महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-163, verse-8

अर्जुन उवाच ।
शृणु हन्त महाराज विधिना येन दृष्टवान् ।
शतक्रतुमहं देवं भगवन्तं च शंकरम् ॥८॥

8. arjuna uvāca ,
śṛṇu hanta mahārāja vidhinā yena dṛṣṭavān ,
śatakratumahaṁ devaṁ bhagavantaṁ ca śaṁkaram.

8. arjunaḥ uvāca śṛṇu hanta mahārāja vidhinā yena
dṛṣṭavān śatakratum aham devam bhagavantam ca śaṅkaram

8. Arjuna said: 'O great king, listen indeed to the method by which I beheld Indra (Śatakratu), the revered god (deva), and Shankara (Śaṅkara).'

Words meanings summery:

• अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (hear, listen)

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed (an interjection: indeed, ah, oh)

• महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressed to Janamejaya) (O great king)

• विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method (by method, by rule)

• येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

• दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - beheld (having seen, beheld, who saw)

• शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - Indra (Śatakratu) (Indra)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• देवम् (devam) - god (god, deity)

• भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - the revered (revered, divine, glorious)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - Shankara (Śaṅkara, Shiva) (Shankara (Shiva))

Words meanings and morphology

अर्जुनः (arjunaḥ) - Arjuna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of arjuna

arjuna - Arjuna

Note: Speaker of the verse.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect tense

Root vac in perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen (hear, listen)

(verb)

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

Imperative

Root śru (Class 5), 2nd person singular imperative

Root: śru (class 5)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed (an interjection: indeed, ah, oh)

(indeclinable)

महाराज (mahārāja) - O great king (addressed to Janamejaya) (O great king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahārāja

mahārāja - great king, emperor

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+rāja)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective
  Feminine stem of mahat, used as a prefix.
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

Note: Vocative for the listener.

विधिना (vidhinā) - by the method (by method, by rule)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - method, rule, ordinance

From vi- + dhā.

Root: dhā (class 3)

येन (yena) - by which (by which, by whom)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what

Note: Agrees with vidhinā.

दृष्टवान् (dṛṣṭavān) - beheld (having seen, beheld, who saw)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭavat

dṛṣṭavat - having seen, beheld

Past Active Participle

Derived from root dṛś (to see) + suffix ktavatṛ

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to aham.

शतक्रतुम् (śatakratum) - Indra (Śatakratu) (Indra)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śatakratu

śatakratu - Indra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śata+kratu)

• śata – hundred
  noun (neuter)
• kratu – sacrifice, rite
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kṛ

Note: Object of dṛṣṭavān.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

Note: Subject of dṛṣṭavān.

देवम् (devam) - god (god, deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity

Root: div (class 4)

Note: Qualifies Śaṅkaram.

भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - the revered (revered, divine, glorious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - glorious, divine, revered

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Śaṅkaram.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

शङ्करम् (śaṅkaram) - Shankara (Śaṅkara, Shiva) (Shankara (Shiva))

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaṅkara

śaṅkara - causing prosperity, Shiva

śam (welfare) + root kṛ (to make)

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (śam+kṛ)

• śam – welfare, prosperity
  indeclinable
  Indeclinable meaning happiness.
• kṛ – make, do
  verb
  Root form of kara (maker).
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of dṛṣṭavān.