महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-92, verse-1

जनमेजय उवाच ।
पितामहस्य मे यज्ञे धर्मपुत्रस्य धीमतः ।
यदाश्चर्यमभूत्किंचित्तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति ॥१॥

1. janamejaya uvāca ,
pitāmahasya me yajñe dharmaputrasya dhīmataḥ ,
yadāścaryamabhūtkiṁcittadbhavānvaktumarhati.

1. janamejaya uvāca pitāmahasya me yajñe dharmaputrasya
dhīmataḥ yat āścaryam abhūt kiñcit tat bhavān vaktum arhati

1. janamejaya uvāca bhavān me dhīmataḥ dharmaputrasya
pitāmahasya yajñe yat kiñcit āścaryam abhūt tat vaktum arhati

1. Janamejaya said: 'You (your honor) should recount whatever marvel occurred during the [yajña] (Vedic ritual) of my wise grandfather, the son of [dharma].'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (proper noun)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

• पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya) - of my (Janamejaya's) grandfather (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of the grandfather)

• मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

• यज्ञे (yajñe) - during the [yajña] (Vedic ritual) (in the [yajña], in the Vedic ritual)

• धर्मपुत्रस्य (dharmaputrasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of [dharma] (of the son of [dharma])

• धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of the intelligent, of the wise)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever (relative pronoun/adverb))

• आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, marvel, surprise

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became

• किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, a little, whatever

• तत् (tat) - that (wonder) (that, it)

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (the venerable speaker) (your honor, you (polite address))

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to narrate (to speak, to tell, to narrate)

• अर्हति (arhati) - you ought, you are able (to narrate) (he ought, he deserves, he is able)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya (proper noun)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - Janamejaya (a king, son of Parikshit)

Note: Speaker in the dialogue.

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, he spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect Tense, Active Voice, 3rd person singular

Root vac, perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Indicates reported speech.

पितामहस्य (pitāmahasya) - of my (Janamejaya's) grandfather (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of the grandfather)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitāmaha

pitāmaha - paternal grandfather, ancestor

Compound of pitṛ (father) and mahat (great)

Note: Possessive, referring to Janamejaya's grandfather.

मे (me) - my (to me, my, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Enclitic form of asmad, often used for genitive or dative.

Note: Refers to Janamejaya.

यज्ञे (yajñe) - during the [yajña] (Vedic ritual) (in the [yajña], in the Vedic ritual)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice, worship, offering (yajña)

From root yaj (to worship, sacrifice)

Root: yaj (class 1)

Note: Indicates the place or time of the event.

धर्मपुत्रस्य (dharmaputrasya) - of Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of [dharma] (of the son of [dharma])

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dharmaputra

dharmaputra - son of [dharma] (Dharma), one who adheres to [dharma]

Compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+putra)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira, qualifying 'pitāmahasya'.

धीमतः (dhīmataḥ) - of the wise (Yudhiṣṭhira) (of the intelligent, of the wise)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhīmat

dhīmat - intelligent, wise, thoughtful

From dhī (thought) + matup (possessive suffix)

Note: Qualifies 'pitāmahasya' and 'dharmaputrasya'.

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, whatever (relative pronoun/adverb))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Serves as a relative pronoun for "āścaryam".

आश्चर्यम् (āścaryam) - wonder, marvel, surprise

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of āścarya

āścarya - wonder, marvel, astonishment, surprise

From prefix ā + root car (to move) + suffix ya.

Prefix: ā

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abhūt'.

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (past) (luṅ) of bhū

Aorist, third person singular

Root bhū, aorist form, prefixed with 'a' augment

Root: bhū (class 1)

किञ्चित् (kiñcit) - something, a little, whatever

(indeclinable)

From kim (what) + cit (indefinite particle)

Note: Indefinite, specifying "some" wonder.

तत् (tat) - that (wonder) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, it (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Object of 'vaktum arhati'.

भवान् (bhavān) - you (the venerable speaker) (your honor, you (polite address))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, you (polite second person pronoun)

Present Active Participle from bhū, used as pronoun

Root bhū, present participle suffix śatṛ, masculine nominative singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'arhati'.

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to narrate (to speak, to tell, to narrate)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Root vac, with suffix -tumun

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Complements 'arhati'.

अर्हति (arhati) - you ought, you are able (to narrate) (he ought, he deserves, he is able)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Present Tense, Active Voice, 3rd person singular

Root arh, present tense

Root: arh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'bhavān' (grammatically 3rd person, semantically 2nd person).