महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-32, verse-2

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
नारदस्य च संवादं वासुदेवस्य चोभयोः ॥२॥

2. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
nāradasya ca saṁvādaṁ vāsudevasya cobhayoḥ.

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam nāradasya ca saṃvādam vāsudevasya ca ubhayoḥ

2. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api imam purātanam itihāsam
nāradasya ca vāsudevasya ca ubhayoḥ saṃvādam udāharanti

2. Bhīṣma said: 'In this regard, they also narrate this ancient story (itihāsa): the conversation between Nārada and Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa), a dialogue between both of them.'

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru warrior)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• अत्र (atra) - in this regard (to Yudhiṣṭhira's question) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• अपि (api) - also, even, too

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

• इमम् (imam) - this (masculine accusative singular)

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

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, primeval

• नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada

• च (ca) - and, also

• संवादम् (saṁvādam) - conversation, dialogue, discourse

• वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

• च (ca) - and, also

• उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both Nārada and Vāsudeva (of both)

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (name of a Kuru warrior)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - terrible, formidable; name of the Kuru elder

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of vac

perfect active

Root vac, perfect third singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - in this regard (to Yudhiṣṭhira's question) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even, too

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

present active

Root hṛ (to carry) with prefixes ut and ā.

Prefixes: ut+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इमम् (imam) - this (masculine accusative singular)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - story, legend, history, epic

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - story, legend, history, epic, tradition

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient, old, primeval

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval, traditional

नारदस्य (nāradasya) - of Nārada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Nārada (name of a divine sage)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

संवादम् (saṁvādam) - conversation, dialogue, discourse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃvāda

saṁvāda - conversation, dialogue, agreement

Derived from root vad (to speak) with prefix sam.

Prefix: sam

Root: vad (class 1)

वासुदेवस्य (vāsudevasya) - of Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, an epithet of Kṛṣṇa

Patronymic derivative of Vasudeva.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both Nārada and Vāsudeva (of both)

(pronoun)

Genitive, dual of ubha

ubha - both