महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-261, verse-1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।
उक्तं भगवता जन्म रामादीनां पृथक्पृथक् ।
प्रस्थानकारणं ब्रह्मञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम् ॥१॥

1. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca ,
uktaṁ bhagavatā janma rāmādīnāṁ pṛthakpṛthak ,
prasthānakāraṇaṁ brahmañśrotumicchāmi kathyatām.

1. yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca uktam bhagavatā janma rāmādīnām pṛthak
pṛthak prasthānakāraṇam brahman śrotum icchāmi kathyatām

1. Yudhishthira said: "O venerable Brahmin, you have already recounted the individual births of Rama and the others. Now, I wish to hear the reason for their departure; please explain it."

Words meanings summery:

• युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said, told

• भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered sage Markandeya (by the venerable one, by the divine one)

• जन्म (janma) - birth, origin

• रामादीनाम् (rāmādīnām) - of Rama and others, of those beginning with Rama

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

• पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

• प्रस्थानकारणम् (prasthānakāraṇam) - reason for departure

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O sage Markandeya! (O Brahmin!)

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

• कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, please tell

Words meanings and morphology

युधिष्ठिरः (yudhiṣṭhiraḥ) - Yudhishthira

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yudhiṣṭhira

yudhiṣṭhira - Yudhishthira (a proper name, the eldest Pandava brother)

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

Perfect tense form

Root: vac (class 2)

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said, told

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vac' (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

भगवता (bhagavatā) - by the revered sage Markandeya (by the venerable one, by the divine one)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - venerable, glorious, divine, fortunate, Lord

जन्म (janma) - birth, origin

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of janman

janman - birth, origin, existence

Root: jan (class 4)

रामादीनाम् (rāmādīnām) - of Rama and others, of those beginning with Rama

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rāmādi

rāmādi - Rama and others, those beginning with Rama

Compound type : tatpurusha (rāma+ādi)

• rāma – Rama (a proper name)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ādi – beginning, first, and so on, etc.
  noun (masculine)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)

पृथक् (pṛthak) - separately, individually, apart

(indeclinable)

प्रस्थानकारणम् (prasthānakāraṇam) - reason for departure

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of prasthānakāraṇa

prasthānakāraṇa - reason for departure

Compound type : tatpurusha (prasthāna+kāraṇa)

• prasthāna – departure, setting forth
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: sthā (class 1)
• kāraṇa – cause, reason, motive
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O sage Markandeya! (O Brahmin!)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin (member of the priestly class), the Absolute (brahman)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form of the root 'śru'

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I desire, I wish

(verb)

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

Present tense form

Root: iṣ (class 6)

कथ्यताम् (kathyatām) - let it be told, please tell

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (lot) of kath

Imperative form, passive voice, from the root 'kath'

Root: kath (class 10)