महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-200, verse-3

भीष्म उवाच ।
श्रुतोऽयमर्थो रामस्य जामदग्न्यस्य जल्पतः ।
नारदस्य च देवर्षेः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य च ॥३॥

3. bhīṣma uvāca ,
śruto'yamartho rāmasya jāmadagnyasya jalpataḥ ,
nāradasya ca devarṣeḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya ca.

3. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca śrutaḥ ayam arthaḥ rāmasya jāmadagnyasya
jalpataḥ nāradasya ca devarṣeḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya ca

3. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca ayam arthaḥ rāmasya jāmadagnyasya jalpataḥ
nāradasya devarṣeḥ ca kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya ca śrutaḥ

3. Bhīṣma said: This matter (artha) has been heard from Rāma Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma) as he was speaking, and from the divine sage (devarṣi) Nārada, and from Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa).

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

• श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard (this matter has been heard) (heard, listened, revealed)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to 'arthaḥ') (this (masculine nominative singular))

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - matter, subject (meaning, purpose, matter, object, wealth)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma (Paraśurāma) (of Rāma)

• जामदग्न्यस्य (jāmadagnyasya) - of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma, referring to him as the son of Jamadagni) (of Jāmadagnya (son of Jamadagni))

• जल्पतः (jalpataḥ) - as he (Rāma Jāmadagnya) was speaking (of one speaking, while speaking, speaking)

• नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• देवर्षेः (devarṣeḥ) - of the divine sage (referring to Nārada) (of the divine sage)

• कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya) - of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a Kuru warrior, son of Gaṅgā and Śāntanu)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुतः (śrutaḥ) - heard (this matter has been heard) (heard, listened, revealed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from √śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'arthaḥ'.

अयम् (ayam) - this (referring to 'arthaḥ') (this (masculine nominative singular))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - matter, subject (meaning, purpose, matter, object, wealth)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, matter, wealth, thing

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma (Paraśurāma) (of Rāma)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a name, usually referring to Balarāma, Paraśurāma, or Dāśarathi Rāma)

जामदग्न्यस्य (jāmadagnyasya) - of Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma, referring to him as the son of Jamadagni) (of Jāmadagnya (son of Jamadagni))

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāmadagnya

jāmadagnya - son of Jamadagni, Paraśurāma

Derivative of Jamadagni (Jamadagni + -ya, 'descendant of')

Note: Refers to Paraśurāma, whose genitive form agrees with 'rāmasya'.

जल्पतः (jalpataḥ) - as he (Rāma Jāmadagnya) was speaking (of one speaking, while speaking, speaking)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jalpat

jalpat - speaking, conversing

Present Active Participle

Derived from √jalp (to speak)

Root: jalp (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmasya jāmadagnyasya'.

नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a divine sage, devarṣi)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in pairs to connect 'Nārada' and 'Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana'.

देवर्षेः (devarṣeḥ) - of the divine sage (referring to Nārada) (of the divine sage)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of devarṣi

devarṣi - divine sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+ṛṣi)

• deva – god, divine being
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'nāradasya'.

कृष्णद्वैपायनस्य (kṛṣṇadvaipāyanasya) - of Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana (Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇadvaipāyana

kṛṣṇadvaipāyana - Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, Vyāsa

Kṛṣṇa (dark) + Dvaipāyana (island-born)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black, Kṛṣṇa
  adjective (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – island-born, Dvaipāyana
  proper noun (masculine)
  Derived from dvīpa (island)

Note: Refers to Vyāsa, who was dark-complexioned and born on an island.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in pairs to connect 'Nārada' and 'Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana'.