महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-59, verse-37

इत्येष वंशप्रभवः कथितस्ते तरस्विनाम् ।
असुराणां सुराणां च पुराणे संश्रुतो मया ॥३७॥

37. ityeṣa vaṁśaprabhavaḥ kathitaste tarasvinām ,
asurāṇāṁ surāṇāṁ ca purāṇe saṁśruto mayā.

37. iti eṣaḥ vaṃśaprabhavaḥ kathitaḥ te tarasvinām
asurāṇām surāṇām ca purāṇe saṃśrutaḥ mayā

37. Thus, this origin of the lineage of the powerful ones – both Asuras and Suras – has been recounted to you, as I heard it in the Purāṇas.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (this, this one)

• वंशप्रभवः (vaṁśaprabhavaḥ) - origin of the lineage (origin of the lineage, lineage's rise)

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - recounted (told, recounted)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

• तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful ones (of the powerful, swift ones)

• असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the Asuras

• सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the Suras (gods) (of the gods, divine beings)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• पुराणे (purāṇe) - in the Purāṇas (in the Purana)

• संश्रुतः (saṁśrutaḥ) - heard (by me) (heard, well-known)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Refers to 'vaṃśaprabhavaḥ'.

वंशप्रभवः (vaṁśaprabhavaḥ) - origin of the lineage (origin of the lineage, lineage's rise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaṃśaprabhava

vaṁśaprabhava - origin of a race, lineage, family

Compound 'vaṃśa' (lineage) + 'prabhava' (origin, source, from pra-√bhū)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+prabhava)

• vaṃśa – bamboo, lineage, race, family
  noun (masculine)
• prabhava – origin, source, cause, birth
  noun (masculine)
  action noun
  From √bhū with pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhū (class 1)

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - recounted (told, recounted)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, said, related, narrated

past passive participle

From verb root √kath- (to tell, narrate)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Predicate for 'vaṃśaprabhavaḥ'.

ते (te) - to you (to you, your)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural)

Second person pronoun.

Note: Enclitic form.

तरस्विनाम् (tarasvinām) - of the powerful ones (of the powerful, swift ones)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tarasvin

tarasvin - powerful, swift, energetic, vigorous

From 'taras' (speed, energy) + suffix -vin.

Root: tṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to both Asuras and Suras.

असुराणाम् (asurāṇām) - of the Asuras

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of asura

asura - demon, titan, a class of powerful beings

सुराणाम् (surāṇām) - of the Suras (gods) (of the gods, divine beings)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity, divine being

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

पुराणे (purāṇe) - in the Purāṇas (in the Purana)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; a class of sacred texts

From 'purā' (formerly, anciently).

Note: Often used collectively to refer to the body of Purāṇas.

संश्रुतः (saṁśrutaḥ) - heard (by me) (heard, well-known)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśruta

saṁśruta - heard, listened to, known, famous

past passive participle

From verb root √śru (to hear) with sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: śru (class 1)

Note: Refers to 'vaṃśaprabhavaḥ'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

First person pronoun.

Note: Agent of the passive verb 'saṃśrutaḥ'.