महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-71, verse-5

भीष्म उवाच ।
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् ।
यथापृच्छत्पद्मयोनिमेतदेव शतक्रतुः ॥५॥

5. bhīṣma uvāca ,
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṁ purātanam ,
yathāpṛcchatpadmayonimetadeva śatakratuḥ.

5. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca atra api udāharanti imam itihāsam
purātanam yathā apṛcchat padmayonim etat eva śatakratuḥ

5. bhīṣmaḥ uvāca: atra api imam purātanam itihāsam udāharanti,
yathā śatakratuḥ etat eva padmayonim apṛcchat

5. Bhīṣma said: Here, they also relate this ancient narrative, just as the one with a hundred Vedic rituals (yajñas), Indra, asked this very question of the lotus-born Brahmā.

Words meanings summery:

• भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (Bhīṣma (name of a character in the Mahābhārata))

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this context) (here, in this matter, on this point)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

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

• इमम् (imam) - this (this, this (masculine))

• इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative (narrative, history, legend)

• पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient (ancient, old, primeval)

• यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

• अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, inquired)

• पद्मयोनिम् (padmayonim) - the lotus-born Brahmā (the lotus-born (Brahmā))

• एतत् (etat) - this (thing/question) (this)

• एव (eva) - very (thing) (even, only, just, indeed, very)

• शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, the one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals (yajñas) (Indra (epithet: one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals))

Words meanings and morphology

भीष्मः (bhīṣmaḥ) - Bhīṣma (Bhīṣma (name of a character in the Mahābhārata))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhīṣma

bhīṣma - Bhīṣma (a proper name); terrible, formidable

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Indicative

3rd person singular perfect indicative (liṭ)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Verb for Bhīṣma.

अत्र (atra) - here (in this context) (here, in this matter, on this point)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Present Indicative

3rd person plural present indicative of ud-ā-hṛ

Prefixes: ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: The implied subject is 'people' or 'the wise'.

इमम् (imam) - this (this, this (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this here

Note: Qualifies itihāsam.

इतिहासम् (itihāsam) - narrative (narrative, history, legend)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of itihāsa

itihāsa - narrative, history, legend, epic

Note: Object of udāharanti.

पुरातनम् (purātanam) - ancient (ancient, old, primeval)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of purātana

purātana - ancient, old, primeval, former

Derived from 'purā' (formerly) with suffix -tana

Note: Qualifies itihāsam.

यथा (yathā) - just as (as, just as)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a simile or comparison.

अपृच्छत् (apṛcchat) - asked (asked, inquired)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of prach

Imperfect Indicative

3rd person singular imperfect indicative (laṅ)

Root: prach (class 6)

Note: Verb for śatakratuḥ.

पद्मयोनिम् (padmayonim) - the lotus-born Brahmā (the lotus-born (Brahmā))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of padmayoni

padmayoni - lotus-born; an epithet of Brahmā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (padma+yoni)

• padma – lotus
  noun (neuter)
• yoni – source, origin, womb
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of apṛcchat.

एतत् (etat) - this (thing/question) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Object of apṛcchat.

एव (eva) - very (thing) (even, only, just, indeed, very)

(indeclinable)

शतक्रतुः (śatakratuḥ) - Indra, the one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals (yajñas) (Indra (epithet: one who performed a hundred Vedic rituals))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - having a hundred Vedic rituals; an epithet of Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  numeral (neuter)
• kratu – Vedic ritual (yajña), sacrifice, power, intelligence
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of apṛcchat.