महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-18, chapter-5, verse-6

सूत उवाच ।
इत्युक्तः स तु विप्रर्षिरनुज्ञातो महात्मना ।
व्यासेन तस्य नृपतेराख्यातुमुपचक्रमे ॥६॥

6. sūta uvāca ,
ityuktaḥ sa tu viprarṣiranujñāto mahātmanā ,
vyāsena tasya nṛpaterākhyātumupacakrame.

6. sūta uvāca iti uktaḥ saḥ tu viprarṣiḥ anujñātaḥ
mahātmanā vyāsena tasya nṛpateḥ ākhyātum upacakrame

6. sūta uvāca iti uktaḥ saḥ tu viprarṣiḥ mahātmanā
vyāsena anujñātaḥ tasya nṛpateḥ ākhyātum upacakrame

6. Suta said: Thus spoken to, that Brahmin sage, having been granted permission by the great-souled Vyasa, began to narrate to that king.

Words meanings summery:

• सूत (sūta) - Suta (a narrator, bard)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

• सः (saḥ) - he, that

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• विप्रर्षिः (viprarṣiḥ) - Brahmin sage

• अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, granted permission

• महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one

• व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by Vyasa

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

• नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

• उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook

Words meanings and morphology

सूत (sūta) - Suta (a narrator, bard)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sūta

sūta - charioteer, bard, narrator

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्तः (uktaḥ) - spoken, said, addressed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'viprarṣiḥ'.

सः (saḥ) - he, that

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to 'viprarṣiḥ'.

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

विप्रर्षिः (viprarṣiḥ) - Brahmin sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viprarṣi

viprarṣi - Brahmin sage

Compound type : tatpurusha (vipra+ṛṣi)

• vipra – Brahmin, inspired, wise
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'upacakrame'.

अनुज्ञातः (anujñātaḥ) - permitted, allowed, granted permission

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anujñāta

anujñāta - permitted, allowed, assented to

Past Passive Participle

From anu-jñā (to permit, allow)

Prefix: anu

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Modifies 'viprarṣiḥ'.

महात्मना (mahātmanā) - by the great-souled one, by the noble one

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, noble, magnanimous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+ātman)

• mahā – great, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of 'anujñātaḥ'.

व्यासेन (vyāsena) - by Vyasa

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vyāsa

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

Note: In apposition to 'mahātmanā'.

तस्य (tasya) - of him, of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, those

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Modifies 'nṛpateḥ'.

नृपतेः (nṛpateḥ) - of the king

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nṛpati

nṛpati - king, lord of men

Note: Indirect object of narration.

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to tell

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of the root khyā with prefix ā.

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Purpose infinitive, dependent on 'upacakrame'.

उपचक्रमे (upacakrame) - began, undertook

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past perfect (lit) of upakram

Perfect tense (lit), 3rd person singular, middle voice.

Prefix: upa

Root: kram (class 1)