महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-189, verse-2

श्रुतास्त्वत्तः कथाश्चैव धर्मयुक्ता महामते ।
संदेहोऽस्ति तु कश्चिन्मे तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥२॥

2. śrutāstvattaḥ kathāścaiva dharmayuktā mahāmate ,
saṁdeho'sti tu kaścinme tadbhavānvaktumarhati.

2. śrutāḥ tvattaḥ kathāḥ ca eva dharma-yuktāḥ mahā-mate
saṃdehaḥ asti tu kaścid me tat bhavān vaktum arhati

2. mahā-mate tvattaḥ dharma-yuktāḥ kathāḥ ca eva śrutāḥ
tu me kaścid saṃdehaḥ asti tat bhavān vaktum arhati

2. O great-minded one (mahāmate), stories imbued with natural law (dharma) have been heard from you. However, I have some doubt; therefore, you ought to explain that.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, known)

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales, narratives

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• एव (eva) - emphasizes 'ca', meaning 'and also' (indeed, just, only, certainly)

• धर्म-युक्ताः (dharma-yuktāḥ) - imbued with natural law (dharma) (connected with dharma, endowed with righteousness, righteous)

• महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

• संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - some doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

• अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

• तु (tu) - however (but, however, on the other hand)

• कश्चिद् (kaścid) - some (doubt) (some, any, someone)

• मे (me) - in me (locative sense) / for me (dative sense, possessive) (to me, my, for me)

• तत् (tat) - therefore (as an indeclinable connective) (that, therefore)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (the interlocutor) (you (respectful), sir)

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to explain (to speak, to say, to explain)

• अर्हति (arhati) - you ought (he ought, he deserves, he is able)

Words meanings and morphology

श्रुताः (śrutāḥ) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, known)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, known, taught

Past Passive Participle

From root śru (to hear) + kta suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories, tales, narratives

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

From root kath (to tell, secondary root)

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Subject of 'śrutāḥ'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

एव (eva) - emphasizes 'ca', meaning 'and also' (indeed, just, only, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

धर्म-युक्ताः (dharma-yuktāḥ) - imbued with natural law (dharma) (connected with dharma, endowed with righteousness, righteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of dharma-yukta

dharma-yukta - endowed with righteousness, connected with natural law, just

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+yukta)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, engaged in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yuj (to join) + kta suffix
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Qualifies 'kathāḥ'.

महा-मते (mahā-mate) - O great-minded one, O intelligent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahā-mati

mahā-mati - great-minded, highly intelligent

Compound

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+mati)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• mati – mind, intellect, thought, intention
  noun (feminine)
  From root man (to think) + ti suffix
  Root: man (class 4)

Note: Addressed to the interlocutor.

संदेहः (saṁdehaḥ) - some doubt (doubt, uncertainty)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

From sam- + dih (to smear, to doubt)

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 4)

Note: Subject of 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - there is (is, exists)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present active indicative

Root verb

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - however (but, however, on the other hand)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

कश्चिद् (kaścid) - some (doubt) (some, any, someone)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - some, any, someone, something

Indefinite pronoun formed from kim + cid

Note: Qualifies 'saṃdehaḥ'.

मे (me) - in me (locative sense) / for me (dative sense, possessive) (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Enclitic pronominal form

Note: Often used for 'to me', 'for me', 'my'. Here, implies 'I have'.

तत् (tat) - therefore (as an indeclinable connective) (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

Often used as an indeclinable 'therefore' or 'thus'.

Note: Functions as an adverbial connective, 'therefore' or referring back to 'that doubt'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (the interlocutor) (you (respectful), sir)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, sir, you (respectful)

Present active participle of bhū (to be)

Used as a respectful second-person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'arhati'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to explain (to speak, to say, to explain)

(verb)

active, infinitive (tumun) of vac

Infinitive

Root vac + -tum suffix

Root: vac (class 2)

अर्हति (arhati) - you ought (he ought, he deserves, he is able)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present active indicative

Root verb

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Subject is 'bhavān' (grammatically 3rd person, respectfully referring to 2nd person).