महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-336, verse-59

एवं स भगवान्व्यासो गुरुर्मम विशां पते ।
कथयामास धर्मज्ञो धर्मराज्ञे द्विजोत्तमः ॥५९॥

59. evaṁ sa bhagavānvyāso gururmama viśāṁ pate ,
kathayāmāsa dharmajño dharmarājñe dvijottamaḥ.

59. evam saḥ bhagavān vyāsaḥ guruḥ mama viśām pate
kathayāmāsa dharmajñaḥ dharmarājñe dvijottamaḥ

59. viśām pate evam saḥ bhagavān mama guruḥ vyāsaḥ
dharmajñaḥ dvijottamaḥ dharmarājñe kathayāmāsa

59. Thus, O lord of the people (viśām pate), that revered Vyāsa (bhagavān vyāsaḥ), my spiritual teacher (guru), who was a knower of (dharma) and the best among the twice-born (dvijottamaḥ), spoke to Dharmarāja.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

• सः (saḥ) - that (revered Vyāsa) (he, that)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (Vyāsa) (revered, divine, blessed, glorious)

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyāsa (Vyāsa (a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahabharata))

• गुरुः (guruḥ) - my spiritual teacher (teacher, spiritual preceptor)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

• पते (pate) - O lord (of the people) (O lord, O master)

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he spoke/narrated (he told, he narrated)

• धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous)

• धर्मराज्ञे (dharmarājñe) - to Dharmarāja (Yudhishthira, the king) (to Dharmarāja (Yudhishthira))

• द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - the best among Brahmins (best among the twice-born)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that (revered Vyāsa) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: masculine form of 'tad'

भगवान् (bhagavān) - revered (Vyāsa) (revered, divine, blessed, glorious)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - revered, blessed, divine, glorious

Note: agrees with `vyāsaḥ`

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - the sage Vyāsa (Vyāsa (a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahabharata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyāsa (name of a sage, compiler)

गुरुः (guruḥ) - my spiritual teacher (teacher, spiritual preceptor)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guru

guru - teacher, spiritual preceptor, heavy, important

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

विशाम् (viśām) - of the people (of the people, of the subjects)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, subjects, community

पते (pate) - O lord (of the people) (O lord, O master)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - he spoke/narrated (he told, he narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) (liṭ) of kath

Perfect tense (lit)

Root kath (10th class derivative of kṛt, but typically treated as a root). The form -āmāsa is a periphrastic perfect suffix.

Root: kath (class 10)

धर्मज्ञः (dharmajñaḥ) - knower of natural law (dharma) (knower of dharma, righteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, righteous, versed in religious law

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• jña – knowing, knower
  adjective (masculine)
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: agrees with `vyāsaḥ`

धर्मराज्ञे (dharmarājñe) - to Dharmarāja (Yudhishthira, the king) (to Dharmarāja (Yudhishthira))

(proper noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of dharmarājan

dharmarājan - King of natural law (dharma), Dharmarāja (Yudhishthira)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+rājan)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

Note: refers to Yudhishthira

द्विजोत्तमः (dvijottamaḥ) - the best among Brahmins (best among the twice-born)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijottama

dvijottama - best of the twice-born (Brahmins)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvija+uttama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, or bird, tooth)
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, supreme
  adjective (masculine)

Note: agrees with `vyāsaḥ`