महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-1, verse-3

अश्वत्थाम्नः श्रुतं कर्म शापश्चान्योन्यकारितः ।
वृत्तान्तमुत्तरं ब्रूहि यदभाषत संजयः ॥३॥

3. aśvatthāmnaḥ śrutaṁ karma śāpaścānyonyakāritaḥ ,
vṛttāntamuttaraṁ brūhi yadabhāṣata saṁjayaḥ.

3. aśvatthāmnaḥ śrutam karma śāpaḥ ca anyonya-kāritaḥ
vṛttāntam uttaram brūhi yat abhāṣata sañjayaḥ

3. aśvatthāmnaḥ karma śrutam ca anyonya-kāritaḥ śāpaḥ
brūhi uttaram vṛttāntam yat sañjayaḥ abhāṣata

3. I have heard about Ashvatthama's deed (karma) and the reciprocal curse. Please narrate the subsequent events, as you, Sañjaya, recounted them.

Words meanings summery:

• अश्वत्थाम्नः (aśvatthāmnaḥ) - of Ashvatthama

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - has been heard (by me) (heard, listened, known)

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))

• शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse, imprecation

• च (ca) - and, also

• अन्योन्य-कारितः (anyonya-kāritaḥ) - mutually caused, reciprocal, inflicted by each other

• वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - narrative, account, story, event

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - subsequent, further (subsequent, later, further, superior)

• ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

• यत् (yat) - whatever, as (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - you (Sanjaya) narrated (he spoke, he said, he narrated)

• सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya (name of Vyasa's disciple and charioteer of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who narrates the war)

Words meanings and morphology

अश्वत्थाम्नः (aśvatthāmnaḥ) - of Ashvatthama

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aśvatthāman

aśvatthāman - Ashvatthama (a warrior and son of Droṇa)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - has been heard (by me) (heard, listened, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, known

Past Passive Participle

root śru + kta

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Acts as predicate.

कर्म (karma) - deed, action (action, deed, ritual, fate (karma))

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, ritual, fate (karma)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शापः (śāpaḥ) - curse, imprecation

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śāpa

śāpa - curse, imprecation

Root: śap (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

अन्योन्य-कारितः (anyonya-kāritaḥ) - mutually caused, reciprocal, inflicted by each other

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anyonyakārita

anyonyakārita - mutually caused, reciprocal, inflicted by each other

Past Passive Participle (derived form)

from anyonya + root kṛ + ita (nominalizer)

Compound type : tatpurusha (anyonya+kārita)

• anyonya – each other, mutual
  pronoun
• kārita – caused, made, inflicted (PPP of causative kṛ)
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle (causative)
  causative of kṛ + kta
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with śāpaḥ.

वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - narrative, account, story, event

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - narrative, account, story, event

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - subsequent, further (subsequent, later, further, superior)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of uttara

uttara - subsequent, later, further, superior, northern

Note: Agrees with vṛttāntam.

ब्रूहि (brūhi) - tell, speak, say

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

यत् (yat) - whatever, as (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Acts as an adverbial conjunction here.

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - you (Sanjaya) narrated (he spoke, he said, he narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperfect past (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: In context of Dhṛtarāṣṭra speaking to Sañjaya, Sañjayaḥ abhāṣata refers to Sañjaya himself.

सञ्जयः (sañjayaḥ) - Sanjaya (name of Vyasa's disciple and charioteer of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who narrates the war)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sañjaya

sañjaya - Sanjaya (name of Vyasa's disciple and charioteer of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)