महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-125, verse-8

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि युधिष्ठिर निबोध तत् ।
इतिहासं सुमित्रस्य निर्वृत्तमृषभस्य च ॥८॥

8. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atra te vartayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira nibodha tat ,
itihāsaṁ sumitrasya nirvṛttamṛṣabhasya ca.

8. bhīṣma uvāca atra te vartayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira nibodha
tat itihāsam sumitrasya nirvṛttam ṛṣabhasya ca

8. bhīṣma uvāca: yudhiṣṭhira,
atra te sumitrasya ca ṛṣabhasya nirvṛttam tat itihāsam vartayiṣyāmi.
nibodha.

8. Bhīṣma said: 'O Yudhiṣṭhira, I will narrate to you in this context that ancient narrative (itihāsa) concerning Sumitra and Ṛṣabha. Listen to it.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, concerning this

• ते (te) - to you, your

• वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will narrate, I will relate, I will cause to turn

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, listen, perceive

• तत् (tat) - that

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - ancient narrative, history, legend

• सुमित्रस्य (sumitrasya) - of Sumitra (proper name) (of Sumitra, of the one with good friends)

• निर्वृत्तम् (nirvṛttam) - occurred, happened, completed

• ऋषभस्य (ṛṣabhasya) - of Ṛṣabha (proper name) (of Ṛṣabha, of the best/chief)

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhīṣma (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a revered patriarch in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, concerning this

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (singular and plural)

वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will narrate, I will relate, I will cause to turn

(verb)

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

Causative stem vartaya, future tense.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (proper name)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest of the Pāṇḍavas, meaning 'firm in battle')

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, listen, perceive

(verb)

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

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - ancient narrative, history, legend

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - ancient narrative, history, legend, epic

सुमित्रस्य (sumitrasya) - of Sumitra (proper name) (of Sumitra, of the one with good friends)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sumitra

sumitra - having good friends; a proper name

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+mitra)

• su – good, well, very, easily
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating goodness or ease
  Prefix: su
• mitra – friend, companion, sun (neuter)
  noun (masculine/neuter)

निर्वृत्तम् (nirvṛttam) - occurred, happened, completed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirvṛtta

nirvṛtta - completed, finished, happened, occurred, ended

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛt (to be, to happen) with prefix nis (out, complete)

Prefix: nis

Root: vṛt (class 1)

ऋषभस्य (ṛṣabhasya) - of Ṛṣabha (proper name) (of Ṛṣabha, of the best/chief)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha - bull, best, chief, a proper name

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)