महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-49, verse-3

जह्नोरजह्नुस्तनयो बल्लवस्तस्य चात्मजः ।
कुशिको नाम धर्मज्ञस्तस्य पुत्रो महीपतिः ॥३॥

3. jahnorajahnustanayo ballavastasya cātmajaḥ ,
kuśiko nāma dharmajñastasya putro mahīpatiḥ.

3. jahnoḥ ajahnuḥ tanayaḥ ballavaḥ tasya ca ātmajaḥ
kuśikaḥ nāma dharma-jñaḥ tasya putraḥ mahī-patiḥ

3. jahnoḥ tanayaḥ ajahnuḥ.
tasya ca ātmajaḥ ballavaḥ.
tasya dharma-jñaḥ kuśikaḥ nāma (āsīt).
tasya putraḥ mahī-patiḥ (āsīt).

3. Jahnu had a son named Ajahnu. His (Ajahnu's) son was Ballava. And his (Ballava's) son was Kuśika, a knower of natural law (dharma). His (Kuśika's) son was a great king.

Words meanings summery:

• जह्नोः (jahnoḥ) - of Jahnu

• अजह्नुः (ajahnuḥ) - Ajahnu

• तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son

• बल्लवः (ballavaḥ) - Ballava

• तस्य (tasya) - of Ajahnu (first instance), of Ballava (second instance), of Kuśika (third instance) (his, of him)

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son, born from oneself

• कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kuśika

• नाम (nāma) - named, by name

• धर्म-ज्ञः (dharma-jñaḥ) - known for his knowledge of natural law (dharma) (knower of natural law, righteous)

• तस्य (tasya) - of Kuśika (his, of him)

• पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

• मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - a great king (lord of the earth, king)

Words meanings and morphology

जह्नोः (jahnoḥ) - of Jahnu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jahnu

jahnu - name of an ancient king, who drank up the Ganga

अजह्नुः (ajahnuḥ) - Ajahnu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ajahnu

ajahnu - name of a king, son of Jahnu

तनयः (tanayaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tanaya

tanaya - son, offspring

from root tan (to stretch, to extend)

Root: tan (class 8)

बल्लवः (ballavaḥ) - Ballava

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ballava

ballava - name of a king, son of Ajahnu

तस्य (tasya) - of Ajahnu (first instance), of Ballava (second instance), of Kuśika (third instance) (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मजः (ātmajaḥ) - son, born from oneself

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātmaja

ātmaja - son, daughter, born from oneself, one's own

compound of ātman (self) + ja (born)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+ja)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective
  from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

कुशिकः (kuśikaḥ) - Kuśika

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kuśika

kuśika - name of a king, son of Ballava

नाम (nāma) - named, by name

(indeclinable)

धर्म-ज्ञः (dharma-jñaḥ) - known for his knowledge of natural law (dharma) (knower of natural law, righteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knowing the law, righteous, virtuous, skilled in (dharma)

compound of dharma (law, duty) + jña (knower)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knower, understanding
  adjective
  from root jñā (to know)
  Root: jñā (class 9)

तस्य (tasya) - of Kuśika (his, of him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पुत्रः (putraḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of putra

putra - son

मही-पतिः (mahī-patiḥ) - a great king (lord of the earth, king)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahīpati

mahīpati - king, lord of the earth

compound of mahī (earth) + pati (lord)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pati)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)