महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-15, chapter-45, verse-9

नारद उवाच ।
स्थिरीभूय महाराज शृणु सर्वं यथातथम् ।
यथा श्रुतं च दृष्टं च मया तस्मिंस्तपोवने ॥९॥

9. nārada uvāca ,
sthirībhūya mahārāja śṛṇu sarvaṁ yathātatham ,
yathā śrutaṁ ca dṛṣṭaṁ ca mayā tasmiṁstapovane.

9. nārada uvāca sthirībhūya mahārāja śṛṇu sarvam yathātatham
yathā śrutam ca dṛṣṭam ca mayā tasmin tapovane

9. nārada uvāca mahārāja sthirībhūya sarvam yathātatham
śṛṇu yathā mayā tasmin tapovane śrutam ca dṛṣṭam ca

9. Nārada spoke: "O great king, compose yourself and listen to everything exactly as it happened, as it was heard and seen by me in that hermitage."

Words meanings summery:

• नारद (nārada) - Nārada (a divine sage)

• उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

• स्थिरीभूय (sthirībhūya) - having become steady, having composed oneself

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truthfully, exactly as it is, factually

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

• च (ca) - and

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen

• च (ca) - and

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

• तपोवने (tapovane) - in the hermitage, in the penance grove

Words meanings and morphology

नारद (nārada) - Nārada (a divine sage)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nārada

nārada - Name of a divine sage and musician

उवाच (uvāca) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

perfect active

Irregular perfect form of √vac (root vac, class 2)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: From √vac, 'to speak', perfect 3rd singular.

स्थिरीभूय (sthirībhūya) - having become steady, having composed oneself

(indeclinable)

gerund (absolutive)

Formed from sthirī- (from sthira 'steady') and √bhū 'to be, to become', with the suffix -ya after a prefix (here, sthirī- is a pseudo-prefix forming a compound verb)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Gerund from sthirī-bhū.

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound of mahā (great) and rājan (king)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rājan)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of śru

imperative active

From √śru (class 5), imperative 2nd singular

Root: śru (class 5)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

यथातथम् (yathātatham) - truthfully, exactly as it is, factually

(indeclinable)

Formed from yathā ('as') and tatha ('so'), indicating conformity to truth

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+tatha)

• yathā – as, just as
  indeclinable
• tatha – so, thus
  indeclinable

Note: Adverbial usage of neuter accusative.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as

(indeclinable)

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śruta - heard, listened, revealed (e.g., in Vedic texts)

past passive participle

From √śru 'to hear', with suffix -ta

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Past passive participle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, perceived, observed

past passive participle

From √dṛś 'to see', with suffix -ta

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Past passive participle.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun

Note: Instrumental singular of 'aham' (I).

तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Locative singular of 'tad'.

तपोवने (tapovane) - in the hermitage, in the penance grove

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of tapovana

tapovana - hermitage, penance grove

Compound of tapas (austerity, penance) and vana (forest, grove)

Compound type : tatpurusha (tapas+vana)

• tapas – religious austerity, penance, heat
  noun (neuter)
  From √tap 'to heat, to perform austerity'
  Root: tap (class 1)
• vana – forest, grove, wood
  noun (neuter)