महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-2

विदुर उवाच ।
शृणु भीमस्य कर्मेदमतिमानुषकर्मणः ।
श्रुतपूर्वं मया तेषां कथान्तेषु पुनः पुनः ॥२॥

2. vidura uvāca ,
śṛṇu bhīmasya karmedamatimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ ,
śrutapūrvaṁ mayā teṣāṁ kathānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ.

2. viduraḥ uvāca śṛṇu bhīmasya karma idam atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ
śrutapūrvam mayā teṣām kathānteṣu punaḥ punaḥ

2. Vidura said: "Listen to this deed (karma) of Bhīma, who performs superhuman deeds (karma). I have heard it before, repeatedly, at the end of their narratives."

Words meanings summery:

• विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

• भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

• कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work)

• इदम् (idam) - this

• अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - who performs superhuman deeds (karma) (of superhuman action/deed)

• श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before

• मया (mayā) - by me

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (stories) (of them)

• कथान्तेषु (kathānteṣu) - at the end of their narratives (at the ends of stories/narratives)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further)

Words meanings and morphology

विदुरः (viduraḥ) - Vidura

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidura

vidura - Vidura (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)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (listen, hear)

(verb)

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

Imperative

Imperative 2nd singular active

Root: śru (class 5)

भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhīma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhīma (name of a Pāṇḍava)

कर्म (karma) - deed (karma) (action, deed, work)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma

karma - action, deed, work, ritual action, fate

Derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इदम् (idam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this (pronoun/adjective)

अतिमानुषकर्मणः (atimānuṣakarmaṇaḥ) - who performs superhuman deeds (karma) (of superhuman action/deed)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of atimānuṣakarman

atimānuṣakarman - having superhuman deeds/actions

Compound type : bahuvrihi (atimānuṣa+karman)

• atimānuṣa – superhuman
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: ati
• karman – deed, action
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: This adjective describes Bhīma.

श्रुतपूर्वम् (śrutapūrvam) - heard before

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śrutapūrva

śrutapūrva - heard before, previously heard

Past Passive Participle compound

Compound of śruta (PPP of śru) and pūrva

Compound type : tatpurusha (śruta+pūrva)

• śruta – heard
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  PPP of root śru
  Root: śru (class 5)
• pūrva – before, previous
  adjective (neuter)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of their (stories) (of them)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those (demonstrative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the Pāṇḍavas and their deeds.

कथान्तेषु (kathānteṣu) - at the end of their narratives (at the ends of stories/narratives)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of kathānta

kathānta - end of a story/narrative

Compound type : tatpurusha (kathā+anta)

• kathā – story, narrative, tale
  noun (feminine)
• anta – end, boundary
  noun (masculine)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, further)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (again, further)

(indeclinable)

Note: Repetition of 'punaḥ' emphasizes 'repeatedly'.