महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-61, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
देवानां दानवानां च यक्षाणामथ रक्षसाम् ।
अन्येषां चैव भूतानां सर्वेषां भगवन्नहम् ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
devānāṁ dānavānāṁ ca yakṣāṇāmatha rakṣasām ,
anyeṣāṁ caiva bhūtānāṁ sarveṣāṁ bhagavannaham.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca devānām dānavānām ca yakṣāṇām atha
rakṣasām anyeṣām ca eva bhūtānām sarveṣām bhagavan aham

1. Janamejaya said: 'O Venerable One, I (wish to hear) of the gods, Dānavas, Yakṣas, and then of the Rakṣasas, and indeed, of all other beings—'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

• दानवानाम् (dānavānām) - of the Dānavas (of the dānavas (a class of asuras/demons))

• च (ca) - and

• यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas (of the yakṣas (a class of demigods/nature spirits))

• अथ (atha) - and then, moreover (then, now, moreover, and)

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rakṣasas (of the rakṣasas (a class of demons/ogres))

• अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of other (of others, of other ones)

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, only, just, even)

• भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures)

• सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Venerable One, O Illustrious One)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (proper name))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Name of a king, son of Parikṣit, grandson of Abhimanyu.

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active

Derived from root vac

Root: vac (class 2)

देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Possessive, indicating relation to janma karma ca.

दानवानाम् (dānavānām) - of the Dānavas (of the dānavas (a class of asuras/demons))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dānava

dānava - a descendant of Danu, a class of demons or asuras

Patronymic from Danu

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

यक्षाणाम् (yakṣāṇām) - of the Yakṣas (of the yakṣas (a class of demigods/nature spirits))

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of yakṣa

yakṣa - a class of demigods, often benevolent nature spirits

Root: yaj (class 1)

अथ (atha) - and then, moreover (then, now, moreover, and)

(indeclinable)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rakṣasas (of the rakṣasas (a class of demons/ogres))

(noun)

Genitive, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, an ogre, a protector

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

अन्येषाम् (anyeṣām) - of other (of others, of other ones)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of anya

anya - other, another

Note: Agrees with bhūtānām.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, even (indeed, only, just, even)

(indeclinable)

भूतानाम् (bhūtānām) - of beings (of beings, of creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, plural of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, element, existing, past

past passive participle

Derived from root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all

(adjective)

Genitive, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Agrees with bhūtānām.

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Venerable One (O Venerable One, O Illustrious One)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, fortunate, divine, glorious, venerable

present participle

Derived from bhaga (fortune) + vat suffix (possessing)

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Vaiśaṃpāyana.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Subject of the implied icchāmi in the next verse.