महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-66, verse-17

कण्वं हि पितरं मन्ये पितरं स्वमजानती ।
इति ते कथितं राजन्यथावृत्तं श्रुतं मया ॥१७॥

17. kaṇvaṁ hi pitaraṁ manye pitaraṁ svamajānatī ,
iti te kathitaṁ rājanyathāvṛttaṁ śrutaṁ mayā.

17. kaṇvam hi pitaram manye pitaram svam ajānatī
iti te kathitam rājan yathāvṛttam śrutam mayā

17. Indeed, I consider Kanva my father, as I do not know my own father. O king, this is what happened, recounted to you as I heard it.

Words meanings summery:

• कण्वम् (kaṇvam) - Kanva (Kanva (accusative))

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

• मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I consider, I think, I believe)

• पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

• स्वम् (svam) - my own (my own, her own, one's own)

• अजानती (ajānatī) - not knowing (not knowing, ignorant)

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

• ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

• कथितम् (kathitam) - recounted (told, narrated, recounted)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king (O king, O ruler)

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - what happened (as it happened, the actual event, the story)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, perceived, known)

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

कण्वम् (kaṇvam) - Kanva (Kanva (accusative))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaṇva

kaṇva - Kanva (name of a sage)

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for)

(indeclinable)

पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, progenitor, ancestor

मन्ये (manye) - I consider (I consider, I think, I believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of man

present, 1st person singular

Root 'man' (4th class, Atmanepada), present indicative.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Atmanepada form.

पितरम् (pitaram) - father (father (accusative))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, progenitor, ancestor

स्वम् (svam) - my own (my own, her own, one's own)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sva

sva - one's own, self, own people

Note: Qualifies 'pitaram'.

अजानती (ajānatī) - not knowing (not knowing, ignorant)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ajānatī

ajānat - not knowing, ignorant, unaware

Present Active Participle (negated)

Compound of 'a' (negation) + 'jānat' (P.A.P. of root 'jñā'). Feminine form.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+jānat)

• a – not, un-, without (negation)
  indeclinable
• jānat – knowing, perceiving
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Active Participle
  Derived from root 'jñā' (to know).
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Qualifies the implied 'I' (Shakuntala).

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

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you (to you, for you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive.

कथितम् (kathitam) - recounted (told, narrated, recounted)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kathita

kathita - told, narrated, spoken, declared

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'kath' (to tell).

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Qualifies an implied neuter subject (e.g. 'story').

राजन् (rājan) - O king (O king, O ruler)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, prince

Root: rāj (class 1)

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - what happened (as it happened, the actual event, the story)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it occurred, true state, real story, actual event

Compound of 'yathā' (as) + 'vṛtta' (happened, occurred).

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, existed, state of being
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'vṛt'.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'śrutam' (or object of 'kathitam').

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (heard, perceived, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, learned, known (through hearing)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'yathāvṛttam'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)