महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
हन्त ते सर्वमाख्यास्ये प्रश्नमेतं सुदुर्वचम् ।
तत्त्वेन भरतश्रेष्ठ गदतस्तन्निबोध मे ॥१४॥

14. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
hanta te sarvamākhyāsye praśnametaṁ sudurvacam ,
tattvena bharataśreṣṭha gadatastannibodha me.

14. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca hanta te sarvam ākhyāsye praśnam etam
sudurvacam tattvena bharataśreṣṭha gadataḥ tat nibodha me

14. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "O best among the Bhāratas, indeed, I will explain everything to you concerning this extremely difficult question, in its true nature. Listen to me as I narrate it."

14. מָארְקַנְדֵיַה אמר, הנה, אספר לך הכול על השאלה הזאת, שקשה מאוד לבאר אותה. הו מיטב בני בְּהַרַטַה, הקשב לי כשאני מבאר אותה כפי שהיא באמת.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• हन्त (hanta) - indeed, ah, alas, well

• ते (te) - to you, your

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• आख्यास्ये (ākhyāsye) - I will explain/narrate

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question

• एतम् (etam) - this

• सुदुर्वचम् (sudurvacam) - very difficult to speak, very difficult to answer/explain

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, in reality, essentially

• भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

• गदतः (gadataḥ) - while speaking, of one speaking

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, learn

• मे (me) - from me, to me, my

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - Mārkaṇḍeya

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Mārkaṇḍeya (a famous sage)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense (lit)

Root: vac (class 2)

हन्त (hanta) - indeed, ah, alas, well

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

आख्यास्ये (ākhyāsye) - I will explain/narrate

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ā-khyā

Future tense

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - question

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry

Root: prac (class 6)

एतम् (etam) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this (proximate demonstrative pronoun)

सुदुर्वचम् (sudurvacam) - very difficult to speak, very difficult to answer/explain

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sudurvaca

sudurvaca - very difficult to speak/express/explain

Prefixes: su+dur

Root: vac

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - in truth, in reality, essentially

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - truth, reality, principle, essence

भरतश्रेष्ठ (bharataśreṣṭha) - O best of Bharatas

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bharataśreṣṭha

bharataśreṣṭha - best among the Bharatas

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bharata+śreṣṭha)

• bharata – a descendant of Bharata, a king, a region of India
  proper noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective (masculine)
  Superlative degree of śrī (prosperity, excellence)

गदतः (gadataḥ) - while speaking, of one speaking

(participle)

Genitive, masculine, singular of gadat

gadat - speaking, saying

Present Active Participle

Derived from root 'gad' (to speak)

Root: gad (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

निबोध (nibodha) - understand, perceive, learn

(verb)

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

Imperative mood

Prefix: ni

Root: budh (class 1)

मे (me) - from me, to me, my

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

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