महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-59, verse-11

एतदिच्छाम्यहं सर्वं तत्त्वेन भरतर्षभ ।
श्रोतुं तन्मे यथातत्त्वं प्रब्रूहि वदतां वर ॥११॥

11. etadicchāmyahaṁ sarvaṁ tattvena bharatarṣabha ,
śrotuṁ tanme yathātattvaṁ prabrūhi vadatāṁ vara.

11. etat icchāmi aham sarvam tattvena bharatarṣabha
śrotum tat me yathātattvam prabrūhi vadatām vara

11. bharatarṣabha aham etat sarvam tattvena śrotum
icchāmi vadatām vara tat me yathātattvam prabrūhi

11. O best among the Bharatas (bharatarṣabha), I wish to hear all this in its true essence. O foremost of speakers (vadatām vara), please explain that to me exactly as it is.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - all this (referring to the matter at hand) (this, that)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire, I want)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (matter) (all, entire, everything)

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in its true essence (in truth, in reality, essentially, truly)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, in order to hear)

• तत् (tat) - that (matter previously mentioned) (that, it)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it is (according to the truth, truly, as it is)

• प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - please explain (tell, speak forth, narrate)

• वदताम् (vadatām) - of speakers (of speakers, among those who speak)

• वर (vara) - O foremost (O best, O excellent one)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - all this (referring to the matter at hand) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire, I want)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (lat) of iṣ

present indicative active

1st person singular present active from √iṣ (class 6)

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

1st person pronoun

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all this (matter) (all, entire, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, entire

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in its true essence (in truth, in reality, essentially, truly)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

From tad 'that' + tva (suffix for abstract noun)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among the Bharatas (O best of Bharatas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - best of Bharatas, bull of Bharatas

Compound type : tatpurusha (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – Bharata (name of a legendary king, his descendants, or a region)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, chief
  noun (masculine)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, in order to hear)

(verb)

infinitive of śru

infinitive

Infinitive form of √śru (class 5)

Root: śru (class 5)

तत् (tat) - that (matter previously mentioned) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Enclitic Dative/Genitive singular form of 1st person pronoun

यथातत्त्वम् (yathātattvam) - exactly as it is (according to the truth, truly, as it is)

(indeclinable)

Avyayībhāva compound meaning 'according to the essence'.

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

• yathā – as, according to, in which way
  indeclinable
• tattva – truth, reality, essence
  noun (neuter)

प्रब्रूहि (prabrūhi) - please explain (tell, speak forth, narrate)

(verb)

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

imperative active

2nd person singular imperative active from pra- √brū (class 2)

Prefix: pra

Root: brū (class 2)

वदताम् (vadatām) - of speakers (of speakers, among those who speak)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, speaker

present active participle

Genitive plural of present active participle of √vad (class 1)

Root: vad (class 1)

वर (vara) - O foremost (O best, O excellent one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choicest, boon

From √vṛ 'to choose', hence 'chosen, best'.

Root: vṛ (class 9)