महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-162, verse-28

भीष्म उवाच ।
हन्त ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
उदीच्यां दिशि यद्वृत्तं म्लेच्छेषु मनुजाधिप ॥२८॥

28. bhīṣma uvāca ,
hanta te vartayiṣye'hamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
udīcyāṁ diśi yadvṛttaṁ mleccheṣu manujādhipa.

28. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca hanta te vartayiṣye aham itihāsam
purātanam udīcyām diśi yat vṛttam mlecceṣu manujādhipa

28. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca hanta manujādhipa aham te purātanam
itihāsam vartayiṣye yat mlecceṣu udīcyām diśi vṛttam

28. Bhīṣma said: Well then, O lord of men, I shall relate to you an ancient tale that took place in the northern region among the Mlecchas.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a prominent character in the Mahabharata)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हन्त (hanta) - an interjection indicating regret, joy, or introducing a narrative; 'well then'

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I shall recount, I shall cause to proceed

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history, narrative, tale

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• उदीच्याम् (udīcyām) - in the northern, in the northern direction

• दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter

• यत् (yat) - which, that (referring to the tale)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, taken place

• म्लेच्चेषु (mlecceṣu) - among the Mlecchas (foreigners, barbarians)

• मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a prominent character in the Mahabharata)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma, formidable, terrible

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - an interjection indicating regret, joy, or introducing a narrative; 'well then'

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I shall recount, I shall cause to proceed

(verb)

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

causative future

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history, narrative, tale

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, narrative

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval

उदीच्याम् (udīcyām) - in the northern, in the northern direction

(adjective)

Locative, feminine, singular of udīcya

udīcya - northern, belonging to the north

दिशि (diśi) - in the direction, in the quarter

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of diś

diś - direction, quarter of the sky

यत् (yat) - which, that (referring to the tale)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - happened, occurred, taken place

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, existed

Past Passive Participle

derived from root `vṛt`

Root: vṛt (class 1)

म्लेच्चेषु (mlecceṣu) - among the Mlecchas (foreigners, barbarians)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of mleccha

mleccha - barbarian, foreigner, non-Aryan

मनुजाधिप (manujādhipa) - O lord of men, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of manujādhipa

manujādhipa - lord of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manu+adhipa)

• manu – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)