महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-328, verse-7

तेषां निरुक्तं त्वत्तोऽहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि केशव ।
न ह्यन्यो वर्तयेन्नाम्नां निरुक्तं त्वामृते प्रभो ॥७॥

7. teṣāṁ niruktaṁ tvatto'haṁ śrotumicchāmi keśava ,
na hyanyo vartayennāmnāṁ niruktaṁ tvāmṛte prabho.

7. teṣām niruktam tvattaḥ aham śrotum icchāmi keśava na
hi anyaḥ vartayet nāmnām niruktam tvām ṛte prabho

7. keśava aham tvattaḥ teṣām niruktam śrotum icchāmi hi
prabho tvām ṛte anyaḥ nāmnām niruktam na vartayet

7. O Keśava, I desire to hear from you the etymological explanation of those names. For, O Lord, no one else but you can provide the explanation (nirukta) of these names.

Words meanings summery:

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

• निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - the etymological explanation, interpretation

• त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• केशव (keśava) - O Keśava

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - for, indeed, surely

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

• वर्तयेत् (vartayet) - would explain, would declare, would describe

• नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names

• निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - the etymological explanation, interpretation

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• ऋते (ṛte) - without, except

• प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord

Words meanings and morphology

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of them, of those

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those, he, she, it

निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - the etymological explanation, interpretation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirukta

nirukta - explained, interpreted, expressed, etymological explanation (nirukta)

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) with prefix nis

Prefix: nis

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वत्तः (tvattaḥ) - from you

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Root: iṣ (class 6)

केशव (keśava) - O Keśava

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of keśava

keśava - Keśava (an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, 'one with beautiful hair' or 'slayer of the demon Keśī')

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - for, indeed, surely

(indeclinable)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different, distinct

वर्तयेत् (vartayet) - would explain, would declare, would describe

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vṛt

Causative of vṛt, or specific meaning of vṛt in certain contexts.

Root: vṛt (class 1)

नाम्नाम् (nāmnām) - of the names

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of nāman

nāman - name, appellation, noun

निरुक्तम् (niruktam) - the etymological explanation, interpretation

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nirukta

nirukta - explained, interpreted, expressed, etymological explanation (nirukta)

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak) with prefix nis

Prefix: nis

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

ऋते (ṛte) - without, except

(indeclinable)

प्रभो (prabho) - O Lord

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, powerful, mighty

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)