महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-71, verse-2

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण द्विजोत्तम ।
आनुपूर्व्या च मे शंस पूरोर्वंशकरान्पृथक् ॥२॥

2. etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ vistareṇa dvijottama ,
ānupūrvyā ca me śaṁsa pūrorvaṁśakarānpṛthak.

2. etat icchāmi aham śrotum vistareṇa dvijottama
ānupūrvyā ca me śaṃsa pūroḥ vaṃśakarān pṛthak

2. O best of Brahmins, I wish to hear this in detail. Please narrate to me, in sequential order, about the descendants of Puru, each one separately.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

• द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of Brahmins, O best of twice-born

• आनुपूर्व्या (ānupūrvyā) - in order, sequentially, according to sequence

• च (ca) - and, also

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

• शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, narrate, declare

• पूरोः (pūroḥ) - of Puru

• वंशकरान् (vaṁśakarān) - the descendants/successors of the lineage (the founders/continuators of the lineage/family)

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (matter) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter, but here accusative as object of 'to hear'.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root iṣ, 6th class, Parasmaipada, Present tense, 1st person, singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive from root śru

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Dative sense of purpose.

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - detail, expansion, extensive explanation

द्विजोत्तम (dvijottama) - O best of Brahmins, O best of twice-born

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best among the twice-born

Compound of dvija and uttama

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

आनुपूर्व्या (ānupūrvyā) - in order, sequentially, according to sequence

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of ānupūrvya

ānupūrvya - sequential order, succession

Note: Instrumental case often denotes 'in accordance with' or 'by means of'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, myself

Note: Can also be genitive; here it's dative for whom something is done (tell *to me*).

शंस (śaṁsa) - tell, narrate, declare

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √śaṃs

Imperative Mood, Active Voice

Root śaṃs, 1st class, Parasmaipada, Imperative mood, 2nd person, singular

Root: śaṃs (class 1)

पूरोः (pūroḥ) - of Puru

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puru

puru - Puru (a proper name, ancient king)

वंशकरान् (vaṁśakarān) - the descendants/successors of the lineage (the founders/continuators of the lineage/family)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vaṃśakara

vaṁśakara - one who establishes/continues a lineage/family

Compound: vaṃśa (lineage) + kara (maker/doer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaṃśa+kara)

• vaṃśa – lineage, race, family, bamboo
  noun (masculine)
• kara – maker, doer, hand, ray
  noun (masculine)
  from √kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)