महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-310, verse-24

मार्कण्डेयो हि भगवानेतदाख्यातवान्मम ।
स देवचरितानीह कथयामास मे सदा ॥२४॥

24. mārkaṇḍeyo hi bhagavānetadākhyātavānmama ,
sa devacaritānīha kathayāmāsa me sadā.

24. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ hi bhagavān etat ākhyātavān mama
saḥ devacaritāni iha kathayāmāsa me sadā

24. hi bhagavān mārkaṇḍeyaḥ etat mama ākhyātavān
saḥ iha devacaritāni me sadā kathayāmāsa

24. Indeed, the venerable Mārkaṇḍeya told me this. He always recounted the divine narratives here to me.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable (venerable, divine, glorious, the Lord)

• एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding narrative) (this, that)

• आख्यातवान् (ākhyātavān) - narrated (recounted, narrated, told)

• मम (mama) - to me (to me, my, of me)

• सः (saḥ) - he (Mārkaṇḍeya) (he, that)

• देवचरितानि (devacaritāni) - the deeds/narratives of the gods (deeds of the gods, divine stories)

• इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this context)

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he recounted (he narrated, he told)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, my, of me)

• सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, constantly)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - name of a celebrated ancient sage, son of Mṛkaṇḍu

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

भगवान् (bhagavān) - the venerable (venerable, divine, glorious, the Lord)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine, the Lord

from bhaga + matup

Note: qualifies Mārkaṇḍeya

एतत् (etat) - this (referring to the preceding narrative) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

आख्यातवान् (ākhyātavān) - narrated (recounted, narrated, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ākhyātavat

ākhyātavat - having told, narrated

Past Active Participle

from ā-√khyā (2P) with suffix -vat

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: acting as a finite verb with nominative subject

मम (mama) - to me (to me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: dative sense 'to me'

सः (saḥ) - he (Mārkaṇḍeya) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine form of tad

देवचरितानि (devacaritāni) - the deeds/narratives of the gods (deeds of the gods, divine stories)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of devacarita

devacarita - deeds of the gods, divine stories

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+carita)

• deva – god, divine, celestial
  noun (masculine)
• carita – act, deed, conduct, story, history
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from √car (1P)
  Root: car (class 1)

इह (iha) - here (here, in this world, in this context)

(indeclinable)

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he recounted (he narrated, he told)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, from √kath (10P)

Root: kath (class 10)

मे (me) - to me (to me, my, of me)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: dative sense 'to me'

सदा (sadā) - always (always, ever, constantly)

(indeclinable)