महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-12, chapter-83, verse-5

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
मुनिः कालकवृक्षीयः कौसल्यं यदुवाच ह ॥५॥

5. atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
muniḥ kālakavṛkṣīyaḥ kausalyaṁ yaduvāca ha.

5. atra api udāharanti imaṃ itihāsaṃ purātanam
muniḥ kālakavṛkṣīyaḥ kausalyaṃ yat uvāca ha

5. atra api purātanam itihāsam udāharanti,
yat kālakavṛkṣīyaḥ muniḥ kausalyam uvāca ha

5. In this regard, they cite this ancient legend, which the sage Kālakavṛkṣīya spoke to Kausalya.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite, they relate, they tell

• इमम् (imam) - this

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - legend, traditional story, history

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, seer

• कालकवृक्षीयः (kālakavṛkṣīyaḥ) - the sage belonging to Kālakavṛkṣa

• कौसल्यम् (kausalyam) - to Kausalya, descendant of Kusala

• यत् (yat) - which

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle indicating traditional narrative)

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - they cite, they relate, they tell

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of udāhṛ

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - legend, traditional story, history

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - legend, traditional account, history

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, traditional

मुनिः (muniḥ) - sage, seer

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muni

muni - sage, seer, ascetic

कालकवृक्षीयः (kālakavṛkṣīyaḥ) - the sage belonging to Kālakavṛkṣa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kālakavṛkṣīya

kālakavṛkṣīya - belonging to or originating from the Kālakavṛkṣa place/sage

कौसल्यम् (kausalyam) - to Kausalya, descendant of Kusala

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kausalya

kausalya - descendant of Kusalā / proper name Kausalya

यत् (yat) - which

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - who, which

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, certainly (particle indicating traditional narrative)

(indeclinable)

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