथा पृष्टा मन्त्रिणो नृपतेस्तदा ।
आख्यातवन्तस्ते सर्वे निधनं तत्परिक्षितः ॥२॥

2. sūta uvāca ,
śṛṇu brahmanyathā pṛṣṭā mantriṇo nṛpatestadā ,
ākhyātavantaste sarve nidhanaṁ tatparikṣitaḥ.

2. sūtaḥ uvāca śṛṇu brahman yathā pṛṣṭāḥ mantriṇaḥ nṛpateḥ
tadā ākhyātavantaḥ te sarve nidhanam tat parikṣitaḥ

2. Sūta said: "Listen, O Brahmin, how the ministers, when questioned by the king at that time, all recounted the death of Parikṣit."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a proper name); charioteer, bard)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to) (listen, hear)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (addressing Śaunaka) (O Brahmin, O Brahma)

• यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

• पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - when asked (asked, questioned)

• मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the ministers (ministers)

• नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - by the king (of the king, from the king)

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

• आख्यातवन्तः (ākhyātavantaḥ) - recounted (having told, recounted)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

• निधनम् (nidhanam) - the death (death, destruction)

• तत् (tat) - that (death) (that, his)

• परिक्षितः (parikṣitaḥ) - of Parikṣit

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (Sūta (a proper name); charioteer, bard)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, a mixed caste, Sūta (proper name)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to) (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (addressing Śaunaka) (O Brahmin, O Brahma)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (masc.), sacred utterance, Veda, Brahman (neuter)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टाः (pṛṣṭāḥ) - when asked (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

past passive participle

Derived from root prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

मन्त्रिणः (mantriṇaḥ) - the ministers (ministers)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mantrin

mantrin - counselor, minister

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - by the king (of the king, from the king)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nṛ+pati)

• nṛ – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• pati – master, lord, husband
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used with passive participle pṛṣṭāḥ, often indicating agent in instrumental or genitive.

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

(indeclinable)

आख्यातवन्तः (ākhyātavantaḥ) - recounted (having told, recounted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ākhyātavant

ākhyātavant - having recounted, told

past active participle (kṛt)

Derived from root khyā with prefix ā, using the suffix -tavat (tavatu).

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

सर्वे (sarve) - all (of them) (all, every)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

निधनम् (nidhanam) - the death (death, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, end, destruction, abode

तत् (tat) - that (death) (that, his)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

परिक्षितः (parikṣitaḥ) - of Parikṣit

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of parikṣit

parikṣit - name of a famous king, son of Abhimanyu