महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-278, verse-6

भीष्म उवाच ।
शृणु राजन्नवहितः सर्वमेतद्यथातथम् ।
यथामति यथा चैतच्छ्रुतपूर्वं मयानघ ॥६॥

6. bhīṣma uvāca ,
śṛṇu rājannavahitaḥ sarvametadyathātatham ,
yathāmati yathā caitacchrutapūrvaṁ mayānagha.

6. bhīṣma uvāca śṛṇu rājan avahitaḥ sarvam etat yathātatham
yathāmati yathā ca etat śrutapūrvam mayā anagha

6. bhīṣma uvāca he rājan,
he anagha,
(tvam) avahitaḥ san,
mayā yathā śrutapūrvam,
yathamati ca etat sarvam yathātatham śṛṇu.

6. Bhishma said: "Listen attentively, O King, to all this precisely as it happened, according to my understanding and as I have heard it before, O sinless one."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (proper name)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated, absorbed

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole

• एतत् (etat) - this

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truly, accurately, exactly as it happened

• यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's understanding/intellect

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• च (ca) - and, also

• एतत् (etat) - this

• श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before, previously heard

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्म (bhīṣma) - Bhishma (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a prominent character in the Mahabharata)

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentive, concentrated, absorbed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - attentive, concentrated, absorbed, careful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root dhā (to place) with prefix ava.

Prefix: ava

Root: dhā (class 3)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, every, whole

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truly, accurately, exactly as it happened

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatha)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• tatha – thus, so
  indeclinable

यथामति (yathāmati) - according to one's understanding/intellect

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+mati)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• mati – mind, intellect, understanding, opinion
  noun (feminine)
  Root: man (class 4)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before, previously heard

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrutapūrva

śrutapūrva - heard previously, known from tradition

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śruta+pūrva)

• śruta – heard, revealed (past passive participle)
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root śru (to hear).
  Root: śru (class 5)
• pūrva – previous, former, prior, earlier
  adjective (masculine)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, O faultless one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure, spotless

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+agha)

• a – not, non-, un- (privative prefix)
  indeclinable
• agha – sin, fault, evil, distress, impurity
  noun (neuter)