महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-196, verse-2

श्रोतुमिच्छामि भगवन्स्त्रीणां माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।
कथ्यमानं त्वया विप्र सूक्ष्मं धर्मं च तत्त्वतः ॥२॥

2. śrotumicchāmi bhagavanstrīṇāṁ māhātmyamuttamam ,
kathyamānaṁ tvayā vipra sūkṣmaṁ dharmaṁ ca tattvataḥ.

2. śrotum icchāmi bhagavan strīṇām māhātmyam uttamam
kathyamānam tvayā vipra sūkṣmam dharmam ca tattvataḥ

2. O venerable one, O Brahmin, I wish to hear from you the supreme greatness of women, and the subtle essence of natural law (dharma), as it is being narrated by you.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O fortunate one

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, majesty

• उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best

• कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being told, being narrated

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin, O sage

• सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle, profound, minute

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)

• च (ca) - and, also

• तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in essence, from truth

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, for hearing

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with suffix -tum

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present Active Indicative

1st person singular

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O venerable one, O fortunate one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, fortunate, divine

Root: bhaj (class 1)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

माहात्म्यम् (māhātmyam) - greatness, glory, majesty

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māhātmya

māhātmya - greatness, majesty, glory

derived from mahātman

उत्तमम् (uttamam) - supreme, excellent, best

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of uttama

uttama - highest, best, excellent

Prefix: ut

Root: tam (class 5)

कथ्यमानम् (kathyamānam) - being told, being narrated

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kathyamāna

kathyamāna - being told, being narrated

Present Passive Participle

derived from root kath (10P)

Root: kath (class 10)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

विप्र (vipra) - O Brahmin, O sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vipra

vipra - Brahmin, sage, learned

सूक्ष्मम् (sūkṣmam) - subtle, profound, minute

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sūkṣma

sūkṣma - subtle, minute, fine

Root: sūc (class 7)

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness (dharma)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, virtue, constitution

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in essence, from truth

(indeclinable)

formed with suffix -tas