महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-144, verse-2

वासुदेव उवाच ।
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्द्विजानां भरतर्षभ ।
यथातत्त्वेन वदतो गुणान्मे कुरुसत्तम ॥२॥

2. vāsudeva uvāca ,
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājandvijānāṁ bharatarṣabha ,
yathātattvena vadato guṇānme kurusattama.

2. vāsudevaḥ uvāca śṛṇuṣva avahitaḥ rājan dvijānām
bharatarṣabha yathātattvena vadataḥ guṇān me kurusattama

2. vāsudevaḥ uvāca rājan bharatarṣabha kurusattama avahitaḥ
śṛṇuṣva me dvijānām yathātattvena vadataḥ guṇān

2. Vāsudeva said: "Listen attentively, O king, O best among the Bhāratas (bharatarṣabha)! I shall now speak of the true qualities of the twice-born (dvijas) as they are (yathātattvena), O best of the Kurus (kurusattama)."

Words meanings summery:

• वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (a name of Kṛṣṇa)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

• अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentively (as adverbial usage) (attentive, concentrated, careful)

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• द्विजानाम् (dvijānām) - of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among Bhāratas

• यथातत्त्वेन (yathātattvena) - according to reality, truthfully, as it is

• वदतः (vadataḥ) - while I speak (speaking, of one who speaks)

• गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

• मे (me) - to me (dative for 'I shall speak') (to me, for me, my)

• कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O best among Kurus

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva (a name of Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - Vāsudeva (son of Vasudeva, epithet of Kṛṣṇa)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

अवहितः (avahitaḥ) - attentively (as adverbial usage) (attentive, concentrated, careful)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avahita

avahita - placed, fixed, attentive, careful

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place) with upasarga ava-hi-

Prefixes: ava+hi

Root: dhā (class 3)

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

द्विजानाम् (dvijānām) - of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of dvija

dvija - twice-born (a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, or vaiśya; also a bird, a tooth)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dvi+ja)

• dvi – two, twice
  indeclinable
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root jan (to be born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - O best among Bhāratas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - bull of the Bharatas, best of the Bharatas

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – descendant of Bharata, a member of the Bharata lineage
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – a bull (figuratively, 'best' or 'chief')
  noun (masculine)

यथातत्त्वेन (yathātattvena) - according to reality, truthfully, as it is

(indeclinable)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tattva)

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

वदतः (vadataḥ) - while I speak (speaking, of one who speaks)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vadat

vadat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

गुणान् (guṇān) - qualities, virtues, attributes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, attribute, virtue, strand, constituent

मे (me) - to me (dative for 'I shall speak') (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

कुरुसत्तम (kurusattama) - O best among Kurus

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurusattama

kurusattama - best of the Kurus

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (kuru+sattama)

• kuru – name of an ancient king or his dynasty; a descendant of Kuru
  proper noun (masculine)
• sattama – best, most excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative suffix -tama