महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-30, verse-42

प्रत्यक्षकर्मा सर्वस्य नारदोऽयं महानृषिः ।
एष वक्ष्यति वै पृष्टो यथा वृत्तं नरोत्तम ॥४२॥

42. pratyakṣakarmā sarvasya nārado'yaṁ mahānṛṣiḥ ,
eṣa vakṣyati vai pṛṣṭo yathā vṛttaṁ narottama.

42. pratyakṣakarmā sarvasya nāradaḥ ayam mahānṛṣiḥ
eṣaḥ vakṣyati vai pṛṣṭaḥ yathā vṛttam narottama

42. narottama sarvasya pratyakṣakarmā ayam mahānṛṣiḥ
nāradaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ vai eṣaḥ yathā vṛttam vakṣyati

42. This great sage Narada, whose actions are visible to all, will certainly narrate the story as it happened, if he is asked, O best among men.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रत्यक्षकर्मा (pratyakṣakarmā) - whose actions are visible, one whose deeds are manifest

• सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, of everyone

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

• अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

• महानृषिः (mahānṛṣiḥ) - great sage

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

• वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will tell, will speak, will narrate

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle)

• पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned, interrogated

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - event, incident, story, what has happened

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

Words meanings and morphology

प्रत्यक्षकर्मा (pratyakṣakarmā) - whose actions are visible, one whose deeds are manifest

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratyakṣakarman

pratyakṣakarman - whose actions are visible, one whose deeds are manifest

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pratyakṣa+karman)

• pratyakṣa – visible, evident, perceptible, before the eyes
  adjective (neuter)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

सर्वस्य (sarvasya) - of all, of everyone

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

नारदः (nāradaḥ) - Narada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Narada, a divine sage and messenger

अयम् (ayam) - this (one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

महानृषिः (mahānṛṣiḥ) - great sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahārṣi

mahārṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (one), he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

वक्ष्यति (vakṣyati) - will tell, will speak, will narrate

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, truly (an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

पृष्टः (pṛṣṭaḥ) - asked, questioned, interrogated

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pṛṣṭa

pṛṣṭa - asked, questioned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √prach (to ask)

Root: prach (class 6)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - event, incident, story, what has happened

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred; a story, an event (substantivized)

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √vṛt (to turn, to exist, to happen)

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)