महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-53, verse-32

शौनक उवाच ।
महाभारतमाख्यानं पाण्डवानां यशस्करम् ।
जनमेजयेन यत्पृष्टः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्तदा ॥३२॥

32. śaunaka uvāca ,
mahābhāratamākhyānaṁ pāṇḍavānāṁ yaśaskaram ,
janamejayena yatpṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastadā.

32. śaunakaḥ uvāca mahābhāratam ākhyānam pāṇḍavānām
yaśaskaram janamejayena yat pṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ tadā

32. Śaunaka said: The Mahābhārata narrative, which brings fame to the Pāṇḍavas — that same (narrative) which Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana was asked about by Janamejaya at that time...

Words meanings summery:

• शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• महाभारतम् (mahābhāratam) - the Mahābhārata narrative (the Mahābhārata (epic))

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, tale, epic)

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• यशस्करम् (yaśaskaram) - which brings fame (causing fame, glorious, famous)

• जनमेजयेन (janamejayena) - by Janamejaya (by Janamejaya (proper name))

• यत् (yat) - which (referring to the narrative) (which, that which)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - was asked (asked, questioned)

• कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

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

Words meanings and morphology

शौनकः (śaunakaḥ) - Śaunaka (proper name)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śaunaka

śaunaka - Śaunaka (name of a sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

महाभारतम् (mahābhāratam) - the Mahābhārata narrative (the Mahābhārata (epic))

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahābhārata

mahābhārata - the great epic Mahābhārata

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+bhārata)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• bhārata – relating to Bharata, a descendant of Bharata, India, the Bhārata (epic)
  noun (neuter)

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, tale, epic)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, tale, story, epic

action noun

Derived from root khyā with prefix ā and suffix ana

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, relating to Pāṇḍu

patronymic

Derived from Pāṇḍu

यशस्करम् (yaśaskaram) - which brings fame (causing fame, glorious, famous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yaśaskara

yaśaskara - causing glory, conferring fame, glorious

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yaśas+kara)

• yaśas – fame, glory, honor
  noun (neuter)
• kara – making, causing, doing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  Derived from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

जनमेजयेन (janamejayena) - by Janamejaya (by Janamejaya (proper name))

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parīkṣit)

यत् (yat) - which (referring to the narrative) (which, that which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that which, whoever

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - was asked (asked, questioned)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned, interrogated

past passive participle

Derived from root prach with kta suffix

Root: prach (class 6)

कृष्णद्वैपायनः (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ) - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (the full name of Vyāsa)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black, Kṛṣṇa (proper name)
  adjective (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – island-born (an epithet of Vyāsa)
  noun (masculine)

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

(indeclinable)