महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-1, chapter-93, verse-45

शंतनुश्चापि शोकार्तो जगाम स्वपुरं ततः ।
तस्याहं कीर्तयिष्यामि शंतनोरमितान्गुणान् ॥४५॥

45. śaṁtanuścāpi śokārto jagāma svapuraṁ tataḥ ,
tasyāhaṁ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaṁtanoramitānguṇān.

45. शंतनुः च अपि शोकार्तो जगाम स्वपुरम् ततः तस्य
अहम् कीर्तयिष्यामि शंतनोः अमितान् गुणान्

45. Afflicted by sorrow, Śantanu then returned to his own city. I will now recount the immeasurable virtues of that Śantanu.

Words meanings summery:

• शन्तनुः (śantanuḥ) - Śantanu

• च (ca) - and, also

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

• शोकार्तः (śokārtaḥ) - afflicted by sorrow, distressed

• जगाम (jagāma) - he went

• स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - his own city

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

• अहम् (aham) - I

• कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I will describe, I will praise

• शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Śantanu

• अमितान् (amitān) - immeasurable, boundless

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues

Words meanings and morphology

शन्तनुः (śantanuḥ) - Śantanu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śantanu

śantanu - Śantanu (proper name of a king)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

शोकार्तः (śokārtaḥ) - afflicted by sorrow, distressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śokārta

śokārta - afflicted by sorrow, distressed, grief-stricken

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+ārta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• ārta – afflicted, distressed, pained
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √ṛ 'to go' with prefix ā + kta suffix
  Prefix: ā
  Root: ṛ (class 1)

Note: Refers to Śantanu.

जगाम (jagāma) - he went

(verb)

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

Root verb, 1st conjugation, Parasmaipada. Perfect tense form.

Root: gam (class 1)

स्वपुरम् (svapuram) - his own city

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of svapura

svapura - one's own city, hometown

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sva+pura)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun (masculine)
• pura – city, town, fortress
  noun (neuter)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

Ablative of tad, used adverbially

तस्य (tasya) - his, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Śantanu.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: The speaker (Vaiśaṃpāyana).

कीर्तयिष्यामि (kīrtayiṣyāmi) - I will describe, I will praise

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kīrt

From root √kṛt (10th class, causative stem kīrtaya)

Root: kṛt (class 10)

शन्तनोः (śantanoḥ) - of Śantanu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śantanu

śantanu - Śantanu (proper name of a king)

Note: Redundant with `tasya`, but used for emphasis or clarity.

अमितान् (amitān) - immeasurable, boundless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of amita

amita - immeasurable, boundless, infinite

Past Passive Participle

From prefix a- (negation) + root √mā (to measure) + kta suffix

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+mita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• mita – measured, limited
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √mā (to measure)
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Qualifies `guṇān`.

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, excellence, constituent principle of prakṛti