महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-12, verse-74

तत्राश्रौषमहं चैतत्कर्म भीमस्य भारत ।
ब्राह्मणानां कथयतां ये तत्रासन्समागताः ॥७४॥

74. tatrāśrauṣamahaṁ caitatkarma bhīmasya bhārata ,
brāhmaṇānāṁ kathayatāṁ ye tatrāsansamāgatāḥ.

74. tatra aśrauṣam aham ca etat karma bhīmasya bhārata
brāhmaṇānām kathayatām ye tatra āsan samāgatāḥ

74. And there, O Bharata, I heard this deed (karma) of Bhima being narrated by the brahmanas who had assembled there.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

• अहम् (aham) - I

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

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

• भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhima

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing the listener, likely Janamejaya or Dhritarashtra) (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata))

• ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - by the brahmanas (as the source of hearing) (of the brahmanas, by the brahmanas)

• कथयताम् (kathayatām) - narrating (the deed) (narrating, telling, speaking)

• ये (ye) - who (who, those who)

• तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

• आसन् (āsan) - were (assembled) (they were, they existed)

• समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled (assembled, gathered, arrived together)

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

अश्रौषम् (aśrauṣam) - I heard

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of śru

Aorist, 1st person singular

Aorist form from root śru (to hear)

Root: śru (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Explicit subject for 'aśrauṣam'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Agrees with 'karma'.

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed (karma), work, ritual

From root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of 'aśrauṣam'.

भीमस्य (bhīmasya) - of Bhima

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhīma

bhīma - Bhima (name of a Pandava), terrible, dreadful

Note: Possessive, 'of Bhima'.

भारत (bhārata) - O Bharata (addressing the listener, likely Janamejaya or Dhritarashtra) (O Bharata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, relating to Bharata, India

Note: Term of address.

ब्राह्मणानाम् (brāhmaṇānām) - by the brahmanas (as the source of hearing) (of the brahmanas, by the brahmanas)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - brahmin, a member of the priestly class

Note: Associated with 'kathayatām', indicating the source of narration.

कथयताम् (kathayatām) - narrating (the deed) (narrating, telling, speaking)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kathayat

kathayat - narrating, telling

Present Active Participle (Causative)

From root kath (to tell, narrate), causative stem kathaya-

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Agrees with 'brāhmaṇānām'.

ये (ye) - who (who, those who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun referring to the brahmanas.

तत्र (tatra) - there (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

Note: Referring to the place where the brahmanas were.

आसन् (āsan) - were (assembled) (they were, they existed)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of as

Imperfect, 3rd person plural

Imperfect tense from root as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Predicate for 'ye'.

समागताः (samāgatāḥ) - assembled (assembled, gathered, arrived together)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samāgata

samāgata - assembled, gathered, arrived together

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go) with upasargas sam-ā-

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'ye'.