महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-45, verse-3

जनमेजय उवाच ।
जानन्ति तु भवन्तस्तद्यथावृत्तः पिता मम ।
आसीद्यथा च निधनं गतः काले महायशाः ॥३॥

3. janamejaya uvāca ,
jānanti tu bhavantastadyathāvṛttaḥ pitā mama ,
āsīdyathā ca nidhanaṁ gataḥ kāle mahāyaśāḥ.

3. janamejayaḥ uvāca jānanti tu bhavantaḥ tat yathāvṛttaḥ
pitā mama āsīt yathā ca nidhanam gataḥ kāle mahāyaśāḥ

3. Janamejaya said: "Indeed, you know how my father conducted himself and how the greatly renowned one met his death in due course."

Words meanings summery:

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

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• जानन्ति (jānanti) - you know (they know, you know (honorific plural))

• तु (tu) - indeed (indeed, but, however)

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing the ministers) (you (honorific, plural))

• तत् (tat) - that (matter/fact) (that)

• यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (how he behaved, how it occurred)

• पिता (pitā) - father

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - was, conducted himself (was, existed)

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

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• गतः (gataḥ) - met (death) (gone, attained, met)

• काले (kāle) - in due course/time (in time, at the proper time)

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - the greatly renowned one (greatly renowned, very famous)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikṣit

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

जानन्ति (jānanti) - you know (they know, you know (honorific plural))

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used here with 'bhavantaḥ' (honorific 'you'), which often takes a third person verb.

तु (tu) - indeed (indeed, but, however)

(indeclinable)

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - you (addressing the ministers) (you (honorific, plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you (respectful term), being, existing

present participle

Derived from root bhū (to be), used as a respectful pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used as a respectful second person pronoun.

तत् (tat) - that (matter/fact) (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

यथावृत्तः (yathāvṛttaḥ) - how he conducted himself (how he behaved, how it occurred)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, as it occurred, as one behaved

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, how, in which way
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, behaved, story
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Derived from root vṛt (to be, to exist, to behave)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

पिता (pitā) - father

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

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

आसीत् (āsīt) - was, conducted himself (was, existed)

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

यथा (yathā) - how (as, just as, how)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

निधनम् (nidhanam) - death (death, destruction)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nidhana

nidhana - death, end, destruction, abode

गतः (gataḥ) - met (death) (gone, attained, met)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, past, attained, departed

past passive participle

Derived from root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

काले (kāle) - in due course/time (in time, at the proper time)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, season, destiny

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - the greatly renowned one (greatly renowned, very famous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - greatly renowned, famous, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+yaśas)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• yaśas – fame, glory, honor
  noun (neuter)