महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-274, verse-4

भीष्म उवाच ।
शृणु राजञ्ज्वरस्येह संभवं लोकविश्रुतम् ।
विस्तरं चास्य वक्ष्यामि यादृशं चैव भारत ॥४॥

4. bhīṣma uvāca ,
śṛṇu rājañjvarasyeha saṁbhavaṁ lokaviśrutam ,
vistaraṁ cāsya vakṣyāmi yādṛśaṁ caiva bhārata.

4. bhīṣma uvāca śṛṇu rājan jvarasya iha saṃbhavaṃ lokaviśrutam
vistaraṃ ca asya vakṣyāmi yādṛśaṃ ca eva bhārata

4. bhīṣma uvāca: rājan bhārata,
iha lokaviśrutam jvarasya saṃbhavaṃ śṛṇu.
ca asya vistaraṃ ca eva yādṛśaṃ (tat asti),
(tat) vakṣyāmi.

4. Bhishma said: "O King (rājan), O Bharata, listen to the origin of fever, which is renowned throughout the world. I will also recount its full story, just as it unfolded."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The speaker of these verses. (Bhishma (proper name))

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!, listen!

• राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Yudhishthira (the questioner). (O king)

• ज्वरस्य (jvarasya) - of fever

• इह (iha) - here, in this context

• संभवं (saṁbhavaṁ) - the origin, the birth, the occurrence

• लोकविश्रुतम् (lokaviśrutam) - renowned in the world, world-famous

• विस्तरं (vistaraṁ) - the detailed account, the expansion

• च (ca) - and

• अस्य (asya) - of this (fever) (of this, its)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

• यादृशं (yādṛśaṁ) - of what kind, such as, as it is

• च (ca) - and

• एव (eva) - indeed, truly, exactly, even

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to Yudhishthira. (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - The speaker of these verses. (Bhishma (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahabharata); formidable, terrible

from √bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

root vac, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear!, listen!

(verb)

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

Imperative Active

root śru, 2nd person singular

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - Addressed to Yudhishthira (the questioner). (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

ज्वरस्य (jvarasya) - of fever

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jvara

jvara - fever, ardent heat, disease

from √jvar (to be hot)

Root: jvar (class 1)

इह (iha) - here, in this context

(indeclinable)

संभवं (saṁbhavaṁ) - the origin, the birth, the occurrence

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, production, possibility

from sam-√bhū (to be, exist, arise)

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

लोकविश्रुतम् (lokaviśrutam) - renowned in the world, world-famous

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of lokaviśruta

lokaviśruta - renowned in the world

compound

Compound type : saptamī-tatpuruṣa (loka+viśruta)

• loka – world, people
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• viśruta – renowned, famous, heard
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from vi-√śru (to hear well)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃbhavaṃ'.

विस्तरं (vistaraṁ) - the detailed account, the expansion

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - detail, expansion, extensive account

from vi-√stṛ (to spread out)

Prefix: vi

Root: stṛ (class 5)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - of this (fever) (of this, its)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'jvara' (fever).

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will tell, I will speak

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Future Active

root vac, 1st person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

यादृशं (yādṛśaṁ) - of what kind, such as, as it is

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, such as, as it is

from yad + dṛś (to appear)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vistaraṃ'.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, truly, exactly, even

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to Yudhishthira. (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata; an Indian; belonging to India

patronymic from Bharata

Root: bhṛ (class 1)