महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-2, chapter-11, verse-2

चरन्मानुषरूपेण सभां दृष्ट्वा स्वयंभुवः ।
सभामकथयन्मह्यं ब्राह्मीं तत्त्वेन पाण्डव ॥२॥

2. caranmānuṣarūpeṇa sabhāṁ dṛṣṭvā svayaṁbhuvaḥ ,
sabhāmakathayanmahyaṁ brāhmīṁ tattvena pāṇḍava.

2. caran mānuṣarūpeṇa sabhām dṛṣṭvā svayaṃbhuvaḥ
sabhām akathayan mahyam brāhmīm tattvena pāṇḍava

2. O Pāṇḍava, wandering in a human form, he saw the assembly of the self-born Brahmā. Then he truly described that divine assembly to me.

Words meanings summery:

• चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving about

• मानुषरूपेण (mānuṣarūpeṇa) - in a human form/shape

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

• स्वयंभुवः (svayaṁbhuvaḥ) - of the self-existent, of Brahmā

• सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

• अकथयन् (akathayan) - he told, narrated, described

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

• ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - relating to Brahmā, divine

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, in its true nature

• पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

Words meanings and morphology

चरन् (caran) - wandering, moving about

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of car

car - to move, wander, go

Present Active Participle

Derived from root car

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Sun god.

मानुषरूपेण (mānuṣarūpeṇa) - in a human form/shape

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of mānuṣarūpa

mānuṣarūpa - human form, human shape

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mānuṣa+rūpa)

• mānuṣa – human, belonging to men
  adjective (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance
  noun (neuter)

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, gathering, court, hall

Note: Object of dṛṣṭvā.

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen, after seeing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root dṛś with suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स्वयंभुवः (svayaṁbhuvaḥ) - of the self-existent, of Brahmā

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of svayaṃbhū

svayaṁbhū - self-existent, self-born (epithet of Brahmā)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (svayam+bhū)

• svayam – by oneself, automatically
  indeclinable
• bhū – being, becoming, existing
  participle (feminine)
  Nominalized form of root bhū
  Derived from root bhū (to be, exist)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Refers to Brahmā.

सभाम् (sabhām) - assembly, court, hall

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sabhā

sabhā - assembly, gathering, court, hall

Note: Object of akathayan.

अकथयन् (akathayan) - he told, narrated, described

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of kath

Imperfect tense form, causative of kath

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: The 'an' ending here is actually the suffix for 3rd singular imperfect, not part of a compound. The root is kath, in causative.

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

ब्राह्मीम् (brāhmīm) - relating to Brahmā, divine

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of brāhmī

brāhmī - relating to Brahmā, divine, sacred

Feminine form of brāhma

Note: Agrees with sabhām.

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, in its true nature

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, essence, principle

Note: Used adverbially.

पाण्डव (pāṇḍava) - O Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Note: Refers to Yudhiṣṭhira, to whom Nārada is narrating.