महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-331, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
ब्रह्मन्सुमहदाख्यानं भवता परिकीर्तितम् ।
यच्छ्रुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे विस्मयं परमं गताः ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
brahmansumahadākhyānaṁ bhavatā parikīrtitam ,
yacchrutvā munayaḥ sarve vismayaṁ paramaṁ gatāḥ.

1. janamejaya uvāca brahman sumahat ākhyānam bhavatā
parikīrtitam yat śrutvā munayaḥ sarve vismayam paramam gatāḥ

1. janamejaya uvāca: brahman bhavatā sumahat ākhyānam parikīrtitam,
yat śrutvā sarve munayaḥ paramam vismayam gatāḥ

1. Janamejaya said: "O Brahmin, a truly magnificent narrative has been related by you, upon hearing which all the sages (munis) were filled with supreme wonder."

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (Janamejaya (a king, son of Parikṣit))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

• सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great (very great, magnificent)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, story, tale)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (by you (honorific))

• परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - has been related (related, recounted, glorified)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, what (relative pronoun))

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• मुनयः (munayaḥ) - the sages (munis) (sages, ascetics)

• सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

• विस्मयम् (vismayam) - wonder (wonder, astonishment, surprise)

• परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, greatest)

• गताः (gatāḥ) - attained (gone, attained, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

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

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

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

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect active of root vac-

Root: vac (class 2)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin (O Brahmin, O venerable one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the Absolute (neuter)

Note: Refers to the narrator (Vyasa or Vaishampayana).

सुमहत् (sumahat) - very great (very great, magnificent)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sumahat

sumahat - very great, magnificent, immense

Compound type : karmadhāraya (su+mahat)

• su – good, well, very
  indeclinable
  Prefix for 'very' or 'good'
• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies ākhyānam.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - narrative (narrative, story, tale)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, legend

Derived from root khyā- with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Subject of passive verb parikīrtitam.

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (by you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (honorific)

present active participle

Derived from root bhū- (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agent in passive construction.

परिकीर्तितम् (parikīrtitam) - has been related (related, recounted, glorified)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of parikīrtita

parikīrtita - proclaimed, celebrated, related, recounted

past passive participle

Derived from root kīrt- with prefix pari-

Prefix: pari

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Agrees with ākhyānam.

यत् (yat) - which (which, what (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Object of śrutvā.

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from root śru- with suffix -tvā

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Adverbial participle.

मुनयः (munayaḥ) - the sages (munis) (sages, ascetics)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of muni

muni - sage, ascetic, seer, inspired person

Note: Subject of gatāḥ.

सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, every)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

Note: Modifies munayaḥ.

विस्मयम् (vismayam) - wonder (wonder, astonishment, surprise)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vismaya

vismaya - wonder, astonishment, surprise, amazement

Derived from root smi- (to smile) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: smi (class 1)

Note: Object of gatāḥ.

परमम् (paramam) - supreme (supreme, highest, greatest)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, greatest, best, ultimate

Note: Modifies vismayam.

गताः (gatāḥ) - attained (gone, attained, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of gata

gata - gone, attained, reached, passed

past passive participle

Derived from root gam-

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used predicatively with munayaḥ to mean "reached" or "attained".