महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-56, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
कथितं वै समासेन त्वया सर्वं द्विजोत्तम ।
महाभारतमाख्यानं कुरूणां चरितं महत् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
kathitaṁ vai samāsena tvayā sarvaṁ dvijottama ,
mahābhāratamākhyānaṁ kurūṇāṁ caritaṁ mahat.

1. Janamejaya uvāca kathitam vai samāsena tvayā sarvam
dvijottama Mahābhāratam ākhyānam Kurūṇām caritam mahat

1. Janamejaya said: 'O best of brāhmaṇas, you have indeed briefly recounted everything – the Mahābhārata narrative and the great history of the Kurus.'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper noun))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• कथितम् (kathitam) - has been recounted (recounted, told, spoken)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

• समासेन (samāsena) - in brief (in brief, concisely, by means of a compound)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brāhmaṇas (addressing Vaiśampāyana) (O best of brahmins)

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

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - the narrative (narrative, story, tale)

• कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

• चरितम् (caritam) - history, deeds (deed, conduct, life, history)

• महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper noun))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Janamejaya

Janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, descendant of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

कथितम् (kathitam) - has been recounted (recounted, told, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, narrated, said

past passive participle

from root kath 'to tell, narrate'

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Used impersonally or with implied 'it'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly, verily)

(indeclinable)

समासेन (samāsena) - in brief (in brief, concisely, by means of a compound)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of samāsa

samāsa - compound, summary, abridgement, in brief

action noun

from sam-as 'to throw together, to condense'

Prefixes: sam+as

Root: as (class 4)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every, everything

Note: Refers to the entire narrative.

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of brāhmaṇas (addressing Vaiśampāyana) (O best of brahmins)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born (brahmins)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born, brahmin, bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of ud 'up, high'

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of Mahābhārata

Mahābhārata - the great epic of the Bhāratas (Mahābhārata)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+Bhārata)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• Bhārata – descendant of Bharata, India, relating to the Bharatas
  proper_noun (neuter)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - the narrative (narrative, story, tale)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, tradition, legend

action noun

from ā-khyā 'to tell, narrate'

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

कुरूणाम् (kurūṇām) - of the Kurus

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of Kuru

Kuru - name of an ancient king, his descendants (the Kauravas or Kurus)

चरितम् (caritam) - history, deeds (deed, conduct, life, history)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carita

carita - conduct, action, history, life, deed, behaviour

action noun

Past passive participle of car 'to move, act', used as a noun

Root: car (class 1)

महत् (mahat) - great (great, large, important)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, important, mighty, extensive