महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-192, verse-6

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु राजन्युधिष्ठिर ।
धर्मिष्ठमिदमाख्यानं धुन्धुमारस्य तच्छृणु ॥६॥

6. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu rājanyudhiṣṭhira ,
dharmiṣṭhamidamākhyānaṁ dhundhumārasya tacchṛṇu.

6. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu rājan
yudhiṣṭhira dharmiṣṭham idam ākhyānam dhundhumārasya tat śṛṇu

6. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Indeed, I will narrate to you. Listen, O King (rājan) Yudhiṣṭhira! Listen to this most righteous (dharmiṣṭha) account of Dhundhumāra.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The speaker, sage Mārkaṇḍeya. (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

• उवाच (uvāca) - Introduced Mārkaṇḍeya's speech. (spoke, said)

• हन्त (hanta) - Expresses polite agreement or encouragement. (indeed, alas, ah!, well)

• ते (te) - To Yudhiṣṭhira. (to you, for you)

• कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - Mārkaṇḍeya's promise to tell the story. (I will narrate, I will tell)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - An instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira to listen carefully. (listen!, hear!)

• राजन् (rājan) - Mārkaṇḍeya addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. (O king)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Mārkaṇḍeya addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava. (Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king))

• धर्मिष्ठम् (dharmiṣṭham) - Describes the story as being of a very moral or principled nature. (most righteous, very virtuous)

• इदम् (idam) - Referring to the specific story of Dhundhumāra. (this, this one)

• आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - The story that Mārkaṇḍeya is about to tell. (story, narrative, account, tale)

• धुन्धुमारस्य (dhundhumārasya) - The story is about Dhundhumāra. (of Dhundhumāra)

• तत् (tat) - Refers to the 'ākhyānam' (story) already mentioned. (that, that one)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - Reiteration of the command to listen. (listen!, hear!)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The speaker, sage Mārkaṇḍeya. (Mārkaṇḍeya (name of a sage))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (name of an ancient sage)

Masculine noun

Note: Subject of uvāca.

उवाच (uvāca) - Introduced Mārkaṇḍeya's speech. (spoke, said)

(verb)

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

Perfect active indicative

3rd person singular perfect of root vac (class 2, parasmaipada), irregular formation

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - Expresses polite agreement or encouragement. (indeed, alas, ah!, well)

(indeclinable)

Particle

ते (te) - To Yudhiṣṭhira. (to you, for you)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

2nd person singular dative/genitive enclitic pronoun

Note: Indirect object of kathayiṣyāmi

कथयिष्यामि (kathayiṣyāmi) - Mārkaṇḍeya's promise to tell the story. (I will narrate, I will tell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kath

Future active indicative

1st person singular future, root kath (class 10, parasmaipada), causative stem

Root: kath (class 10)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - An instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira to listen carefully. (listen!, hear!)

(verb)

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

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative, root śru (class 5, parasmaipada)

Root: śru (class 5)

राजन् (rājan) - Mārkaṇḍeya addressing Yudhiṣṭhira. (O king)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler

Masculine n-stem noun

Root: rāj (class 1)

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - Mārkaṇḍeya addressing Yudhiṣṭhira, the eldest Pāṇḍava. (Yudhiṣṭhira (name of a king))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhiṣṭhira (name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother, literally 'firm in battle')

Masculine compound noun (yudhi + sthira)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (yudhi+sthira)

• yudh – battle, fight
  noun (feminine)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from root sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

धर्मिष्ठम् (dharmiṣṭham) - Describes the story as being of a very moral or principled nature. (most righteous, very virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of dharmiṣṭha

dharmiṣṭha - most righteous, most virtuous, most observant of dharma (natural law), most lawful

Superlative degree

Superlative form of dharmin (righteous), using the suffix -iṣṭha

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Agrees with ākhyānam.

इदम् (idam) - Referring to the specific story of Dhundhumāra. (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative

Note: Agrees with ākhyānam.

आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) - The story that Mārkaṇḍeya is about to tell. (story, narrative, account, tale)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of ākhyāna

ākhyāna - story, narrative, tale, legend

Neuter noun, derived from ā (prefix) + root khyā (to tell)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Object of śṛṇu.

धुन्धुमारस्य (dhundhumārasya) - The story is about Dhundhumāra. (of Dhundhumāra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dhundhumāra

dhundhumāra - Dhundhumāra (proper name of a demon, or a king who defeated him)

Masculine noun

Note: Qualifies ākhyānam.

तत् (tat) - Refers to the 'ākhyānam' (story) already mentioned. (that, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one, it

Demonstrative pronoun, neuter singular nominative/accusative

Note: Object of śṛṇu.

शृणु (śṛṇu) - Reiteration of the command to listen. (listen!, hear!)

(verb)

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

Imperative active

2nd person singular imperative, root śru (class 5, parasmaipada)

Root: śru (class 5)