महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-164, verse-3

तस्मै चाहं यथावृत्तं सर्वमेव न्यवेदयम् ।
भगवन्तं महादेवं समेतोऽस्मीति भारत ॥३॥

3. tasmai cāhaṁ yathāvṛttaṁ sarvameva nyavedayam ,
bhagavantaṁ mahādevaṁ sameto'smīti bhārata.

3. tasmai ca aham yathāvṛttam sarvam eva nyavedayam
| bhagavantam mahādevam sametaḥ asmi iti bhārata

3. And, O Bhārata, I reported to him exactly all that had happened, saying, 'I have met the divine Mahādeva (Shiva).'

Words meanings summery:

• तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (the best of brahmins) (to him, for him)

• च (ca) - and

• अहम् (aham) - I (Arjuna) (I)

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - all that had happened (as it happened, the entire account)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

• एव (eva) - exactly, completely (indeed, certainly, only)

• न्यवेदयम् (nyavedayam) - I reported, I related, I informed

• भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - the divine (Shiva) (the divine, the worshipful, the illustrious)

• महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahādeva (Shiva)

• समेतः (sametaḥ) - I have met (met, joined, assembled)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

• भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

Words meanings and morphology

तस्मै (tasmai) - to him (the best of brahmins) (to him, for him)

(pronoun)

Dative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he

Masculine dative singular of 'tad'

Note: Refers to the 'dvijaśreṣṭham' from the previous verse.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (Arjuna) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Subject of 'nyavedayam'.

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - all that had happened (as it happened, the entire account)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, according to occurrence, the whole account

Compound of 'yathā' (as, according to) and 'vṛtta' (occurred, happened)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, according to, just as
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – occurred, happened, story, account
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of √vṛt (to be, to exist, to happen)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Acts as the object of 'nyavedayam'.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, whole, entire

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Neuter accusative singular of 'sarva'

Note: Modifies 'yathāvṛttam'.

एव (eva) - exactly, completely (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

न्यवेदयम् (nyavedayam) - I reported, I related, I informed

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √vid

Imperfect Active (Causal)

1st person singular Imperfect active of the causal stem 'veday' derived from √vid (to know/find), with prefix 'ni'

Prefix: ni

Root: vid (class 10)

भगवन्तम् (bhagavantam) - the divine (Shiva) (the divine, the worshipful, the illustrious)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - divine, illustrious, worshipful, possessing fortune or glory

Masculine accusative singular of 'bhagavat', a possessive adjective from 'bhaga' (fortune)

Root: bhaj

Note: Refers to Mahādeva (Shiva).

महादेवम् (mahādevam) - Mahādeva (Shiva)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahādeva

mahādeva - the great god, Mahādeva (an epithet of Shiva)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+deva)

• mahā – great, mighty, large
  adjective
• deva – god, deity
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to Shiva. Object of the implicit action in 'sametaḥ asmi'.

समेतः (sametaḥ) - I have met (met, joined, assembled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sameta

sameta - met, joined, assembled, come together

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of √i (to go) with prefixes sam-ā

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Used with 'asmi' to form a perfect-like tense, 'I have met'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Present Active

1st person singular Present active of √as (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Auxiliary verb, forming a perfect-like construction with 'sametaḥ'.

इति (iti) - thus, so saying, indicating direct speech

(indeclinable)

भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata (referring to Dhṛtarāṣṭra) (O Bhārata (descendant of Bharata))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhārata

bhārata - descendant of Bharata, an Indian

Root: bhṛ

Note: A common vocative address in the Mahābhārata.