महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-70, verse-12

तत्र नानाविधाकाराः कथाः समनुकीर्त्य वै ।
युधिष्ठिरो धर्मसुतो व्यासं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥१२॥

12. tatra nānāvidhākārāḥ kathāḥ samanukīrtya vai ,
yudhiṣṭhiro dharmasuto vyāsaṁ vacanamabravīt.

12. tatra nānāvidhākārāḥ kathāḥ samanukīrtya vai
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dharmasutaḥ vyāsam vacanam abravīt

12. tatra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ dharmasutaḥ nānāvidhākārāḥ
kathāḥ vai samanukīrtya vyāsam vacanam abravīt

12. Then, after indeed narrating various kinds of stories, Yudhishthira, the son of natural law (dharma), spoke to Vyasa.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - then (there, then, in that matter)

• नानाविधाकाराः (nānāvidhākārāḥ) - various kinds of (of various kinds and forms, manifold)

• कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories (stories, tales, topics)

• समनुकीर्त्य (samanukīrtya) - having narrated (having narrated, having recounted)

• वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

• धर्मसुतः (dharmasutaḥ) - son of natural law (dharma) (son of (dharma), son of justice/righteousness)

• व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyasa (name of the sage)

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, utterance)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - then (there, then, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

नानाविधाकाराः (nānāvidhākārāḥ) - various kinds of (of various kinds and forms, manifold)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of nānāvidhākāra

nānāvidhākāra - of various kinds/forms

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nānā+vidha+ākāra)

• nānā – various, manifold
  indeclinable
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)
• ākāra – form, appearance
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Adjective modifying 'kathāḥ'.

कथाः (kathāḥ) - stories (stories, tales, topics)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of kathā

kathā - story, tale, conversation, topic

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Object of the gerund 'samanukīrtya'.

समनुकीर्त्य (samanukīrtya) - having narrated (having narrated, having recounted)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Derived from sam-anu-√kīrt (10th class). Formed with -ya suffix.

Prefixes: sam+anu

Root: kīrt (class 10)

Note: Gerund, meaning 'having narrated'.

वै (vai) - indeed (indeed, certainly (emphatic particle))

(indeclinable)

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira (name of the eldest Pandava brother)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira ('firm in battle')

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

धर्मसुतः (dharmasutaḥ) - son of natural law (dharma) (son of (dharma), son of justice/righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmasuta

dharmasuta - son of dharma, son of righteousness

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (dharma+suta)

• dharma – natural law, righteousness, duty, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• suta – son
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √sū (to give birth).
  Root: sū (class 2)

Note: Appositive to 'yudhiṣṭhiraḥ'.

व्यासम् (vyāsam) - Vyasa (name of the sage)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

vyāsa - Vyasa (name of a revered sage, compiler of the Vedas and Mahabharata)

Prefixes: vi+as

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

वचनम् (vacanam) - words (word, speech, utterance)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, utterance

Derived from √vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he spoke, he said)

(verb)

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

imperfect active

3rd person singular, imperfect active, from √brū (2nd class).

Root: brū (class 2)