महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-298, verse-3

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्येऽहमितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
याज्ञवल्क्यस्य संवादं जनकस्य च भारत ॥३॥

3. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atra te vartayiṣye'hamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
yājñavalkyasya saṁvādaṁ janakasya ca bhārata.

3. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra te vartayiṣye aham itihāsam
purātanam yājñavalkyasya saṃvādam janakasya ca bhārata

3. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca bhārata atra te aham purātanam itihāsam
yājñavalkyasya janakasya ca saṃvādam vartayiṣye

3. Bhishma said: "Here, O descendant of Bharata (Bhārata), I will recount to you an ancient narrative, the dialogue between Yājñavalkya and Janaka."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• ते (te) - to you, for you

• वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I shall narrate, I shall relate

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative, history, story

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• याज्ञवल्क्यस्य (yājñavalkyasya) - of Yājñavalkya

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation

• जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

• च (ca) - and

• भारत (bhārata) - Used as a vocative for Dhritarashtra (to whom Bhishma is speaking). (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a Kuru warrior)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect tense

Perfect 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, for you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

Note: Can also be genitive singular or nominative/accusative plural. Context indicates dative.

वर्तयिष्ये (vartayiṣye) - I shall narrate, I shall relate

(verb)

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

future tense, causative

Causative stem vartay- + Future 1st person singular Ātmanepada

Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Causative of 'vṛt'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I (pronoun)

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative, history, story

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, traditional narrative, epic

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, former

Note: Agrees with 'itihāsam'.

याज्ञवल्क्यस्य (yājñavalkyasya) - of Yājñavalkya

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yājñavalkya

yājñavalkya - Yājñavalkya (name of a famous sage)

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - dialogue, conversation

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - dialogue, conversation, agreement

Derived from sam-vad (to speak together)

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Object of 'vartayiṣye'.

जनकस्य (janakasya) - of Janaka

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of janaka

janaka - Janaka (name of a king of Videha)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects Yājñavalkya and Janaka.

भारत (bhārata) - Used as a vocative for Dhritarashtra (to whom Bhishma is speaking). (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, India

Apatya-pratyaya (descendant) from Bharata

Note: Addressed to Dhritarashtra.