महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-12

गुरुणा च ममाप्येष कथितो नृपसत्तम ।
यथा तु कथितस्तत्र नारदेन तथा शृणु ॥१२॥

12. guruṇā ca mamāpyeṣa kathito nṛpasattama ,
yathā tu kathitastatra nāradena tathā śṛṇu.

12. guruṇā ca mama api eṣaḥ kathitaḥ nṛpasattama
yathā tu kathitaḥ tatra nāradena tathā śṛṇu

12. And this (matter) was also related to me by my preceptor (guru), O best of kings! Therefore, listen to it just as it was related there by Nārada.

Words meanings summery:

• गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by my spiritual teacher (guru) (by the preceptor, by the teacher)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मम (mama) - to me (the speaker) (my, of me, to me)

• अपि (api) - also, indicating another instance of the same matter being related (also, even, too)

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the matter discussed) (this)

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was related (told, narrated, spoken)

• नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings! (Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of kings!)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

• तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the following instruction (but, indeed, however)

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was related (told, narrated, spoken)

• तत्र (tatra) - on that occasion (when Nārada spoke to Arjuna) (there, then, on that occasion)

• नारदेन (nāradena) - by the sage Nārada (by Nārada)

• तथा (tathā) - so, accordingly (correlative to yathā) (so, thus, in that manner)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to what I am about to tell you) (listen! hear!)

Words meanings and morphology

गुरुणा (guruṇā) - by my spiritual teacher (guru) (by the preceptor, by the teacher)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of guru

guru - preceptor, teacher, heavy, venerable, important

U-stem noun.

Root: gṝ (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - to me (the speaker) (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

singular of mad

mad - I, me

Genitive singular.

अपि (api) - also, indicating another instance of the same matter being related (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Particle.

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (referring to the matter discussed) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

Masculine nominative singular.

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was related (told, narrated, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, narrated

Past Passive Participle

From root kath (10th class) + kta suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

नृपसत्तम (nṛpasattama) - O best of kings! (Addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O best of kings!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpasattama

nṛpasattama - best of kings, chief of men

Compound of nṛpa (king) and sattama (best, excellent).

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛpa+sattama)

• nṛpa – king, protector of men
  noun (masculine)
  From nṛ (man) + pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective
  Superlative of sat (good)

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to tathā.

तु (tu) - indeed, emphasizing the following instruction (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction/particle.

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - was related (told, narrated, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - told, spoken, narrated

Past Passive Participle

From root kath (10th class) + kta suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

तत्र (tatra) - on that occasion (when Nārada spoke to Arjuna) (there, then, on that occasion)

(indeclinable)

Adverb of place/time.

Note: Refers to the event mentioned in the previous verse.

नारदेन (nāradena) - by the sage Nārada (by Nārada)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (divine sage)

तथा (tathā) - so, accordingly (correlative to yathā) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

Correlative adverb to yathā.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (to what I am about to tell you) (listen! hear!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śṛṇu

Imperative, Active Voice

From root śru (5th class), imperative 2nd person singular.

Root: śru (class 5)