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.

6. מָארְקַנְדֵיַה אמר, כן, אספר לך. שמע, הו מלך יוּדְהִישְׁתְהִירַה, את הסיפור הצדיק הזה על דְהוּנְדְהוּמָארַה, שמע אותו.

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)

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