महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-189, verse-6

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
यमस्य यत्पुरा वृत्तं कालस्य ब्राह्मणस्य च ॥६॥

6. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
yamasya yatpurā vṛttaṁ kālasya brāhmaṇasya ca.

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam yamasya yat purā vṛttam kālasya brāhmaṇasya ca

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api imam purātanam itihāsam udāharanti
yat purā yamasya kālasya brāhmaṇasya ca vṛttam

6. Bhishma said: "Here, they also recount this ancient legend, which formerly occurred concerning Yama, Time, and a Brahmin."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they relate, they mention

• इमम् (imam) - this

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - legend, story, history

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (the god of death)

• यत् (yat) - which, what

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - occurred, happened, an event, a story

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time

• ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin

• च (ca) - and

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

from √vac, 3rd person singular Perfect Active

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they relate, they mention

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of hṛ

Present Active

from √hṛ with ud-ā, 3rd person plural Present Active

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - legend, story, history

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - legend, history, story, epic (e.g., Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa)

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval

from purā (formerly) + tana (suffix indicating time)

यमस्य (yamasya) - of Yama (the god of death)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death), restraint, self-control

यत् (yat) - which, what

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

पुरा (purā) - formerly, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - occurred, happened, an event, a story

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - occurred, happened, an event, a story, past (from √vṛt)

Past Passive Participle

from √vṛt 'to be, to exist, to happen'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

कालस्य (kālasya) - of Time

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, period, proper time, death

ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)