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."

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