महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-185, verse-2

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
विवस्वतः सुतो राजन्परमर्षिः प्रतापवान् ।
बभूव नरशार्दूल प्रजापतिसमद्युतिः ॥२॥

2. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
vivasvataḥ suto rājanparamarṣiḥ pratāpavān ,
babhūva naraśārdūla prajāpatisamadyutiḥ.

2. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca vivasvataḥ sutaḥ rājan paramarṣiḥ
pratāpavān babhūva naraśārdūla prajāpatisamadyutiḥ

2. Mārkaṇḍeya said: 'O King (rājan), O tiger among men (naraśārdūla), the son of Vivasvat was a great sage (paramarṣi), glorious and radiant like Prajāpati.'

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - he said, spoke

• विवस्वतः (vivasvataḥ) - of Vivasvat

• सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

• राजन् (rājan) - O King

• परमर्षिः (paramarṣiḥ) - a great sage

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious, powerful, majestic

• बभूव (babhūva) - he was, he became

• नरशार्दूल (naraśārdūla) - O tiger among men, O best of men

• प्रजापतिसमद्युतिः (prajāpatisamadyutiḥ) - having luster like Prajāpati

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, 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)

विवस्वतः (vivasvataḥ) - of Vivasvat

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vivasvat

vivasvat - Vivasvat (name of the Sun god, father of Manu)

सुतः (sutaḥ) - son

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of suta

suta - son, offspring

past passive participle

Derived from root √sū (to beget, produce)

Root: √sū (class 2)

राजन् (rājan) - O King

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

परमर्षिः (paramarṣiḥ) - a great sage

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramarṣi

paramarṣi - a great sage, a supreme seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+ṛṣi)

• parama – highest, supreme, great
  adjective (masculine)
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - glorious, powerful, majestic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - powerful, glorious, majestic, splendid, mighty

possessive adjective (matup suffix)

Derived from 'pratāpa' (power, glory) with the possessive suffix 'matup' (which becomes 'vat' when the noun ends in 'a').

बभूव (babhūva) - he was, he became

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular

Root: √bhū (class 1)

नरशार्दूल (naraśārdūla) - O tiger among men, O best of men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśārdūla

naraśārdūla - a tiger among men, i.e., an eminent or excellent man

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (nara+śārdūla)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śārdūla – tiger
  noun (masculine)

प्रजापतिसमद्युतिः (prajāpatisamadyutiḥ) - having luster like Prajāpati

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of prajāpatisamadyuti

prajāpatisamadyuti - having splendor or brilliance equal to Prajāpati

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (prajāpati+sama+dyuti)

• prajāpati – lord of creatures, creator god, Prajāpati
  proper noun (masculine)
• sama – equal, similar, like
  adjective (masculine)
• dyuti – luster, splendor, brilliance
  noun (feminine)