महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-1

धृतराष्ट्र उवाच ।
किर्मीरस्य वधं क्षत्तः श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम् ।
रक्षसा भीमसेनस्य कथमासीत्समागमः ॥१॥

1. dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca ,
kirmīrasya vadhaṁ kṣattaḥ śrotumicchāmi kathyatām ,
rakṣasā bhīmasenasya kathamāsītsamāgamaḥ.

1. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ uvāca kirmīrasya vadham kṣattaḥ śrotum icchāmi
kathyatām rakṣasā bhīmasenasya katham āsīt samāgamaḥ

1. Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: "O charioteer, I wish to hear about the killing of Kirmīra; please tell me. How did the encounter (samāgamaḥ) between Bhīmasena and the rākṣasa take place?"

Words meanings summery:

• धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• किर्मीरस्य (kirmīrasya) - of the rākṣasa Kirmīra (of Kirmīra)

• वधम् (vadham) - the killing (killing, slaying)

• क्षत्तः (kṣattaḥ) - O charioteer (addressing Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O attendant)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please tell me (lit: let it be told) (let it be told, may it be narrated)

• रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (rākṣasa) (by the rākṣasa)

• भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

• कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

• आसीत् (āsīt) - took place, was (was, existed)

• समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - the encounter (meeting, encounter, coming together)

Words meanings and morphology

धृतराष्ट्रः (dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ) - King Dhritarashtra (Dhritarashtra)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛtarāṣṭra

dhṛtarāṣṭra - Dhritarashtra (proper noun)

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect (lit)

Perfect 3rd singular active

Root: vac (class 2)

किर्मीरस्य (kirmīrasya) - of the rākṣasa Kirmīra (of Kirmīra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kirmīra

kirmīra - Kirmira (name of a rākṣasa)

वधम् (vadham) - the killing (killing, slaying)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, striking

क्षत्तः (kṣattaḥ) - O charioteer (addressing Sañjaya) (O charioteer, O attendant)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kṣattṛ

kṣattṛ - charioteer, chamberlain, doorkeeper, attendant

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form of verb śru

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

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

Present

Present 1st singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - please tell me (lit: let it be told) (let it be told, may it be narrated)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kath

Imperative

Imperative 3rd singular passive

Root: kath (class 10)

रक्षसा (rakṣasā) - by the demon (rākṣasa) (by the rākṣasa)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, rākṣasa

Note: Often refers to malevolent beings or demons in mythology.

भीमसेनस्य (bhīmasenasya) - of Bhīmasena

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīmasena

bhīmasena - Bhīmasena (name of a Pāṇḍava)

कथम् (katham) - how (how, why)

(indeclinable)

आसीत् (āsīt) - took place, was (was, existed)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect

Imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: as (class 2)

समागमः (samāgamaḥ) - the encounter (meeting, encounter, coming together)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samāgama

samāgama - meeting, encounter, assembly, confluence

Derived from sam-ā-gam

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Derived from `sam-ā-gam`.