महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-107, verse-141

पुराणमितिहासाश्च तथाख्यानानि यानि च ।
महात्मनां च चरितं श्रोतव्यं नित्यमेव ते ॥१४१॥

141. purāṇamitihāsāśca tathākhyānāni yāni ca ,
mahātmanāṁ ca caritaṁ śrotavyaṁ nityameva te.

141. purāṇam itihāsāḥ ca tathā ākhyānāni yāni ca
mahātmanām ca caritam śrotavyam nityam eva te

141. te nityam eva purāṇam ca itihāsāḥ ca tathā
yāni ākhyānāni ca mahātmanām caritam śrotavyam

141. You should always listen to the ancient tales (purāṇas) and the epics (itihāsas), as well as other narratives and the life stories of great souls.

Words meanings summery:

• पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient tales (purāṇas) (ancient tale, old story, mythology, Puranas)

• इतिहासाः (itihāsāḥ) - epics (itihāsas) (history, legend, epic)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तथा (tathā) - as well as (thus, so, similarly, also)

• आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni) - narratives, stories, tales

• यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

• च (ca) - and, also

• महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great souls, of noble individuals

• च (ca) - and, also

• चरितम् (caritam) - life stories (conduct, deeds, life story, character)

• श्रोतव्यम् (śrotavyam) - should be heard, ought to be listened to

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• ते (te) - by you (agent of passive construction) (by you, for you, to you)

Words meanings and morphology

पुराणम् (purāṇam) - ancient tales (purāṇas) (ancient tale, old story, mythology, Puranas)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of purāṇa

purāṇa - ancient, old; a class of sacred texts (Puranas)

इतिहासाः (itihāsāḥ) - epics (itihāsas) (history, legend, epic)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, legend, epic

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तथा (tathā) - as well as (thus, so, similarly, also)

(indeclinable)

आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni) - narratives, stories, tales

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - narrative, story, tale, legend

From ā + khyā (to tell)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

यानि (yāni) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of yad

yad - which, what, who, that

Note: Refers to ākhyānāni

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

महात्मनाम् (mahātmanām) - of great souls, of noble individuals

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, illustrious person, sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

चरितम् (caritam) - life stories (conduct, deeds, life story, character)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of carita

carita - conduct, behavior, action, life story, character

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root car (to move, behave)

Root: car (class 1)

श्रोतव्यम् (śrotavyam) - should be heard, ought to be listened to

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śrotavya

śrotavya - to be heard, audible, suitable to be heard

Gerundive (Tavya)

From root śru (to hear) + suffix tavya

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Predicate gerundive.

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Note: Used as an adverb.

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (agent of passive construction) (by you, for you, to you)

(pronoun)

singular of tvad

tvad - you (2nd person pronoun)

Note: In śrotavyam... te, te functions as the agent of the gerundive, meaning "by you".