महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-89, verse-19

ये व्यतीता महात्मानो राजानः सगरादयः ।
तेषामपीदृशं कर्म न किंचिदनुशुश्रुम ॥१९॥

19. ye vyatītā mahātmāno rājānaḥ sagarādayaḥ ,
teṣāmapīdṛśaṁ karma na kiṁcidanuśuśruma.

19. ye vyatītāḥ mahātmānaḥ rājānaḥ sagarādayaḥ
teṣām api īdṛśam karma na kiñcit anuśuśruma

19. ye vyatītāḥ mahātmānaḥ rājānaḥ sagarādayaḥ
teṣām api īdṛśam karma kiñcit na anuśuśruma

19. We have never heard of any such deed (karma), even a small one, from those great-souled kings of the past, like Sagara and others.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - Those (kings) who (who, which (plural))

• व्यतीताः (vyatītāḥ) - passed away, deceased, gone by

• महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, magnanimous, noble

• राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings, rulers

• सगरादयः (sagarādayaḥ) - Famous ancient kings, starting with Sagara. (Sagara and others)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - Of those kings (of them)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

• न (na) - not, no

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - not even anything (in negation) (anything, something, a little)

• अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we heard, we have heard

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - Those (kings) who (who, which (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, that

Relative pronoun

Note: Subject of the implied verb `āsan` (were).

व्यतीताः (vyatītāḥ) - passed away, deceased, gone by

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of vyatīta

vyatīta - passed away, deceased, gone by, elapsed

Past Passive Participle

From `vi-ati-i` (to go beyond, pass away)

Prefixes: vi+ati

Root: i (class 2)

महात्मानः (mahātmānaḥ) - great-souled, magnanimous, noble

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous, (sometimes referring to a great person or the universal self)

Bahuvrīhi compound `mahā` (great) + `ātman` (self/soul).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, individual self (ātman)
  noun (masculine)

राजानः (rājānaḥ) - kings, rulers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Subject.

सगरादयः (sagarādayaḥ) - Famous ancient kings, starting with Sagara. (Sagara and others)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sagarādi

sagarādi - Sagara and others, beginning with Sagara

Tatpuruṣa compound `sagara` (proper noun) + `ādi` (beginning, et cetera).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sagara+ādi)

• sagara – Sagara (name of a legendary king of Ayodhyā)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, et cetera, and others
  noun (masculine)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - Of those kings (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

Particle

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such, of this kind

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Formed from `idam` (this) + `dṛś` (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - deed, action, work, ritual, consequence of action (karma)

From root `kṛ` (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: One of the specific terms to be transliterated in brackets in translation.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates the verb `anuśuśruma`.

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - not even anything (in negation) (anything, something, a little)

(indeclinable)

Indeclinable particle form of `kim + cit`.

Note: Used with `na` for strong negation.

अनुशुश्रुम (anuśuśruma) - we heard, we have heard

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of anuśru

Perfect active

From root `śru` with prefix `anu-`.

Prefix: anu

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: The subject is implicit "we".