महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-335, verse-6

एतन्नः संशयं ब्रह्मन्पुराणज्ञानसंभवम् ।
कथयस्वोत्तममते महापुरुषनिर्मितम् ।
पाविताः स्म त्वया ब्रह्मन्पुण्यां कथयता कथाम् ॥६॥

6. etannaḥ saṁśayaṁ brahmanpurāṇajñānasaṁbhavam ,
kathayasvottamamate mahāpuruṣanirmitam ,
pāvitāḥ sma tvayā brahmanpuṇyāṁ kathayatā kathām.

6. etat naḥ saṃśayam brahman
purāṇajñānasaṃbhavam kathayasva uttamamate
mahāpuruṣanirmitam pāvitāḥ sma
tvayā brahman puṇyām kathayatā kathām

6. O brahman, please resolve this doubt of ours, which has arisen from our knowledge of the ancient texts (purāṇa). O best-minded one, please narrate that which was conceived by great persons. We have been purified by you, O brahman, by your narration of this sacred tale.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (doubt) (this, that)

• नः (naḥ) - our (us, our, to us)

• संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahman (addressing a wise person) (O brahman, O priest, O wise one)

• पुराणज्ञानसंभवम् (purāṇajñānasaṁbhavam) - arising from the knowledge of the ancient texts (purāṇa) (arising from knowledge of ancient texts, born from ancient lore)

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please narrate (it) (narrate, tell, relate)

• उत्तममते (uttamamate) - O best-minded one (addressing the brahmin) (O best-minded one, O excellent in intellect)

• महापुरुषनिर्मितम् (mahāpuruṣanirmitam) - conceived by great persons (created by great persons/beings, conceived by great persons)

• पाविताः (pāvitāḥ) - purified, cleansed

• स्म (sma) - indicates past tense in conjunction with a participle (particle indicating past tense, particle for affirmation)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahman (addressing a wise person) (O brahman, O priest, O wise one)

• पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred (sacred, meritorious, holy)

• कथयता (kathayatā) - by you who are narrating (by narrating, by telling)

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (doubt) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the doubt.

नः (naḥ) - our (us, our, to us)

(pronoun)

Genitive, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Enclitic form of asmad.

संशयम् (saṁśayam) - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, suspicion, uncertainty

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahman (addressing a wise person) (O brahman, O priest, O wise one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a brahmin (priest), the Absolute (neuter)

Note: Used as an address to a wise person or brahmin.

पुराणज्ञानसंभवम् (purāṇajñānasaṁbhavam) - arising from the knowledge of the ancient texts (purāṇa) (arising from knowledge of ancient texts, born from ancient lore)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purāṇajñānasaṃbhava

purāṇajñānasaṁbhava - arising from knowledge of ancient texts

Compound type : tatpurusha (purāṇa+jñāna+saṃbhava)

• purāṇa – ancient story, old text (especially a specific class of religious texts)
  noun (neuter)
• jñāna – knowledge, wisdom
  noun (neuter)
• saṃbhava – born from, arising from, origin
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saṃśayam'.

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - please narrate (it) (narrate, tell, relate)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

उत्तममते (uttamamate) - O best-minded one (addressing the brahmin) (O best-minded one, O excellent in intellect)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of uttamamati

uttamamati - one with excellent mind/intellect

Compound type : bahuvrihi (uttama+mati)

• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective (masculine)
• mati – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (feminine)

Note: An address to someone with superior intellect.

महापुरुषनिर्मितम् (mahāpuruṣanirmitam) - conceived by great persons (created by great persons/beings, conceived by great persons)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of mahāpuruṣanirmita

mahāpuruṣanirmita - created by great beings

Past Passive Participle

nirmita (made) by mahāpuruṣa (great person)

Compound type : tatpurusha (mahāpuruṣa+nirmita)

• mahāpuruṣa – great person, supreme being
  noun (masculine)
• nirmita – made, constructed, created
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from ni + mā
  Prefix: ni
  Root: mā (class 2)

Note: Refers to something (like a story or teaching) created by great individuals.

पाविताः (pāvitāḥ) - purified, cleansed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāvita

pāvita - purified, cleansed

Past Passive Participle

from causative of pū

Root: pū (class 1)

Note: Refers to the speakers ('we') who have been purified.

स्म (sma) - indicates past tense in conjunction with a participle (particle indicating past tense, particle for affirmation)

(indeclinable)

Note: In 'pāvitāḥ sma', it forms a past tense construction 'we have been purified'.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Agent of purification.

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahman (addressing a wise person) (O brahman, O priest, O wise one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - a brahmin (priest), the Absolute (neuter)

Note: Used as an address to a wise person or brahmin.

पुण्याम् (puṇyām) - sacred (sacred, meritorious, holy)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, holy, meritorious

Note: Qualifies 'kathām'.

कथयता (kathayatā) - by you who are narrating (by narrating, by telling)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kathayat

kathayat - narrating, telling

Present Active Participle

from kath

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'tvayā' (by you, who are narrating).

कथाम् (kathām) - story, tale, narrative

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative

Note: Object of the participle 'kathayatā'.