महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-54, verse-2

जनयामास यं काली शक्तेः पुत्रात्पराशरात् ।
कन्यैव यमुनाद्वीपे पाण्डवानां पितामहम् ॥२॥

2. janayāmāsa yaṁ kālī śakteḥ putrātparāśarāt ,
kanyaiva yamunādvīpe pāṇḍavānāṁ pitāmaham.

2. janayāmāsa yam kālī śakteḥ putrāt parāśarāt
kanyā eva yamunādvīpe pāṇḍavānām pitāmaham

2. Whom Kālī, while still a maiden, gave birth to on an island in the Yamunā, from Parāśara, the son of Śakti; he was the grandfather of the Pāṇḍavas.

Words meanings summery:

• जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - gave birth to (caused to be born, gave birth to)

• यम् (yam) - whom (referring to Vyāsa) (whom (masculine accusative singular))

• काली (kālī) - Kālī (the mother of Vyāsa) (Kālī (a name for Matsyagandhā/Satyavatī))

• शक्तेः (śakteḥ) - from Śakti (referring to Parāśara's father) (of Śakti, from Śakti)

• पुत्रात् (putrāt) - from the son (Parāśara) (from the son)

• पराशरात् (parāśarāt) - from Parāśara (the father of Vyāsa) (from Parāśara)

• कन्या (kanyā) - while still a maiden (referring to Kālī/Satyavatī) (maiden, girl, virgin)

• एव (eva) - indeed, still (emphasizing 'maiden') (only, just, indeed, precisely)

• यमुनाद्वीपे (yamunādvīpe) - on an island in the Yamunā river (on an island of Yamunā)

• पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

• पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandfather (of the Pāṇḍavas, referring to Vyāsa) (grandfather)

Words meanings and morphology

जनयामास (janayāmāsa) - gave birth to (caused to be born, gave birth to)

(verb)

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

causative perfect

root jan + ṇic (causative) + perfect tense ending

Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject is 'kālī'.

यम् (yam) - whom (referring to Vyāsa) (whom (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Object of 'janayāmāsa'.

काली (kālī) - Kālī (the mother of Vyāsa) (Kālī (a name for Matsyagandhā/Satyavatī))

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kālī

kālī - dark-skinned woman, a goddess, a name for Matsyagandhā/Satyavatī

from kāla (black, time)

Note: Subject of 'janayāmāsa'.

शक्तेः (śakteḥ) - from Śakti (referring to Parāśara's father) (of Śakti, from Śakti)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy, capability, Śakti (proper name, a sage)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Connected to 'putrāt'.

पुत्रात् (putrāt) - from the son (Parāśara) (from the son)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child

Note: Source of Vyāsa's birth.

पराशरात् (parāśarāt) - from Parāśara (the father of Vyāsa) (from Parāśara)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parāśara

parāśara - Parāśara (a sage, father of Vyāsa)

कन्या (kanyā) - while still a maiden (referring to Kālī/Satyavatī) (maiden, girl, virgin)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā

kanyā - maiden, girl, virgin, daughter

Note: Syntactically linked to 'kālī', describing her condition.

एव (eva) - indeed, still (emphasizing 'maiden') (only, just, indeed, precisely)

(indeclinable)

यमुनाद्वीपे (yamunādvīpe) - on an island in the Yamunā river (on an island of Yamunā)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yamunādvīpa

yamunādvīpa - island of the Yamunā river

yamunā (river Yamunā) + dvīpa (island)

Compound type : tatpurusha (yamunā+dvīpa)

• yamunā – the Yamunā river (proper name)
  noun (feminine)
• dvīpa – island, continent
  noun (masculine)

Note: Place of birth.

पाण्डवानाम् (pāṇḍavānām) - of the Pāṇḍavas

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, one of the Pāṇḍavas

patronymic

from Pāṇḍu + a (suffix)

Note: Connected to 'pitāmaham'.

पितामहम् (pitāmaham) - the grandfather (of the Pāṇḍavas, referring to Vyāsa) (grandfather)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather

pitā (father) + mah (great)

Note: Describes 'yam' (Vyāsa).