महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-224, verse-8

कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं पुत्रो वैयासकिः शुकः ।
पप्रच्छ संदेहमिमं छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम् ॥८॥

8. kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṁ vyāsaṁ putro vaiyāsakiḥ śukaḥ ,
papraccha saṁdehamimaṁ chinnadharmārthasaṁśayam.

8. kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanam vyāsam putraḥ vaiyāsakiḥ śukaḥ
papraccha saṃdeham imam chinna-dharma-artha-saṃśayam

8. vaiyāsakiḥ putraḥ śukaḥ chinna-dharma-artha-saṃśayam
kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanam vyāsam imam saṃdeham papraccha

8. Vyasa's son, Shuka, asked this question to Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the one who dispels doubts regarding natural law (dharma) and life's purpose.

Words meanings summery:

• कृष्ण-द्वैपायनम् (kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanam) - Krishna Dvaipayana (a name for Vyasa)

• व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• वैयासकिः (vaiyāsakiḥ) - son of Vyasa, descendant of Vyasa

• शुकः (śukaḥ) - Shuka (name of Vyasa's son)

• पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, inquired

• संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - this question (doubt, question, uncertainty)

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine accusative singular)

• छिन्न-धर्म-अर्थ-संशयम् (chinna-dharma-artha-saṁśayam) - dispeller of doubts concerning natural law and purpose

Words meanings and morphology

कृष्ण-द्वैपायनम् (kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyanam) - Krishna Dvaipayana (a name for Vyasa)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana

kṛṣṇa-dvaipāyana - Krishna Dvaipayana, the full name of Vyasa, referring to his dark complexion ('kṛṣṇa') and birth on an island ('dvīpa').

Compound name.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (kṛṣṇa+dvaipāyana)

• kṛṣṇa – dark, black, dark-blue, name of Krishna
  adjective (masculine)
• dvaipāyana – dweller on an island, born on an island
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'dvīpa' (island) + 'ayaṇa' suffix.

व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyasa (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, 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)

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son, child.

वैयासकिः (vaiyāsakiḥ) - son of Vyasa, descendant of Vyasa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiyāsaki

vaiyāsaki - descendant of Vyasa, son of Vyasa (a patronymic).

Patronymic 'Vyāsa' + 'iṇ' suffix.

शुकः (śukaḥ) - Shuka (name of Vyasa's son)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śuka

śuka - a parrot, name of a sage, son of Vyasa.

पप्रच्छ (papraccha) - asked, inquired

(verb)

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

Perfect active

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

Root: prach (class 6)

संदेहम् (saṁdeham) - this question (doubt, question, uncertainty)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃdeha

saṁdeha - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, question.

From 'sam-dih' meaning 'to be in doubt'.

Prefix: sam

Root: dih (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that (demonstrative pronoun).

छिन्न-धर्म-अर्थ-संशयम् (chinna-dharma-artha-saṁśayam) - dispeller of doubts concerning natural law and purpose

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of chinna-dharma-artha-saṃśaya

chinna-dharma-artha-saṁśaya - one whose doubts about 'dharma' and 'artha' are cut off/resolved; or, that which cuts doubts about 'dharma' and 'artha'.

Bahuvrīhi compound: 'chinna' (cut off, dispelled) + 'dharma-artha-saṃśaya' (doubts about dharma and artha).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+dharma+artha+saṃśaya)

• chinna – cut, broken, dispelled, removed
  adjective (past passive participle) (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of root 'chid' meaning 'to cut, to break'.
  Root: chid (class 7)
• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, constitution (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'dhṛ' meaning 'to uphold, to sustain'.
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• artha – purpose, aim, meaning, wealth, object
  noun (masculine)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, question, apprehension
  noun (masculine)
  From 'sam-śī' meaning 'to lie together, to hesitate'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śī (class 2)