महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-4

वासुदेव उवाच ।
अत्र ते कथयिष्यामि यथा वृत्तं जनेश्वर ।
नारदः पर्वतश्चैव प्रागृषी लोकपूजितौ ॥४॥

4. vāsudeva uvāca ,
atra te kathayiṣyāmi yathā vṛttaṁ janeśvara ,
nāradaḥ parvataścaiva prāgṛṣī lokapūjitau.

4. vāsudevaḥ uvāca atra te kathayiṣyāmi yathā vṛttam
janeśvara nāradaḥ parvataḥ ca eva prāgṛṣī lokapūjitau

4. vāsudevaḥ uvāca.
janeśvara,
atra te yathā vṛttam kathayiṣyāmi.
nāradaḥ ca parvataḥ eva lokapūjitau prāgṛṣī

4. Vāsudeva said: "O ruler of people, I will tell you here what happened. Nārada and Parvata, two foremost sages, were indeed worshipped by the people."

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (a name of Kṛṣṇa)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• ते (te) - to you

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell/narrate

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - what happened, the story as it unfolded (what happened, event, conduct)

• जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - O ruler of people, O king

• नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

• पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata (a sage, friend of Nārada)

• च (ca) - and

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

• प्रागृषी (prāgṛṣī) - two ancient sages, two foremost sages

• लोकपूजितौ (lokapūjitau) - worshipped by people, revered by the world

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (a name of Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (patronymic of Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root verb, perfect tense

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - I will tell/narrate

(verb)

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

Causative of a root (implied), class 10 verb

Root: kath (class 10)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, how

(indeclinable)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - what happened, the story as it unfolded (what happened, event, conduct)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred; event, occurrence, conduct

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root vṛt (to be, exist, happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

जनेश्वर (janeśvara) - O ruler of people, O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of janeśvara

janeśvara - lord of men, king, ruler of people

Tatpuruṣa compound: jana (people) + īśvara (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+īśvara)

• jana – people, folk, person
  noun (masculine)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Nārada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (a celebrated divine sage, known as a messenger of the gods)

पर्वतः (parvataḥ) - Parvata (a sage, friend of Nārada)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parvata

parvata - mountain; Parvata (a proper name, sage often associated with Nārada)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

प्रागृषी (prāgṛṣī) - two ancient sages, two foremost sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of prāgṛṣi

prāgṛṣi - an ancient sage, a foremost sage

Compound: prāk (ancient/foremost) + ṛṣi (sage)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (prāk+ṛṣi)

• prāk – before, formerly, eastern; foremost
  indeclinable
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

लोकपूजितौ (lokapūjitau) - worshipped by people, revered by the world

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of lokapūjita

lokapūjita - worshipped by the people, honored by the world

Tatpuruṣa compound: loka (people) + pūjita (worshipped)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pūjita)

• loka – world, people, realm
  noun (masculine)
• pūjita – worshipped, honored, respected
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root pūj (to worship)
  Root: pūj (class 10)