महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-5, verse-4

सूत उवाच ।
यदधीतं पुरा सम्यग्द्विजश्रेष्ठ महात्मभिः ।
वैशंपायनविप्राद्यैस्तैश्चापि कथितं पुरा ॥४॥

4. sūta uvāca ,
yadadhītaṁ purā samyagdvijaśreṣṭha mahātmabhiḥ ,
vaiśaṁpāyanaviprādyaistaiścāpi kathitaṁ purā.

4. sūtaḥ uvāca yat adhītam purā samyak dvijaśreṣṭha mahātmabhiḥ
vaiśaṃpāyana-vipra-ādyaiḥ taiḥ ca api kathitam purā

4. Sūta said: "That which was properly studied in ancient times by great souls, O best among the twice-born, and which was also narrated previously by sages headed by Vaiśampāyana..."

Words meanings summery:

• सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• यत् (yat) - which, that which

• अधीतम् (adhītam) - studied, learned, recited

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

• सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, well

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best among the twice-born (O best of Brahmins, O best of the twice-born)

• महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble persons

• वैशंपायन-विप्र-आद्यैः (vaiśaṁpāyana-vipra-ādyaiḥ) - by sages headed by Vaiśampāyana (by Vaiśampāyana and other sages/Brahmins)

• तैः (taiḥ) - by them

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• कथितम् (kathitam) - narrated, told

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

Words meanings and morphology

सूतः (sūtaḥ) - Sūta (the narrator) (charioteer, bard)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, son of a kṣatriya by a brāhmaṇī

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that which

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

अधीतम् (adhītam) - studied, learned, recited

(adjective)

neuter, singular of adhīta

adhīta - studied, learned, recited

past passive participle

Prefix: adhi

Root: i (class 2)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

(indeclinable)

सम्यक् (samyak) - properly, completely, well

(indeclinable)

द्विजश्रेष्ठ (dvijaśreṣṭha) - O best among the twice-born (O best of Brahmins, O best of the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijaśreṣṭha

dvijaśreṣṭha - best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+śreṣṭha)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)

महात्मभिः (mahātmabhiḥ) - by great souls, by noble persons

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, a great person

Compound type : karmadharaya (mahā+ātman)

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

वैशंपायन-विप्र-आद्यैः (vaiśaṁpāyana-vipra-ādyaiḥ) - by sages headed by Vaiśampāyana (by Vaiśampāyana and other sages/Brahmins)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vaiśaṃpāyanaviprādya

vaiśaṁpāyanaviprādya - Vaiśampāyana and other Brahmins

Compound type : tatpurusha (vaiśaṃpāyana+vipra+ādya)

• vaiśaṃpāyana – name of a sage, disciple of Vyāsa
  noun (masculine)
• vipra – Brahmin, sage, wise man
  noun (masculine)
• ādya – first, foremost, principal, headed by
  adjective (masculine)

तैः (taiḥ) - by them

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

कथितम् (kathitam) - narrated, told

(adjective)

neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - narrated, told, spoken

past passive participle

Root: kath (class 10)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times, previously

(indeclinable)