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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-100, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्र ते वर्तयिष्यामि पुरावृत्तं जनाधिप ।
वासुदेवस्य संवादं पृथिव्याश्चैव भारत ॥२॥
2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atra te vartayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṁ janādhipa ,
vāsudevasya saṁvādaṁ pṛthivyāścaiva bhārata.
2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra te vartayiṣyāmi purāvṛttam
janādhipa vāsudevasya saṃvādam pṛthivyāḥ ca eva bhārata
2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca janādhipa bhārata atra te purāvṛttam
vāsudevasya ca pṛthivyāḥ eva saṃvādam vartayiṣyāmi
2. Bhishma said: O ruler of men, O Bhārata, I will now narrate to you an ancient event: the conversation between Vasudeva and the Earth.

Words meanings summery:

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  • भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The venerable Kuru elder, Bhishma (Bhishma (a name), the terrible one)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • अत्र (atra) - now, at this point (here, in this matter)
  • ते (te) - to you, for you
  • वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will narrate (I will cause to turn, I will relate, I will narrate)
  • पुरावृत्तम् (purāvṛttam) - an ancient story/account (an ancient event, a past occurrence)
  • जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O ruler of men (vocative, addressing Yudhishthira/Dhritarashtra) (ruler of men, king)
  • वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vasudeva (Krishna)
  • संवादम् (saṁvādam) - a conversation, dialogue
  • पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of Prithvi (the personified Earth goddess) (of the Earth)
  • (ca) - and
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
  • भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, addressing Yudhishthira/Dhritarashtra) (descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - The venerable Kuru elder, Bhishma (Bhishma (a name), the terrible one)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma
bhīṣma - Bhishma (name of a character in Mahabharata), terrible, formidable
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect past (lit) of vac
perfect tense form of √vac
Root: vac (class 2)
अत्र (atra) - now, at this point (here, in this matter)
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - to you, for you
(pronoun)
Dative, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: In this context, dative ('to you') fits best.
वर्तयिष्यामि (vartayiṣyāmi) - I will narrate (I will cause to turn, I will relate, I will narrate)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vṛt
causative future
future tense, 1st person singular, active voice of causative of √vṛt
Root: vṛt (class 1)
पुरावृत्तम् (purāvṛttam) - an ancient story/account (an ancient event, a past occurrence)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of purāvṛtta
purāvṛtta - ancient event, former occurrence, story
Compound type : tatpurusha (purā+vṛtta)
  • purā – formerly, anciently, in the past
    indeclinable
  • vṛtta – occurred, happened, event, story
    noun (neuter)
    past passive participle
    from √vṛt
    Root: vṛt (class 1)
जनाधिप (janādhipa) - O ruler of men (vocative, addressing Yudhishthira/Dhritarashtra) (ruler of men, king)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of janādhipa
janādhipa - lord of men, king
Compound type : tatpurusha (jana+adhipa)
  • jana – person, people, man
    noun (masculine)
  • adhipa – ruler, lord
    noun (masculine)
वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vasudeva (Krishna)
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudeva
vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna
patronymic from Vasudeva
संवादम् (saṁvādam) - a conversation, dialogue
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda
saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, discourse
from √vad with saṃ
Prefix: sam
Root: vad (class 1)
पृथिव्याः (pṛthivyāḥ) - of Prithvi (the personified Earth goddess) (of the Earth)
(proper noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - Earth, ground
(ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (vocative, addressing Yudhishthira/Dhritarashtra) (descendant of Bharata)
(proper noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata
bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian
patronymic from Bharata