महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-185, verse-1

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
ततः स पाण्डवो भूयो मार्कण्डेयमुवाच ह ।
कथयस्वेह चरितं मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य मे ॥१॥

1. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
tataḥ sa pāṇḍavo bhūyo mārkaṇḍeyamuvāca ha ,
kathayasveha caritaṁ manorvaivasvatasya me.

1. vaiśaṃpāyanaḥ uvāca tataḥ saḥ pāṇḍavaḥ bhūyaḥ mārkaṇḍeyam
uvāca ha kathayasva iha caritam manoḥ vaivasvatasya me

1. Vaiśampāyana said: Then that Pāṇḍava (Yudhiṣṭhira) again spoke to Mārkaṇḍeya: 'Please narrate to me here the story of Vaivasvata Manu.'

Words meanings summery:

• वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas. (the Pāṇḍava, son of Pāṇḍu)

• भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

• मार्कण्डेयम् (mārkaṇḍeyam) - to Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• ह (ha) - indeed, surely (expletive)

• कथयस्व (kathayasva) - narrate, tell

• इह (iha) - here, in this world

• चरितम् (caritam) - story, conduct, deed

• मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu

• वैवस्वतस्य (vaivasvatasya) - of Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat)

• मे (me) - to me, for me

Words meanings and morphology

वैशंपायनः (vaiśaṁpāyanaḥ) - Vaiśampāyana

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśaṃpāyana

vaiśaṁpāyana - Vaiśampāyana (name of a sage, a disciple of Vyāsa)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of √vac

Perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: √vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thence, from that

(indeclinable)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पाण्डवः (pāṇḍavaḥ) - Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest of the Pāṇḍavas. (the Pāṇḍava, son of Pāṇḍu)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇḍava

pāṇḍava - descendant of Pāṇḍu

Derived from 'pāṇḍu' (Pāṇḍu) with the patronymic suffix 'a'.

भूयः (bhūyaḥ) - again, further, once more

(indeclinable)

मार्कण्डेयम् (mārkaṇḍeyam) - to Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of an ancient sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect indicative (lit) of √vac

Perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: √vac (class 2)

ह (ha) - indeed, surely (expletive)

(indeclinable)

कथयस्व (kathayasva) - narrate, tell

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (lot) of √kath

Imperative active, 2nd person singular, from causative stem `kathaya-` (often treated as a 10th class verb)

Root: √kath (class 10)

इह (iha) - here, in this world

(indeclinable)

चरितम् (caritam) - story, conduct, deed

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of carita

carita - conduct, behaviour, adventures, story, life history

past passive participle

Derived from root √car (to move, conduct, behave)

Root: √car (class 1)

मनोः (manoḥ) - of Manu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of manu

manu - Manu (progenitor of mankind, mythical lawgiver)

वैवस्वतस्य (vaivasvatasya) - of Vaivasvata (son of Vivasvat)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - son of Vivasvat (the Sun god); a name of Manu

Patronymic derived from 'vivasvat' (Vivasvat, the Sun god).

Note: Agrees with 'manoḥ'.

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I, me