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.

9. מָארְקַנְדֵיַה אמר, הו מובחר בני בְּהַרַטַה, אני אספר על העתיד של כל העולם, ועל מה שיקרה כשיגיע זמן מקולקל. הקשב לי.

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').

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