महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-55, verse-5

यथा च युद्धमभवत्पृथिवीक्षयकारकम् ।
तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि पृच्छते भरतर्षभ ॥५॥

5. yathā ca yuddhamabhavatpṛthivīkṣayakārakam ,
tatte'haṁ saṁpravakṣyāmi pṛcchate bharatarṣabha.

5. yathā ca yuddham abhavat pṛthivīkṣayakārakam tat
te aham sampravakṣyāmi pṛcchate bharatarṣabha

5. And how the war, which caused the destruction of the earth, occurred—that I will fully explain to you, O best of Bharatas, as you inquire.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - how (the war occurred) (as, how, in which manner)

• च (ca) - and

• युद्धम् (yuddham) - the war (Mahabharata war) (war, battle, fight)

• अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, took place (occurred, happened, was)

• पृथिवीक्षयकारकम् (pṛthivīkṣayakārakam) - which caused the destruction of the earth (causing the destruction of the earth)

• तत् (tat) - that (story/event) (that, therefore)

• ते (te) - to you (King Janamejaya) (to you)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Vaiśampāyana) (I)

• सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि (sampravakṣyāmi) - I will fully explain (I will fully declare, I will explain well)

• पृच्छते (pṛcchate) - to you who are asking (to the one asking)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas (King Janamejaya) (O best of Bharatas)

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - how (the war occurred) (as, how, in which manner)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

युद्धम् (yuddham) - the war (Mahabharata war) (war, battle, fight)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - war, battle, fight, combat

past participle

past participle from root yudh (to fight)

Root: yudh (class 4)

अभवत् (abhavat) - occurred, took place (occurred, happened, was)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

पृथिवीक्षयकारकम् (pṛthivīkṣayakārakam) - which caused the destruction of the earth (causing the destruction of the earth)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pṛthivīkṣayakāraka

pṛthivīkṣayakāraka - causing the destruction of the earth

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pṛthivī+kṣaya+kāraka)

• pṛthivī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• kṣaya – destruction, loss, decay, end
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  from root kṣi (to destroy)
  Root: kṣi (class 1)
• kāraka – causing, making, doing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that (story/event) (that, therefore)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

ते (te) - to you (King Janamejaya) (to you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

अहम् (aham) - I (Vaiśampāyana) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि (sampravakṣyāmi) - I will fully explain (I will fully declare, I will explain well)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: vac (class 2)

पृच्छते (pṛcchate) - to you who are asking (to the one asking)

(nominal form)

Dative, masculine, singular of pracḥ

pracḥ - to ask, to question

present participle

present participle (ātmanepada) from root pracḥ

Root: pracḥ (class 6)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas (King Janamejaya) (O best of Bharatas)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull among Bharatas, best of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, name of an ancient king, name of a people
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)