महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-29, verse-15

मृतान्महानुभावांस्त्वं श्रुत्वैव तु महीपतीन् ।
श्रुत्वापनय संतापं शृणु विस्तरशश्च मे ॥१५॥

15. mṛtānmahānubhāvāṁstvaṁ śrutvaiva tu mahīpatīn ,
śrutvāpanaya saṁtāpaṁ śṛṇu vistaraśaśca me.

15. mṛtān mahānubhāvān tvam śrutvā eva tu mahīpatīn
śrutvā apanaya saṃtāpam śṛṇu vistaraśaḥ ca me

15. You, having indeed heard about the great and departed kings, should dispel your sorrow. And listen to me in detail.

Words meanings summery:

• मृतान् (mṛtān) - departed (dead, deceased)

• महानुभावान् (mahānubhāvān) - great (kings) (great-souled, illustrious, noble)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

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

• तु (tu) - indeed (but, however, and, indeed)

• महीपतीन् (mahīpatīn) - kings (kings, rulers of the earth)

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• अपनय (apanaya) - dispel (remove, take away, dispel)

• संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - sorrow (sorrow, affliction, distress)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ) - in detail (in detail, extensively, at length)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, from me, my)

Words meanings and morphology

मृतान् (mṛtān) - departed (dead, deceased)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, expired, passed away, vanished

Past Passive Participle

From the root 'mṛ' (to die), meaning 'died' or 'dead'.

Root: mṛ (class 1)

महानुभावान् (mahānubhāvān) - great (kings) (great-souled, illustrious, noble)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahānubhāva

mahānubhāva - great-souled, noble, illustrious, highly influential, magnanimous

Compound of 'mahā' (great) and 'anubhāva' (power, dignity, high character).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+anubhāva)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• anubhāva – dignity, character, power, majesty, feeling, consequence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with 'mahīpatīn'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'śru' (to hear) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

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

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, however, and, indeed)

(indeclinable)

महीपतीन् (mahīpatīn) - kings (kings, rulers of the earth)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahīpati

mahīpati - lord of the earth, king, monarch

Compound of 'mahī' (earth) and 'pati' (lord).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband, owner
  noun (masculine)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from the root 'śru' (to hear) with the suffix '-tvā'.

Root: śru (class 5)

अपनय (apanaya) - dispel (remove, take away, dispel)

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd Person Singular

From the root 'nī' (to lead) with the upasarga 'apa' (away).

Prefix: apa

Root: nī (class 1)

संतापम् (saṁtāpam) - sorrow (sorrow, affliction, distress)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃtāpa

saṁtāpa - heat, torment, affliction, sorrow, distress, pain

From 'sam' (together, completely) + 'tap' (to heat, torment).

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd Person Singular

From the root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

विस्तरशः (vistaraśaḥ) - in detail (in detail, extensively, at length)

(indeclinable)

Formed from 'vistara' (expansion, detail) with the suffix '-śas'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - to me (to me, from me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my, we, us, our