महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-60, verse-2

एतदिच्छामि विज्ञातुं याथातथ्येन भारत ।
विद्वञ्जिज्ञासमानाय दानधर्मान्प्रचक्ष्व मे ॥२॥

2. etadicchāmi vijñātuṁ yāthātathyena bhārata ,
vidvañjijñāsamānāya dānadharmānpracakṣva me.

2. etad icchāmi vijñātum yāthātathyena bhārata
vidvan jijñāsamānāya dānadharmān pracakṣva me

2. bhārata vidvan etad yāthātathyena vijñātum
icchāmi jijñāsamānāya me dānadharmān pracakṣva

2. O descendant of Bharata, I wish to truly understand this. O learned one, please explain to me, who is seeking knowledge, the principles of giving (dāna).

Words meanings summery:

• एतद् (etad) - this, that

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish, I want

• विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know, to understand, to ascertain

• याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - truly, accurately, in reality, as it truly is

• भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (a common address in the Mahabharata) (O descendant of Bharata)

• विद्वन् (vidvan) - O wise one, O learned one

• जिज्ञासमानाय (jijñāsamānāya) - to me, who is seeking knowledge (to one who desires to know, to one inquiring)

• दानधर्मान् (dānadharmān) - the principles of giving/charity, duties concerning gifts

• प्रचक्ष्व (pracakṣva) - explain, declare, tell

• मे (me) - to me, for me, my

Words meanings and morphology

एतद् (etad) - this, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Object of vijñātum.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish, I want

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Tense, 1st Person Singular

From root iṣ (Class 6), present stem icch-.

Root: iṣ (class 6)

विज्ञातुम् (vijñātum) - to know, to understand, to ascertain

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root jñā (to know) with prefix vi-.

Prefix: vi

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: An infinitive, acting as the complement of 'icchāmi'.

याथातथ्येन (yāthātathyena) - truly, accurately, in reality, as it truly is

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yāthātathya

yāthātathya - truth, reality, exactitude

Derived from yathā + tathā + -ya (abstract suffix).

Note: Functions as an adverb, 'by means of truth' or 'truly'.

भारत (bhārata) - O descendant of Bharata (a common address in the Mahabharata) (O descendant of Bharata)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, related to Bharata, India

From Bharata, an ancient king.

विद्वन् (vidvan) - O wise one, O learned one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vidvas

vidvas - wise, learned, knowing

Perfect Active Participle

From root vid (to know), 3rd class.

Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Qualifies the addressed person.

जिज्ञासमानाय (jijñāsamānāya) - to me, who is seeking knowledge (to one who desires to know, to one inquiring)

(participle)

Dative, masculine, singular of jijñāsamāna

jijñāsamāna - desirous of knowing, inquiring

Present Middle Participle (Desiderative)

From desiderative stem of root jñā (to know).

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'me' (to me who is desiring to know).

दानधर्मान् (dānadharmān) - the principles of giving/charity, duties concerning gifts

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dānadharma

dānadharma - principles of giving/charity, natural law of giving

Compound type : tatpurusha (dāna+dharma)

• dāna – giving, charity, gift
  noun (neuter)
  Root: dā (class 3)
• dharma – duty, righteousness, constitution, natural law
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to hold, sustain)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of pracakṣva.

प्रचक्ष्व (pracakṣva) - explain, declare, tell

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood, 2nd Person Singular, Middle Voice

From root cakṣ (to see, to tell) with prefix pra-.

Prefix: pra

Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Addressed to 'vidvan'.

मे (me) - to me, for me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Here in dative case, meaning 'to me'.