महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-43, verse-4

जनमेजय उवाच ।
ममापि वरदो व्यासो दर्शयेत्पितरं यदि ।
तद्रूपवेषवयसं श्रद्दध्यां सर्वमेव ते ॥४॥

4. janamejaya uvāca ,
mamāpi varado vyāso darśayetpitaraṁ yadi ,
tadrūpaveṣavayasaṁ śraddadhyāṁ sarvameva te.

4. janamejaya uvāca mama api varadaḥ vyāsaḥ darśayet
pitaram yadi tatrūpaveṣavayasaṃ śraddadhyām sarvam eva te

4. janamejaya uvāca yadi varadaḥ vyāsaḥ mama pitaram api
darśayet tatrūpaveṣavayasaṃ te sarvam eva śraddadhyām

4. Janamejaya said: 'If the boon-bestowing (varada) Vyasa would show my father to me, I would then fully believe all your words concerning his form, dress, and age.'

Words meanings summery:

• जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

• अपि (api) - also, even, if

• वरदः (varadaḥ) - boon-bestowing, benevolent

• व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

• दर्शयेत् (darśayet) - should show, might show

• पितरम् (pitaram) - my father (father)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• तत्रूपवेषवयसं (tatrūpaveṣavayasaṁ) - concerning his form, dress, and age (that form, dress, and age)

• श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would fully believe (I would believe, I would trust)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, whole, entire)

• एव (eva) - fully, indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

• ते (te) - your (words) (your, to you)

Words meanings and morphology

जनमेजय (janamejaya) - Janamejaya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of janamejaya

janamejaya - name of a king, son of Parikshit, a descendant of the Pandavas

Note: Subject of 'uvāca'.

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me, my (first person pronoun)

Note: Can also be dative. Here, 'to me' for showing.

अपि (api) - also, even, if

(indeclinable)

Note: Often used with yadi to form 'even if'. Here, it qualifies mama (even to me).

वरदः (varadaḥ) - boon-bestowing, benevolent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varada

varada - boon-bestowing, granting wishes

compound of vara (boon) + da (giving)

Compound type : upapada tatpuruṣa (vara+da)

• vara – boon, wish, blessing, choice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vṛ (class 5)
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective (masculine)
  from root dā (to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with 'vyāsaḥ'.

व्यासः (vyāsaḥ) - Vyasa

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyāsa

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

Note: Subject of 'darśayet'.

दर्शयेत् (darśayet) - should show, might show

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of dṛś

causative of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Potential mood, conditional clause.

पितरम् (pitaram) - my father (father)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

Note: Object of 'darśayet'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces a conditional clause.

तत्रूपवेषवयसं (tatrūpaveṣavayasaṁ) - concerning his form, dress, and age (that form, dress, and age)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tatrūpaveṣavayasa

tatrūpaveṣavayasa - that form, dress, and age

Compound type : dvandva (tat+rūpa+veṣa+vayasa)

• tat – that, he/she/it
  pronoun (neuter)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)
• veṣa – dress, costume, guise
  noun (masculine)
• vayasa – age, period of life
  noun (neuter)

Note: Object of implied belief/acceptance.

श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I would fully believe (I would believe, I would trust)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of śrad-dhā

root dhā with upasarga śrad

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Concluding verb in the conditional sentence.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all (all, whole, entire)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Object of belief.

एव (eva) - fully, indeed (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes 'sarvam'.

ते (te) - your (words) (your, to you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you, your (second person pronoun)

Note: Refers to the narrator (Suta).