महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-44, verse-1

ब्रह्मोवाच ।
यदादिमध्यपर्यन्तं ग्रहणोपायमेव च ।
नामलक्षणसंयुक्तं सर्वं वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः ॥१॥

1. brahmovāca ,
yadādimadhyaparyantaṁ grahaṇopāyameva ca ,
nāmalakṣaṇasaṁyuktaṁ sarvaṁ vakṣyāmi tattvataḥ.

1. brahmā uvāca yat ādimadhyaparyantam grahaṇopāyam eva
ca nāmalakṣaṇasaṃyuktam sarvam vakṣyāmi tattvataḥ

1. brahmā uvāca sarvam yat ādimadhyaparyantam grahaṇopāyam
eva ca nāmalakṣaṇasaṃyuktam tattvataḥ vakṣyāmi

1. Brahmā said: I will fundamentally explain everything that has a beginning, middle, and end, serves as a means of comprehension, and is associated with names and characteristics.

Words meanings summery:

• ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - The deity Brahmā (Brahmā, the creator deity)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• यत् (yat) - which (which, that (relative pronoun))

• आदिमध्यपर्यन्तम् (ādimadhyaparyantam) - having a beginning, middle, and end (having beginning, middle, and end)

• ग्रहणोपायम् (grahaṇopāyam) - means of comprehension (means of grasping/comprehension)

• एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

• च (ca) - and

• नामलक्षणसंयुक्तम् (nāmalakṣaṇasaṁyuktam) - associated with names and characteristics (endowed with names and characteristics)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will speak/explain/declare)

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - fundamentally (truly, in essence, fundamentally)

Words meanings and morphology

ब्रह्मा (brahmā) - The deity Brahmā (Brahmā, the creator deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - the deity Brahmā (masculine); the Absolute (neuter)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Irregular perfect formation

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which (which, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, that, what

Note: Refers to 'sarvam' (everything)

आदिमध्यपर्यन्तम् (ādimadhyaparyantam) - having a beginning, middle, and end (having beginning, middle, and end)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ādimadhyaparyanta

ādimadhyaparyanta - having a beginning, middle, and end

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (ādi+madhya+paryanta)

• ādi – beginning, start
  noun (masculine)
• madhya – middle, center
  noun (neuter)
• paryanta – end, limit
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from pari-i + anta
  Prefix: pari
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'sarvam'

ग्रहणोपायम् (grahaṇopāyam) - means of comprehension (means of grasping/comprehension)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of grahaṇopāya

grahaṇopāya - means of grasping, method of comprehension

Compound type : Tatpurusha (grahaṇa+upāya)

• grahaṇa – grasping, seizing, understanding
  noun (neuter)
  Nominalization of 'grah'
  Suffix -ana added to root grah
  Root: grah (class 9)
• upāya – means, method, expedient
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from upa-i
  Prefix: upa
  Root: i (class 2)

Note: Accusative singular, refers to 'sarvam'

एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, just)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects phrases

नामलक्षणसंयुक्तम् (nāmalakṣaṇasaṁyuktam) - associated with names and characteristics (endowed with names and characteristics)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nāmalakṣaṇasaṃyukta

nāmalakṣaṇasaṁyukta - joined with names and characteristics

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nāma+lakṣaṇa+saṃyukta)

• nāma – name, designation
  noun (neuter)
• lakṣaṇa – characteristic, mark, sign
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from lakṣ
  Root: lakṣ (class 1)
• saṃyukta – joined, united, endowed with
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  saṃ + yuj + kta
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

Note: Adjective modifying 'sarvam'

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Object of 'vakṣyāmi'

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will speak/explain/declare)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vakṣyāmi

Future tense, 1st person singular

Future stem vakṣya-

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject is implied 'aham' (I)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - fundamentally (truly, in essence, fundamentally)

(indeclinable)

Suffix -tas added to tattva

Note: Adverb modifying 'vakṣyāmi'