महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-223, verse-4

वासुदेव उवाच ।
कुकुराधिप यान्मन्ये शृणु तान्मे विवक्षतः ।
नारदस्य गुणान्साधून्संक्षेपेण नराधिप ॥४॥

4. vāsudeva uvāca ,
kukurādhipa yānmanye śṛṇu tānme vivakṣataḥ ,
nāradasya guṇānsādhūnsaṁkṣepeṇa narādhipa.

4. vāsuveda uvāca | kukurādhipa yān manye śṛṇu tān me
vivakṣataḥ | nārdasya guṇān sādhūn saṃkṣepeṇa narādhipa

4. vāsuveda uvāca kukurādhipa,
narādhipa,
me vivakṣataḥ,
yān guṇān manye,
nārdasya tān sādhūn guṇān saṃkṣepeṇa śṛṇu

4. Vasudeva said: "O King of Kukuras, O king of men, listen to the excellent qualities of Nārada, which I consider (to be so), as I briefly relate them to you."

Words meanings summery:

• वासुवेद (vāsuveda) - Vasudeva

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• कुकुराधिप (kukurādhipa) - Addressing King Ugrasena. (O king of the Kukuras)

• यान् (yān) - which (qualities) (whom, which (masculine plural accusative))

• मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

• तान् (tān) - those (qualities) (those (masculine plural accusative))

• मे (me) - from me, my

• विवक्षतः (vivakṣataḥ) - of one wishing to speak, from one desirous of speaking

• नार्दस्य (nārdasya) - of Narada

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• साधून् (sādhūn) - excellent, good, virtuous

• संक्षेपेण (saṁkṣepeṇa) - briefly, in short, concisely

• नराधिप (narādhipa) - Addressing King Ugrasena. (O king of men, O ruler of people)

Words meanings and morphology

वासुवेद (vāsuveda) - Vasudeva

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vasudeva (name of Krishna's father, also an epithet for Krishna himself)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कुकुराधिप (kukurādhipa) - Addressing King Ugrasena. (O king of the Kukuras)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kukura+adhipa)

• kukura – name of an ancient tribe or dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, king
  noun (masculine)

यान् (yān) - which (qualities) (whom, which (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

मन्ये (manye) - I think, I consider, I believe

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

Root: man (class 4)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen! hear!

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

तान् (tān) - those (qualities) (those (masculine plural accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मे (me) - from me, my

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Used here in genitive to qualify 'vivakṣataḥ', meaning 'from me, who desires to speak'.

विवक्षतः (vivakṣataḥ) - of one wishing to speak, from one desirous of speaking

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vivakṣu

vivakṣu - desirous of speaking, wishing to speak

Desiderative Participle

Desiderative form of the verb root 'vac' (to speak), forming 'vivakṣu', then declined.

Root: vac (class 2)

नार्दस्य (nārdasya) - of Narada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada (name of a divine sage)

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, constituent (of prakṛti)

साधून् (sādhūn) - excellent, good, virtuous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sādhu

sādhu - good, excellent, virtuous, righteous, holy

संक्षेपेण (saṁkṣepeṇa) - briefly, in short, concisely

(indeclinable)

From sam-√kṣip (to throw together, summarize).

Prefix: sam

Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Used adverbially as 'briefly'.

नराधिप (narādhipa) - Addressing King Ugrasena. (O king of men, O ruler of people)

(compound noun)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, king
  noun (masculine)