महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-11, chapter-5, verse-2

विदुर उवाच ।
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि नमस्कृत्वा स्वयंभुवे ।
यथा संसारगहनं वदन्ति परमर्षयः ॥२॥

2. vidura uvāca ,
atra te vartayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā svayaṁbhuve ,
yathā saṁsāragahanaṁ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ.

2. viduraḥ uvāca atra te vartayiṣyāmi namaskṛtvā
svayambhuve yathā saṃsāragahanam vadanti paramarṣayaḥ

2. viduraḥ uvāca svayambhuve namaskṛtvā atra te yathā
paramarṣayaḥ saṃsāragahanam vadanti vartayiṣyāmi

2. Vidura said: Having offered obeisance to the Self-existent One, I will now explain to you how the great sages (paramarṣi) describe the profound wilderness of existence (saṃsāra).

Words meanings summery:

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• ते (te) - to you, your

• वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I shall relate, I shall explain

• नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed down, having saluted

• स्वयम्भुवे (svayambhuve) - to the Self-existent One, to Brahma

• यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

• संसारगहनम् (saṁsāragahanam) - the dense wilderness of existence (saṃsāra)

• वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they describe

• परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - the great sages, the supreme seers

Words meanings and morphology

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (name of a character)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

Note: Can also be genitive, but dative fits 'relate to you' better.

वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I shall relate, I shall explain

(verb)

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

Causative stem: vartaya-

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नमस्कृत्वा (namaskṛtvā) - having bowed down, having saluted

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root kṛ (to do, to make) with namas (obeisance) functioning as a prefix.

Prefix: namas

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्वयम्भुवे (svayambhuve) - to the Self-existent One, to Brahma

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of svayambhū

svayambhū - self-existent, self-born; an epithet of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – oneself, by oneself, spontaneously
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, existence, one who exists, born, arisen
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - how, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

संसारगहनम् (saṁsāragahanam) - the dense wilderness of existence (saṃsāra)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of saṃsāragahana

saṁsāragahana - the deep or dense forest of transmigration/worldly existence

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+gahana)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence
  noun (masculine)
  From root sṛ (to flow, move) with prefix sam (together)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• gahana – dense, profound, impenetrable, thicket, wilderness
  adjective (neuter)

वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak, they describe

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

परमर्षयः (paramarṣayaḥ) - the great sages, the supreme seers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paramarṣi

paramarṣi - a great sage, a supreme seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ṛṣi)

• parama – supreme, highest, greatest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – seer, sage, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)