महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-129, verse-8

अत्रानुवंशं पठतः शृणु मे कुरुनन्दन ।
उलूखलैराभरणैः पिशाची यदभाषत ॥८॥

8. atrānuvaṁśaṁ paṭhataḥ śṛṇu me kurunandana ,
ulūkhalairābharaṇaiḥ piśācī yadabhāṣata.

8. atra anuvaṃśam paṭhataḥ śṛṇu me kurunandana
ulūkhalaiḥ ābharaṇaiḥ piśācī yat abhāṣata

8. O delight of the Kurus (kurunandana), listen to me as I recite the traditional lore (anuvaṃśa) regarding what the female demon (piśācī) — who wore pestles (ulūkhala) as her ornaments — said here.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

• अनुवंशम् (anuvaṁśam) - traditional lore or account (family lineage, traditional account, traditional lore)

• पठतः (paṭhataḥ) - of me who recites (the narrator) (reciting, reading, learning; of him who recites)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

• मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

• कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus, O Kuru prince

• उलूखलैः (ulūkhalaiḥ) - by pestles, with pestles

• आभरणैः (ābharaṇaiḥ) - as ornaments (by ornaments, with ornaments)

• पिशाची (piśācī) - female demon, ogress, ghoul

• यत् (yat) - regarding what (she spoke) (what, which, that)

• अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke, said

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, on this point

(indeclinable)

अनुवंशम् (anuvaṁśam) - traditional lore or account (family lineage, traditional account, traditional lore)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of anuvaṃśa

anuvaṁśa - genealogy, traditional lineage, traditional account

Note: Object of 'paṭhataḥ' (of him who recites).

पठतः (paṭhataḥ) - of me who recites (the narrator) (reciting, reading, learning; of him who recites)

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paṭhat

paṭhat - reciting, reading

Present Active Participle

From verb paṭh (to read, recite) + śatṛ pratyaya

Root: paṭh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'me' (to me), so 'of me reciting'.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

मे (me) - to me (dative) (to me, my)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Here functions as dative: 'listen to me'.

कुरुनन्दन (kurunandana) - O delight of the Kurus, O Kuru prince

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kurunandana

kurunandana - delight of the Kurus, a Kuru prince (often Arjuna)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kuru+nandana)

• kuru – name of an ancient tribe/dynasty
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – delight, son
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nand (class 1)

उलूखलैः (ulūkhalaiḥ) - by pestles, with pestles

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ulūkhala

ulūkhala - mortar, pestle

आभरणैः (ābharaṇaiḥ) - as ornaments (by ornaments, with ornaments)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of ābharaṇa

ābharaṇa - ornament, decoration

Kṛt (noun from verb)

From verb ā-bhṛ (to wear, adorn) + lyuṭ pratyaya

Prefix: ā

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Used in apposition to 'ulūkhalaiḥ', meaning 'as ornaments'.

पिशाची (piśācī) - female demon, ogress, ghoul

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of piśācī

piśācī - female demon, ogress

Feminine of piśāca

Note: Subject of 'abhāṣata'.

यत् (yat) - regarding what (she spoke) (what, which, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Refers to the content of her speech.

अभाषत (abhāṣata) - spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, past imperfect (laṅ) of bhāṣ

Root: bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: Imperfect (laṅ) form of bhāṣ.