महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-275, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्रैवोदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
नारदस्य च संवादं समङ्गस्य च भारत ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
nāradasya ca saṁvādaṁ samaṅgasya ca bhārata.

2. bhīṣma uvāca | atra eva udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam | nāradasya ca saṃvādam samaṅgasya ca bhārata

2. bhārata bhīṣma uvāca atra eva imam purātanam itihāsam
nāradasya ca samaṅgasya ca saṃvādam udāharanti

2. Bhishma said: Here, indeed, they recount this ancient historical account (itihāsa), the dialogue between Narada and Samanga, O descendant of Bharata.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they recount, they narrate, they cite

• इमम् (imam) - this

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - historical account, history, legend

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, primeval

• नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Narada

• च (ca) - and, also

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation, discourse

• समङ्गस्य (samaṅgasya) - of Samanga

• च (ca) - and, also

• भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to a prominent figure in the Bharata lineage, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a character in the Mahābhārata)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root for perfect tense (Lit) formation

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, exactly

(indeclinable)

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they recount, they narrate, they cite

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (Laṭ) of hṛ

Root for present tense (Laṭ) formation with prefixes ud and ā

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, the present

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - historical account, history, legend

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, traditional narrative, epic

Literally 'thus it was' (iti ha āsa)

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, primeval

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval, belonging to former times

Derived from purā (formerly) with suffix -tana

नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Narada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada (a celestial sage and messenger)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation, discourse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - dialogue, conversation, agreement, discourse

Derived from root vad with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

समङ्गस्य (samaṅgasya) - of Samanga

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of samaṅga

samaṅga - Samanga (a proper name)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - Addressed to a prominent figure in the Bharata lineage, likely Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Yudhiṣṭhira. (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, India

Derived from Bharata with patronymic suffix