महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-6

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
जगौ यद्भगवान्व्यासः पुत्राय परिपृच्छते ॥६॥

6. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atra te vartayiṣye'hamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
jagau yadbhagavānvyāsaḥ putrāya paripṛcchate.

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra te vartayiṣye aham itihāsam
purātanam jagau yat bhagavān vyāsaḥ putrāya paripṛcchate

6. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra aham te purātanam itihāsam vartayiṣye,
yat bhagavān vyāsaḥ paripṛcchate putrāya jagau

6. Bhishma said: Here I will narrate to you an ancient tale, which Lord Vyasa recounted to his inquiring son.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• ते (te) - to you, your (2nd person pronoun)

• वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I will cause to turn, I will relate, I will narrate

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history, tale, legend

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, traditional

• जगौ (jagau) - sang, narrated, proclaimed

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord, revered one

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

• पुत्राय (putrāya) - to his son

• परिपृच्छते (paripṛcchate) - to him who was inquiring, repeatedly asking

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma (name of a character)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma, 'the terrible one', name of a Kuru warrior in the Mahabharata.

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular Perfect active (lit) of root vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

Locative of 'idam' (this) with suffix 'tral'.

ते (te) - to you, your (2nd person pronoun)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (2nd person pronoun).

Note: Used here as dative.

वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I will cause to turn, I will relate, I will narrate

(verb)

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

Future (causal stem)

1st person singular Future (lṛṭ) middle voice of causal stem 'vartay' (from root vṛt).

Root: vṛt (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (1st person pronoun).

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - history, tale, legend

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, traditional narrative, epic poem.

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, traditional

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval, traditional.

Derived from 'purā' (formerly, anciently) + 'tana' suffix.

जगौ (jagau) - sang, narrated, proclaimed

(verb)

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

Perfect active

3rd person singular Perfect active (lit) of root gai.

Root: gai (class 1)

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun).

Null stem, used as a conjunction or relative pronoun.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - Lord, revered one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, divine, Lord, revered.

Possessive adjective from 'bhaga' + 'matup' suffix.

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - compiler, arranger, name of a celebrated sage, the compiler of the Vedas and the Mahabharata.

From 'vi-as' meaning 'to divide, to spread out'.

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

पुत्राय (putrāya) - to his son

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child.

परिपृच्छते (paripṛcchate) - to him who was inquiring, repeatedly asking

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of paripṛcchat

paripṛcchat - inquiring, repeatedly asking, questioning deeply.

Present participle (active voice)

Present participle of 'pari-prach' in dative singular, agreeing with 'putrāya'.

Prefix: pari

Root: prach (class 6)