महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-203, verse-14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
प्रश्नमेतं समुद्दिष्टं ब्राह्मणेन युधिष्ठिर ।
व्याधः स कथयामास ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने ॥१४॥

14. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
praśnametaṁ samuddiṣṭaṁ brāhmaṇena yudhiṣṭhira ,
vyādhaḥ sa kathayāmāsa brāhmaṇāya mahātmane.

14. Mārkaṇḍeya uvāca praśnam etam samudiṣṭam brāhmaṇena
Yudhiṣṭhira vyādhaḥ saḥ kathayāmāsa brāhmaṇāya mahātmane

14. Mārkaṇḍeya said: "O Yudhiṣṭhira, this question, which was posed by the Brahmin, was narrated by that hunter to the great-souled Brahmin."

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said (Mārkaṇḍeya) (said, spoke)

• प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - this question (being referred to) (question, inquiry)

• एतम् (etam) - this (question) (this)

• समुदिष्टम् (samudiṣṭam) - proposed, asked (the question was proposed) (indicated, announced, proposed, imparted)

• ब्राह्मणेन (brāhmaṇena) - by the Brahmin (who asked the question) (by a Brahmin)

• युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (vocative) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

• व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - a hunter (the one who narrates) (hunter, fowler)

• सः (saḥ) - that (hunter previously mentioned) (he, that)

• कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - narrated (the story) (narrated, told)

• ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to the Brahmin (to whom the hunter narrates) (to a Brahmin)

• महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled (Brahmin) (to the great-souled, to the magnanimous)

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of Mārkaṇḍeya

Mārkaṇḍeya - Name of a famous sage

Note: Vocative usage for address, but grammatically nominative case.

उवाच (uvāca) - said (Mārkaṇḍeya) (said, spoke)

(verb)

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

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रश्नम् (praśnam) - this question (being referred to) (question, inquiry)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of praśna

praśna - question, inquiry, problem

Prefix: pra

Root: śr̥ (class 5)

एतम् (etam) - this (question) (this)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this one

Note: Adjective to praśnam.

समुदिष्टम् (samudiṣṭam) - proposed, asked (the question was proposed) (indicated, announced, proposed, imparted)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of samudiṣṭa

samudiṣṭa - indicated, announced, proposed, imparted, instructed

Past Passive Participle

Formed from √diś with prefixes sam- and ud-.

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: diś (class 6)

ब्राह्मणेन (brāhmaṇena) - by the Brahmin (who asked the question) (by a Brahmin)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest, related to brahman

युधिष्ठिर (yudhiṣṭhira) - O Yudhiṣṭhira (vocative) (Yudhiṣṭhira)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of Yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhiṣṭhira - Name of the eldest Pāṇḍava brother

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yudhi+sthira)

• yudhi – in battle
  indeclinable
  Locative singular of yudh (battle)
• sthira – firm, steady, stable
  adjective (masculine)
  From √sthā (to stand)
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Often takes nominative form in vocative singular for -a stem masculine nouns.

व्याधः (vyādhaḥ) - a hunter (the one who narrates) (hunter, fowler)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vyādha

vyādha - hunter, fowler

सः (saḥ) - that (hunter previously mentioned) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to vyādhaḥ.

कथयामास (kathayāmāsa) - narrated (the story) (narrated, told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of kathay

Perfect Active

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular, causative/denominative stem from kathā.

Root: kath (class 10)

ब्राह्मणाय (brāhmaṇāya) - to the Brahmin (to whom the hunter narrates) (to a Brahmin)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa

brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, a priest, related to brahman

महात्मने (mahātmane) - to the great-souled (Brahmin) (to the great-souled, to the magnanimous)

(adjective)

Dative, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, vast
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – soul, self, essence, spirit
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agrees with brāhmaṇāya.