महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-141, verse-9

धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्तां कामार्थसहितां कथाम् ।
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्गदतो मे महाभुज ॥९॥

9. dharmaniścayasaṁyuktāṁ kāmārthasahitāṁ kathām ,
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājangadato me mahābhuja.

9. dharmaniscayasaṃyuktām kāmārthasahitām kathām
śṛṇuṣva avahitaḥ rājan gadataḥ me mahābhuja

9. mahābhuja rājan me gadataḥ dharmaniscayasaṃyuktām
kāmārthasahitām kathām avahitaḥ śṛṇuṣva

9. O mighty-armed King, listen attentively as I narrate this story, which is imbued with determinations regarding natural law (dharma) and combined with considerations of prosperity (artha) and desire (kāma).

Words meanings summery:

• धर्मनिस्चयसंयुक्ताम् (dharmaniscayasaṁyuktām) - endowed with resolution regarding natural law (dharma)

• कामार्थसहिताम् (kāmārthasahitām) - accompanied by considerations of desires (kāma) and prosperity (artha)

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, absorbed

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• गदतः (gadataḥ) - of me speaking, while I speak

• मे (me) - my, of me

• महाभुज (mahābhuja) - O mighty-armed one

Words meanings and morphology

धर्मनिस्चयसंयुक्ताम् (dharmaniscayasaṁyuktām) - endowed with resolution regarding natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dharmaniscayasaṃyukta

dharmaniscayasaṁyukta - connected with determination regarding dharma, imbued with resolutions about duty/righteousness

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dharma+niścaya+saṃyukta)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
• niścaya – determination, resolution, certainty, conclusion
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: niś
  Root: ci (class 5)
• saṃyukta – joined, united, endowed with, possessed of
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  derived from sam- + √yuj (to join)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: refers to kathām

कामार्थसहिताम् (kāmārthasahitām) - accompanied by considerations of desires (kāma) and prosperity (artha)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kāmārthasahita

kāmārthasahita - accompanied by kama and artha, related to desire and prosperity

Compound type : dvandva (kāma+artha+sahita)

• kāma – desire, wish, love, pleasure, sexual love
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, prosperity, material advantage, object
  noun (masculine)
  Root: ṛdh (class 5)
• sahita – accompanied, united with, together with
  participle (masculine)
  past passive participle
  derived from sa- + √dhā (to place), with 'i' insertion
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: refers to kathām

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, discourse

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

imperative middle voice 2nd singular

derived from √śru, 5th class, middle voice, imperative

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, careful, absorbed, fixed (mind)

past passive participle

derived from ava- + √dhā (to place, fix)

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Refers to rājan

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

गदतः (gadataḥ) - of me speaking, while I speak

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gadat

gadat - speaking, telling, narrating

present active participle

derived from √gad (to speak), present active participle stem

Root: gad (class 1)

Note: Used in agreement with 'me'

मे (me) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Enclitic form of 'mama' (my/of me) or 'mahyam' (to me)

महाभुज (mahābhuja) - O mighty-armed one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābhuja

mahābhuja - mighty-armed, having great arms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhuja)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• bhuja – arm
  noun (masculine)