महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-137, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
पवनस्य च संवादमर्जुनस्य च भारत ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
pavanasya ca saṁvādamarjunasya ca bhārata.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam pavanasyaca saṃvādam arjunasya ca bhārata

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca.
bhārata,
atra api (janāḥ) imam purātanam pavanasyaca arjunasya ca saṃvādam itihāsam udāharanti.

2. Bhishma said: "O Bhārata, here they also recount this ancient narrative, a conversation between Pavana and Arjuna."

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the speaker of these words in the Mahābhārata. (Bhishma)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - In the context of this discussion or narrative. (here, in this matter)

• अपि (api) - also, even

• उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - Implied 'people' or 'sages' recount this story. (they cite, they recount, they mention)

• इमम् (imam) - This specific narrative. (this (masculine accusative singular))

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative, history, legend

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

• पवनस्यच (pavanasyaca) - Of Pavana, the wind god, and... (of Pavana and)

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - conversation, discourse, dialogue

• अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - Of Arjuna, a specific historical figure or mythical hero, distinct from the Pāṇḍava Arjuna. Often refers to Kārtavīrya Arjuna in this context. (of Arjuna)

• च (ca) - and, also

• भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (the address used by Saṃjaya to Dhritarashtra in the Mahābhārata). (O descendant of Bharata)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhishma, the speaker of these words in the Mahābhārata. (Bhishma)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhishma (a proper name, grandson of Kuru, patriarch of the Kuru dynasty)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active

3rd person singular perfect active.

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - In the context of this discussion or narrative. (here, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial formation from pronominal stem 'a-'.

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

उदाहरन्ति (udāharanti) - Implied 'people' or 'sages' recount this story. (they cite, they recount, they mention)

(verb)

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

present active

3rd person plural present active.

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - This specific narrative. (this (masculine accusative singular))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative, history, legend

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - history, narrative, legend, epic

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval

From 'purā' (formerly) + suffix '-tana'.

पवनस्यच (pavanasyaca) - Of Pavana, the wind god, and... (of Pavana and)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pavana + ca

pavana - wind, air, the wind god (Pavana)

From root 'pū' (to purify) + suffix '-ana'.

Root: pū (class 9)

Note: The 'ca' is conjoined with 'pvanasya' for flow in the IAST transliteration, but is grammatically a separate indeclinable 'and'.

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - conversation, discourse, dialogue

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, discourse

From 'sam' (together) + 'vad' (to speak).

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

अर्जुनस्य (arjunasya) - Of Arjuna, a specific historical figure or mythical hero, distinct from the Pāṇḍava Arjuna. Often refers to Kārtavīrya Arjuna in this context. (of Arjuna)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna (proper name, 'white', 'bright')

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Dhritarashtra (the address used by Saṃjaya to Dhritarashtra in the Mahābhārata). (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, Indian

From 'bharata' + 'aṇ' suffix.

Root: bhṛ (class 3)