महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-1, verse-2

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं सर्वविच्चासि मे मतः ।
महर्षिणाभ्यनुज्ञातो व्यासेनाद्भुतकर्मणा ॥२॥

2. etadicchāmyahaṁ śrotuṁ sarvaviccāsi me mataḥ ,
maharṣiṇābhyanujñāto vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā.

2. ahaṃ etat śrotuṃ icchāmi ca me sarvavit asi mataḥ
maharṣiṇā adbhutakarmaṇā Vyāsena abhyanujñātaḥ

2. ahaṃ etat śrotuṃ icchāmi ca me sarvavit asi mataḥ
maharṣiṇā adbhutakarmaṇā Vyāsena abhyanujñātaḥ

2. I wish to hear this, and I consider you to be all-knowing, as you have been instructed by the great sage Vyāsa of wondrous deeds.

Words meanings summery:

• अहं (ahaṁ) - Janamejaya speaking of himself (I)

• एतत् (etat) - this topic (what happened to the ancestors in heaven) (this)

• श्रोतुं (śrotuṁ) - to hear the account from Vaiśampāyana (to hear)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - Janamejaya expresses his desire (I wish, I desire)

• च (ca) - connects the desire to hear with the reason for Vaiśampāyana's omniscience (and)

• मे (me) - by me (Janamejaya), used with 'mataḥ' meaning 'considered by me' (by me, for me)

• सर्ववित् (sarvavit) - Vaiśampāyana is considered omniscient (all-knowing, omniscient)

• असि (asi) - you (Vaiśampāyana) are (you are)

• मतः (mataḥ) - considered by me (Janamejaya) (considered, thought, esteemed)

• महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by the sage Vyāsa (by the great sage)

• अद्भुतकर्मणा (adbhutakarmaṇā) - an epithet for Vyāsa (of wondrous deeds, whose actions are wonderful)

• व्यासेन (vyāsena) - the author/compiler of the Mahābhārata, the preceptor of Vaiśampāyana (by Vyāsa)

• अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana was taught/authorized by Vyāsa (instructed, permitted, authorized)

Words meanings and morphology

अहं (ahaṁ) - Janamejaya speaking of himself (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

एतत् (etat) - this topic (what happened to the ancestors in heaven) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

श्रोतुं (śrotuṁ) - to hear the account from Vaiśampāyana (to hear)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

root śru + -tumun suffix

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - Janamejaya expresses his desire (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

root iṣ, 1st singular present active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

च (ca) - connects the desire to hear with the reason for Vaiśampāyana's omniscience (and)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - by me (Janamejaya), used with 'mataḥ' meaning 'considered by me' (by me, for me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Can also be dative. Here it denotes agency in the sense of 'by me'.

सर्ववित् (sarvavit) - Vaiśampāyana is considered omniscient (all-knowing, omniscient)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sarvavid

sarvavid - all-knowing, omniscient

from sarva (all) + vid (knowing)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+vid)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective (masculine)
• vid – knowing, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  from root vid (to know)
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Nom.sg. of 'sarvavid' is 'sarvavit'.

असि (asi) - you (Vaiśampāyana) are (you are)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

present active

root as, 2nd singular present active

Root: as (class 2)

मतः (mataḥ) - considered by me (Janamejaya) (considered, thought, esteemed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mata

mata - thought, considered, esteemed

past passive participle

from root man (to think) + -ta suffix

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Functions predicatively with 'asi'.

महर्षिणा (maharṣiṇā) - by the sage Vyāsa (by the great sage)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer
  noun (masculine)

अद्भुतकर्मणा (adbhutakarmaṇā) - an epithet for Vyāsa (of wondrous deeds, whose actions are wonderful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adbhutakarman

adbhutakarman - of wondrous deeds, wonderful in action

Compound type : bahuvrihi (adbhuta+karman)

• adbhuta – wonderful, marvellous, astonishing
  adjective (neuter)
• karman – deed, action, work
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with Vyāsena.

व्यासेन (vyāsena) - the author/compiler of the Mahābhārata, the preceptor of Vaiśampāyana (by Vyāsa)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of Vyāsa

Vyāsa - name of a great sage, who composed the Mahābhārata

अभ्यनुज्ञातः (abhyanujñātaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana was taught/authorized by Vyāsa (instructed, permitted, authorized)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhyanujñāta

abhyanujñāta - permitted, authorized, instructed

past passive participle

from abhi-anu-jñā (to permit, command) + -ta suffix

Prefixes: abhi+anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Agrees with the implied 'tvam' (you).