महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-45, verse-3

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
शृणु राजेन्द्र तत्त्वेन कीर्त्यमानं मयानघ ।
वासुदेवं पुरस्कृत्य यदकुर्वत पाण्डवाः ॥३॥

3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
śṛṇu rājendra tattvena kīrtyamānaṁ mayānagha ,
vāsudevaṁ puraskṛtya yadakurvata pāṇḍavāḥ.

3. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca | śṛṇu rājendra tattvena kīrtyamānam
mayā anagha | vāsudevam puraskṛtya yat akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ

3. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca anagha rājendra mayā tattvena kīrtyamānam
vāsudevam puraskṛtya pāṇḍavāḥ yat akurvata tat śṛṇu

3. Vaiśaṃpāyana said: "O sinless king (anagha rājendra), hear (śṛṇu) in truth (tattvena) what the Pāṇḍavas did, putting Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) in front, as it is being recited by me."

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear! listen!

• राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (O king of kings, O best of kings)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, really, according to reality

• कीर्त्यमानम् (kīrtyamānam) - being recited, being praised, being told

• मया (mayā) - by me

• अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, faultless

• वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva, Krishna)

• पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, having honored, having made principal

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did, they made

• पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśaṃpāyana (name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśaṃpāyana (a sage, disciple of Vyāsa, narrator of the Mahābhārata to Janamejaya)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active third singular

√vac (cl. 2, `vakti`), but from strong form of root

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - hear! listen!

(verb)

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

Imperative active second singular

√śru (cl. 5, `śṛṇoti`)

Root: śru (class 5)

राजेन्द्र (rājendra) - O king (O king of kings, O best of kings)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājendra

rājendra - king of kings, chief of kings

Compound type : tatpurusha (rājan+indra)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj
• indra – Indra (name of a Vedic deity), chief, best
  noun (masculine)
  Root: id

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, really, according to reality

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

from tad + -tva suffix

Note: Instrumental of manner.

कीर्त्यमानम् (kīrtyamānam) - being recited, being praised, being told

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kīrtyamāna

kīrtyamāna - being praised, being mentioned, being narrated

Present Passive Participle

√kīrt + śyAn (middle voice)

Root: kīrt (class 10)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

Note: Agent of the passive participle 'kīrtyamānam'.

अनघ (anagha) - O sinless one, faultless

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of anagha

anagha - sinless, faultless, pure

a- (neg.) + nagha (sin)

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+nagha)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• nagha – sin, fault
  noun (neuter)

Note: Adjective modifying 'rājendra'.

वासुदेवम् (vāsudevam) - Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva, Krishna)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (an epithet of Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva)

from vasudeva + aṇ (patronymic)

Note: Object of 'puraskṛtya'.

पुरस्कृत्य (puraskṛtya) - having placed in front, having honored, having made principal

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

from prefix puras- + √kṛ

Prefix: puras

Root: kṛ (class 8)

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Object of 'akurvata'.

अकुर्वत (akurvata) - they did, they made

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, imperfect (laṅ) of kṛ

Imperfect middle third plural

√kṛ (cl. 8, `kurute`)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject is 'pāṇḍavāḥ'.

पाण्डवाः (pāṇḍavāḥ) - the Pāṇḍavas (sons of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu, the Pāṇḍavas

from pāṇḍu + aṇ (patronymic)