महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-127, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
कथंवीर्यः स राजाभूत्सोमको वदतां वर ।
कर्माण्यस्य प्रभावं च श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
kathaṁvīryaḥ sa rājābhūtsomako vadatāṁ vara ,
karmāṇyasya prabhāvaṁ ca śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca kathaṃvīryaḥ saḥ rājā abhūt somakaḥ vadatām
vara karmāṇi asya prabhāvam ca śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

1. Yudhiṣṭhira said: O best of speakers, what kind of power did that King Somaka possess? I truly wish to hear in detail about his actions (karma) and his influence.

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king)

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• कथंवीर्यः (kathaṁvīryaḥ) - of what valor, of what strength, what kind of power

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

• सोमकः (somakaḥ) - Somaka (name of a king)

• वदताम् (vadatām) - of those who speak, among speakers

• वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, results of actions (karma)

• अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

• प्रभावम् (prabhāvam) - influence, power, might, splendor

• च (ca) - and, also, moreover

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence, in detail

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (eldest of the Pāṇḍavas)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

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

Root: vac (class 2)

कथंवीर्यः (kathaṁvīryaḥ) - of what valor, of what strength, what kind of power

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathaṃvīrya

kathaṁvīrya - of what valor, of what strength, how powerful

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (katham+vīrya)

• katham – how, in what manner
  indeclinable
• vīrya – valor, strength, heroism, power
  noun (neuter)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign, ruler

अभूत् (abhūt) - was, became, existed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

सोमकः (somakaḥ) - Somaka (name of a king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of somaka

somaka - Somaka (name of a king)

वदताम् (vadatām) - of those who speak, among speakers

(participle)

Genitive, plural of vadat

vadat - speaking, telling

Present Active Participle

derived from root vad (to speak)

Root: vad (class 1)

वर (vara) - O best, O excellent one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - best, excellent, choice, boon

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - deeds, actions, results of actions (karma)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of karman

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

derived from root kṛ (to do)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अस्य (asya) - his, of him, of this

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

प्रभावम् (prabhāvam) - influence, power, might, splendor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of prabhāva

prabhāva - power, influence, might, splendor, origin

derived from root bhū with prefix pra

Prefix: pra

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also, moreover

(indeclinable)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, in order to hear

(infinitive)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, in essence, in detail

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas denoting 'from'