महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-188, verse-9

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
भविष्यं सर्वलोकस्य वृत्तान्तं भरतर्षभ ।
कलुषं कालमासाद्य कथ्यमानं निबोध मे ॥९॥

9. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
bhaviṣyaṁ sarvalokasya vṛttāntaṁ bharatarṣabha ,
kaluṣaṁ kālamāsādya kathyamānaṁ nibodha me.

9. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca bhaviṣyam sarvalokasya vṛttāntam
bharatarṣabha kaluṣam kālam āsādya kathyamānam nibodha me

9. Mārkaṇḍeya said: O best among the Bhāratas, listen to me as I narrate this account of the future of all beings, which is revealed as the corrupt age (kālam) approaches.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - future, about to be

• सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all people, of all worlds

• वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - account, narrative, event

• भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - A common epithet for King Janamejaya, the listener of the Mahābhārata. (O best of the Bhāratas)

• कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - corrupt, defiled, turbid, sinful

• कालम् (kālam) - Refers to the Kali Yuga, the current age of decline. (time, age, period)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having approached

• कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being narrated, being told

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, listen

• मे (me) - from me, to me

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect active

Irregular perfect of √vac.

Root: vac (class 2)

भविष्यम् (bhaviṣyam) - future, about to be

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaviṣyat

bhaviṣyat - future, being about to be

Future active participle

From √bhū (to be).

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Functions as a noun here, referring to 'the future'.

सर्वलोकस्य (sarvalokasya) - of all people, of all worlds

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of sarvaloka

sarvaloka - all people, all worlds, the entire world

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+loka)

• sarva – all, whole, every
  adjective (masculine)
• loka – world, people, universe
  noun (masculine)

Note: Refers to all living beings.

वृत्तान्तम् (vṛttāntam) - account, narrative, event

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛttānta

vṛttānta - news, account, narrative, occurrence

From vṛtta (past passive participle of √vṛt) + anta (end).

भरतर्षभ (bharatarṣabha) - A common epithet for King Janamejaya, the listener of the Mahābhārata. (O best of the Bhāratas)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharatarṣabha

bharatarṣabha - chief of the Bhāratas, excellent Bhārata

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+ṛṣabha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, an Indian
  proper noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, chief, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

कलुषम् (kaluṣam) - corrupt, defiled, turbid, sinful

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kaluṣa

kaluṣa - dirty, impure, corrupt, sinful

Note: Qualifies kālam (time).

कालम् (kālam) - Refers to the Kali Yuga, the current age of decline. (time, age, period)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, age, death

Note: Refers to the age or era, specifically the Kali Yuga, which is characterized by corruption.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having obtained, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund)

Formed from ā (upasarga) + √sad (to sit, to go) + ya suffix.

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being narrated, being told

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyamāna

kathyamāna - being told, being narrated

Present passive participle

From √kath (to tell) + māna suffix.

Root: kath (class 10)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, learn, listen

(verb)

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

Imperative active

From ni (upasarga) + √budh.

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

Enclitic form of mama (genitive) or mahyam (dative).

Note: Here used in the genitive sense 'from me' (i.e., 'my').