महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-125, verse-34

एतत्कारणसामग्र्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।
भवन्तो हि तपोनित्या ब्रूयुरेतत्समाहिताः ॥३४॥

34. etatkāraṇasāmagryaṁ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ ,
bhavanto hi taponityā brūyuretatsamāhitāḥ.

34. etat kāraṇasāmagryam śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
bhavantaḥ hi tapasnityāḥ brūyuḥ etat samāhitāḥ

34. icchāmi etat kāraṇasāmagryam tattvataḥ śrotum
hi bhavantaḥ tapasnityāḥ samāhitāḥ etat brūyuḥ

34. I truly wish to hear the complete reason for this. You, who are constantly devoted to spiritual austerities (tapas), should narrate this with full attention.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• कारणसामग्र्यम् (kāraṇasāmagryam) - the totality of the cause, the complete reason

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in truth, completely, fundamentally

• भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - your honor, you (honorific)

• हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

• तपस्नित्याः (tapasnityāḥ) - constantly devoted to spiritual austerities

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - may you tell, you should tell

• एतत् (etat) - this

• समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - concentrated, attentive, composed

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: First part of the compound 'etat-kāraṇasāmagryam'.

कारणसामग्र्यम् (kāraṇasāmagryam) - the totality of the cause, the complete reason

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāraṇasāmagra

kāraṇasāmagra - complete reason, totality of cause

Compound type : tatpurusha (etat-kāraṇa+sāmagra)

• kāraṇa – cause, reason
  noun (neuter)
• sāmagra – totality, completeness, entire
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'samagra' + 'ṣyañ' (for abstract noun 'completeness' or 'totality').

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form using the suffix -tum.

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in truth, completely, fundamentally

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tattva' (reality, truth) with the suffix '-tas' (from, by means of).

भवन्तः (bhavantaḥ) - your honor, you (honorific)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific)

हि (hi) - for, because, indeed

(indeclinable)

तपस्नित्याः (tapasnityāḥ) - constantly devoted to spiritual austerities

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tapasnitya

tapasnitya - constantly practicing austerities, devoted to penance

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+nitya)

• tapas – penance, spiritual austerity
  noun (neuter)
• nitya – constant, eternal, always (adjective); devoted (in compounds)
  adjective

ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - may you tell, you should tell

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

समाहिताः (samāhitāḥ) - concentrated, attentive, composed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāhita

samāhita - concentrated, attentive, composed, absorbed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place, put) with prefixes sam and ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)