महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-337, verse-6

जनमेजय उवाच ।
त्वयैव कथितः पूर्वं संभवो द्विजसत्तम ।
वसिष्ठस्य सुतः शक्तिः शक्तेः पुत्रः पराशरः ॥६॥

6. janamejaya uvāca ,
tvayaiva kathitaḥ pūrvaṁ saṁbhavo dvijasattama ,
vasiṣṭhasya sutaḥ śaktiḥ śakteḥ putraḥ parāśaraḥ.

6. janamejaya uvāca | tvayā eva kathitaḥ pūrvam saṃbhavaḥ
dvijasattama | vasiṣṭhasya sutaḥ śaktiḥ śakteḥ putraḥ parāśaraḥ

6. Janamejaya said: O best among Brahmins (dvija), the lineage (saṃbhava) was indeed told by you previously: Śakti was the son of Vasiṣṭha, and Parāśara was the son of Śakti.

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• त्वया (tvayā) - by Vaiśampāyana (by you)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

• कथितः (kathitaḥ) - narrated, told, spoken

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

• संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - the lineage of Vyāsa's ancestors (birth, origin, lineage)

• द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O best among Brahmins (dvija), O best of the twice-born)

• वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - Śakti (name of a sage)

• शक्तेः (śakteḥ) - of Śakti

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• पराशरः (parāśaraḥ) - Parāśara (name of a sage)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Name of a king of the Kuru dynasty, son of Parīkṣit

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Reduplicated Perfect, 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वया (tvayā) - by Vaiśampāyana (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, alone

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

कथितः (kathitaḥ) - narrated, told, spoken

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathita

kathita - narrated, told, said

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kath (to tell, narrate)

Root: kath (class 10)

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - previously, before, formerly

(indeclinable)

संभवः (saṁbhavaḥ) - the lineage of Vyāsa's ancestors (birth, origin, lineage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - origin, birth, lineage, possibility

Derived from root bhū with prefix sam

Prefix: sam

Root: bhū (class 1)

द्विजसत्तम (dvijasattama) - Addressing Vaiśampāyana (O best among Brahmins (dvija), O best of the twice-born)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dvijasattama

dvijasattama - best among the twice-born (Brahmins)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dvija+sattama)

• dvija – twice-born (Brahmin, Kṣatriya, Vaiśya), bird, tooth
  noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, excellent, most eminent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of sat (good, existing)

वसिष्ठस्य (vasiṣṭhasya) - of Vasiṣṭha

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vasiṣṭha

vasiṣṭha - Name of a revered Vedic sage, one of the Saptarishis

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, born, produced

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root sū (to give birth)

Root: sū (class 2)

शक्तिः (śaktiḥ) - Śakti (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy; name of a sage, son of Vasiṣṭha

शक्तेः (śakteḥ) - of Śakti

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakti

śakti - power, energy; name of a sage, son of Vasiṣṭha

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

पराशरः (parāśaraḥ) - Parāśara (name of a sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parāśara

parāśara - Name of a revered ancient sage, father of Vyāsa