महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-353, verse-7

पृच्छमानाय तत्त्वेन मया तुभ्यं विशां पते ।
कथेयं कथिता पुण्या धर्म्या धर्मभृतां वर ॥७॥

7. pṛcchamānāya tattvena mayā tubhyaṁ viśāṁ pate ,
katheyaṁ kathitā puṇyā dharmyā dharmabhṛtāṁ vara.

7. pṛcchamānāya tattvena mayā tubhyam viśām pate
kathā iyam kathitā puṇyā dharmyā dharmabhṛtām vara

7. viśām pate dharmabhṛtām vara tattvena pṛcchamānāya
tubhyam mayā puṇyā dharmyā iyam kathā kathitā

7. O lord of the people, O best among the upholders of natural law (dharma), this sacred story, which conforms to natural law (dharma), has been narrated by me to you, who inquired truthfully.

Words meanings summery:

• पृच्छमानाय (pṛcchamānāya) - to one who is asking/inquiring

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truthfully (by the truth, truly, essentially)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you

• विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

• पते (pate) - O lord, O master

• कथा (kathā) - story, tale, narrative

• इयम् (iyam) - this, she

• कथिता (kathitā) - narrated, told, spoken

• पुण्या (puṇyā) - sacred, meritorious, virtuous, holy

• धर्म्या (dharmyā) - righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma

• धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of the upholders of natural law (dharma)

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

Words meanings and morphology

पृच्छमानाय (pṛcchamānāya) - to one who is asking/inquiring

(participle)

Dative, masculine, singular of pṛcchamāna

pṛcchamāna - asking, inquiring, questioning

Present Active Participle (Ātmanepada)

Root pracch (to ask) + śyan + -māna suffix

Root: pracch (class 6)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truthfully (by the truth, truly, essentially)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence, fact

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, ego

First person pronoun

तुभ्यम् (tubhyam) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person pronoun

विशाम् (viśām) - of people, of subjects

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of viś

viś - people, community, subjects

Root: viś (class 6)

पते (pate) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pati

pati - lord, master, husband, owner

कथा (kathā) - story, tale, narrative

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

Root: kath (class 10)

इयम् (iyam) - this, she

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

कथिता (kathitā) - narrated, told, spoken

(participle)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kathita

kathita - narrated, told, spoken, said

Past Passive Participle

Root kath (to tell, speak) + -ta suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

पुण्या (puṇyā) - sacred, meritorious, virtuous, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of puṇya

puṇya - sacred, meritorious, virtuous, holy, pure

धर्म्या (dharmyā) - righteous, lawful, conforming to dharma

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmya

dharmya - righteous, lawful, just, conforming to natural law (dharma)

Derived from dharma with -ya suffix

धर्मभृताम् (dharmabhṛtām) - of the upholders of natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dharmabhṛt

dharmabhṛt - upholder of natural law (dharma), righteous person

Compound: dharma (natural law) + bhṛt (bearing, supporting)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+bhṛt)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, intrinsic nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• bhṛt – bearing, carrying, supporting, maintaining
  adjective
  From root bhṛ (to bear, carry)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon, bridegroom

Root: vṛ (class 1)