महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-114, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
सरितां चैव संवादं सागरस्य च भारत ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
saritāṁ caiva saṁvādaṁ sāgarasya ca bhārata.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam saritām ca eva saṃvādam sāgarasya ca bhārata

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca bhārata atra api imam purātanam itihāsam
saritām ca eva sāgarasya ca saṃvādam udāharanti

2. Bhishma said: O Bharata, in this regard, they also narrate an ancient historical account (itihāsa), specifically, the dialogue between the rivers and the ocean.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they narrate, they cite, they mention

• इमम् (imam) - this

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - historical account, legend (itihāsa)

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• सरिताम् (saritām) - of the rivers

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation

• सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Yudhishthira as a descendant of Bharata. (O Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (proper name, 'terrible')

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense 3rd Person Singular Active Voice

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this regard

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they narrate, they cite, they mention

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (lat) of hṛ

Present Tense 3rd Person Plural Active Voice

Root hṛ with upasargas ud and ā

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this (near the speaker)

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - historical account, legend (itihāsa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, traditional narrative (itihāsa)

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, former

सरिताम् (saritām) - of the rivers

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarit

sarit - river

Root: sṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, agreement

From sam + vad

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

सागरस्य (sāgarasya) - of the ocean

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sāgara

sāgara - ocean, sea

Derived from sagara

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressing Yudhishthira as a descendant of Bharata. (O Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian, a hero