महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-189, verse-15

एवं संसारमार्गा मे बहुशश्चिरजीविना ।
दृष्टाश्चैवानुभूताश्च तांस्ते कथितवानहम् ॥१५॥

15. evaṁ saṁsāramārgā me bahuśaścirajīvinā ,
dṛṣṭāścaivānubhūtāśca tāṁste kathitavānaham.

15. evam saṃsāramārgāḥ me bahuśaḥ cirajīvinā dṛṣṭāḥ
ca eva anubhūtāḥ ca tān te kathitavān aham

15. Thus, the many paths of worldly existence (saṃsāra) have been seen and indeed experienced by me, a long-lived one, and I have narrated them to you.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this way, so)

• संसारमार्गाः (saṁsāramārgāḥ) - paths of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (paths of transmigration, courses of worldly existence)

• मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, my)

• बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - manifoldly, repeatedly (often, frequently, in many ways)

• चिरजीविना (cirajīvinā) - by me, a long-lived one (by a long-lived one)

• दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen (seen, observed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• अनुभूताः (anubhūtāḥ) - experienced (experienced, felt, perceived)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• तान् (tān) - those (paths of saṃsāra) (those, them)

• ते (te) - to you (to you, by you, your)

• कथितवान् (kathitavān) - I have narrated (narrated, told, spoken)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this way, so)

(indeclinable)

संसारमार्गाः (saṁsāramārgāḥ) - paths of worldly existence (saṃsāra) (paths of transmigration, courses of worldly existence)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃsāramārga

saṁsāramārga - the path of transmigration, worldly course

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (saṃsāra+mārga)

• saṃsāra – transmigration, cycle of birth and death, worldly existence, mundane life
  noun (masculine)
  From sam-√sṛ (to go through, wander through)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: sṛ (class 1)
• mārga – path, road, way, course
  noun (masculine)
  From √mṛg (to seek)
  Root: mṛg (class 10)

Note: Subject of dṛṣṭāḥ and anubhūtāḥ.

मे (me) - by me (by me, to me, my)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun, instrumental/dative/genitive singular. Here instrumental.

Note: Agent in passive construction (dṛṣṭāḥ and anubhūtāḥ).

बहुशः (bahuśaḥ) - manifoldly, repeatedly (often, frequently, in many ways)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial suffix -śaḥ

चिरजीविना (cirajīvinā) - by me, a long-lived one (by a long-lived one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of cirajīvin

cirajīvin - long-lived, immortal, an epithet of several deities and sages

From cira (long time) + √jīv (to live)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (cira+jīvin)

• cira – long time, ancient
  adjective (neuter)
• jīvin – living, alive, a living being
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun (suffix -in)
  From √jīv (to live)
  Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'me'.

दृष्टाः (dṛṣṭāḥ) - seen (seen, observed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From √dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अनुभूताः (anubhūtāḥ) - experienced (experienced, felt, perceived)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anubhūta

anubhūta - experienced, felt, perceived

Past Passive Participle

From anu-√bhū (to experience, perceive)

Prefix: anu

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

तान् (tān) - those (paths of saṃsāra) (those, them)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine accusative plural

Note: Object of kathitavān.

ते (te) - to you (to you, by you, your)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural or respectful singular)

2nd person pronoun, genitive/dative singular/plural. Here dative singular/plural.

कथितवान् (kathitavān) - I have narrated (narrated, told, spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kathitavat

kathitavat - having told, narrated

Past Active Participle

From √kath (to tell) + suffix -tavat

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Functions as a finite verb in combination with aham.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun, nominative singular

Note: Subject.