महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-328, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
अस्तौषीद्यैरिमं व्यासः सशिष्यो मधुसूदनम् ।
नामभिर्विविधैरेषां निरुक्तं भगवन्मम ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
astauṣīdyairimaṁ vyāsaḥ saśiṣyo madhusūdanam ,
nāmabhirvividhaireṣāṁ niruktaṁ bhagavanmama.

1. janamejayaḥ uvāca astauṣīt yaiḥ imam vyāsaḥ saśiṣyaḥ
madhusūdanam nāmabhiḥ vividhaiḥ eṣām niruktam bhagavan mama

1. Janamejaya said: "O Lord, please explain to me the etymology of these various names by which Vyasa, along with his disciples, praised Madhusudana."

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अस्तौषीत् (astauṣīt) - praised

• यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom, by which

• इमम् (imam) - this, this one

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

• सशिष्यः (saśiṣyaḥ) - with his disciples, accompanied by pupils

• मधुसूदनम् (madhusūdanam) - Madhusudana (epithet of Vishnu/Krishna, slayer of the demon Madhu)

• नामभिः (nāmabhiḥ) - by names

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, diverse

• एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

• निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - explanation, etymology

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O glorious one

• मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजयः (janamejayaḥ) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (name of a king, son of Parikṣit)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

अस्तौषीत् (astauṣīt) - praised

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of stu

Root: stu (class 2)

यैः (yaiḥ) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

इमम् (imam) - this, this one

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (name of a celebrated sage, compiler of the Vedas and author of Mahabharata)

सशिष्यः (saśiṣyaḥ) - with his disciples, accompanied by pupils

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saśiṣya

saśiṣya - accompanied by disciples/pupils

Compound of sa (with) + śiṣya (disciple)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+śiṣya)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
• śiṣya – disciple, pupil, student
  noun (masculine)

मधुसूदनम् (madhusūdanam) - Madhusudana (epithet of Vishnu/Krishna, slayer of the demon Madhu)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madhusūdanam

madhusūdana - Madhusudana (slayer of the demon Madhu, an epithet of Vishnu/Krishna)

Compound of Madhu (demon's name) + sūdana (slayer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (madhu+sūdana)

• madhu – honey, sweet; name of a demon
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – slayer, destroyer
  noun (masculine)
  From √sūd (to destroy)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

नामभिः (nāmabhiḥ) - by names

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

विविधैः (vividhaiḥ) - by various, diverse

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, plural of vividha

vividha - various, diverse, manifold

एषाम् (eṣām) - of these

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, plural of etad

etad - this, these

निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - explanation, etymology

(noun)

neuter, singular of nirukta

nirukta - explained, uttered, etymology (as a noun)

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

From √vac (to speak) with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O glorious one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - possessing fortune, glorious, divine, venerable; Lord, God (as a noun)

From bhaga (fortune) + -vat (possessing)

मम (mama) - my, to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I, ego