महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-331, verse-18

किमब्रूतां महात्मानौ नरनारायणावृषी ।
तदेतन्मे यथातत्त्वं सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि ॥१८॥

18. kimabrūtāṁ mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī ,
tadetanme yathātattvaṁ sarvamākhyātumarhasi.

18. kim abrūtām mahātmānau naranārāyaṇau ṛṣī tat
etat me yathātattvam sarvam ākhyātum arhasi

18. kim mahātmānau naranārāyaṇau ṛṣī abrūtām tat
etat sarvam me yathātattvam ākhyātum arhasi

18. What did the two great-souled sages (muni), Nara and Narayana, say? You should narrate all of that to me, exactly as it happened.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

• अब्रूताम् (abrūtām) - they two said

• महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - the two great-souled ones, the two exalted ones

• नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The two divine sages, Nara and Narayana, a recurring pair in Hindu mythology. (Nara and Narayana)

• ऋषी (ṛṣī) - the two sages

• तत् (tat) - that

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it happened, truly, according to reality

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what?, why?, whether

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why, whether

Note: Interrogative pronoun

अब्रूताम् (abrūtām) - they two said

(verb)

3rd person , dual, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Root: brū (class 2)

महात्मानौ (mahātmānau) - the two great-souled ones, the two exalted ones

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, dual of mahātman

mahātman - a great soul, an exalted person, magnanimous

Compound type : karmadhāraya/bahuvrīhi (mahant+ātman)

• mahant – great, large, mighty
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

नरनारायणौ (naranārāyaṇau) - The two divine sages, Nara and Narayana, a recurring pair in Hindu mythology. (Nara and Narayana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of naranārāyaṇa

naranārāyaṇa - Nara and Narayana (a divine pair of sages/deities)

Compound type : dvandva (nara+nārāyaṇa)

• nara – man, human being, hero
  noun (masculine)
• nārāyaṇa – Narayana (a name of Viṣṇu, also a celebrated sage)
  proper noun (masculine)

ऋषी (ṛṣī) - the two sages

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, dual of ṛṣi

ṛṣi - sage, seer, inspired poet

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of 'mama' or 'mahyam'

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it happened, truly, according to reality

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, just as, according to
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, principle, essence
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adverbial usage

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive form of the verb

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Infinitive marker -tum

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought, you should, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)