महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-281, verse-14

मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।
इत्युक्त्वा पितृराजस्तां भगवान्स्वं चिकीर्षितम् ।
यथावत्सर्वमाख्यातुं तत्प्रियार्थं प्रचक्रमे ॥१४॥

14. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ,
ityuktvā pitṛrājastāṁ bhagavānsvaṁ cikīrṣitam ,
yathāvatsarvamākhyātuṁ tatpriyārthaṁ pracakrame.

14. mārkaṇḍeyaḥ uvāca iti uktvā pitṛrājaḥ tām bhagavān svam
cikīrṣitam yathāvat sarvam ākhyātum tatpriyārtham pracakrame

14. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus spoken to her, the venerable king of the ancestors (Yama) began to fully explain his intention for her sake.

Words meanings summery:

• मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

• उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

• पितृराजः (pitṛrājaḥ) - The god Yama, who is the king of the ancestors (king of the ancestors, Yama)

• ताम् (tām) - To Sāvitrī (her, to her)

• भगवान् (bhagavān) - The venerable (Yama) (venerable, glorious, divine)

• स्वम् (svam) - his own

• चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - His (Yama's) intended action or purpose. (intended, wished to be done, desired action)

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - All of his intended actions or the entire matter (all, everything)

• आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to explain, to tell

• तत्प्रियार्थम् (tatpriyārtham) - To please Sāvitrī (for her sake, to please her)

• प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

Words meanings and morphology

मार्कण्डेयः (mārkaṇḍeyaḥ) - The sage Mārkaṇḍeya (Mārkaṇḍeya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mārkaṇḍeya

mārkaṇḍeya - Name of a sage

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

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

perfect active indicative 3rd person singular

From root vac, perfect tense (lit) form.

Root: vac (class 2)

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken, having said

(indeclinable)

absolutive

From root vac with suffix tvā.

Root: vac (class 2)

पितृराजः (pitṛrājaḥ) - The god Yama, who is the king of the ancestors (king of the ancestors, Yama)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛrāja

pitṛrāja - king of the ancestors, Yama

Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+rāja)

• pitṛ – father, ancestor
  noun (masculine)
• rāja – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)

ताम् (tām) - To Sāvitrī (her, to her)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, her

Note: Refers to Sāvitrī.

भगवान् (bhagavān) - The venerable (Yama) (venerable, glorious, divine)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - fortunate, glorious, venerable, divine

Note: Qualifies pitṛrājaḥ.

स्वम् (svam) - his own

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sva

sva - one's own

Note: Qualifies cikīrṣitam.

चिकीर्षितम् (cikīrṣitam) - His (Yama's) intended action or purpose. (intended, wished to be done, desired action)

(participle)

Accusative, neuter, singular of cikīrṣita

cikīrṣita - desired, intended, wished to be done

desiderative past passive participle

From root kṛ (to do) with desiderative suffix san and past passive participle suffix kta.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used substantively as a noun.

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be

(indeclinable)

From yathā + vat.

सर्वम् (sarvam) - All of his intended actions or the entire matter (all, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole

Note: Qualifies cikīrṣitam or refers to the 'whole matter.'

आख्यातुम् (ākhyātum) - to narrate, to explain, to tell

(infinitive)

तत्प्रियार्थम् (tatpriyārtham) - To please Sāvitrī (for her sake, to please her)

(indeclinable)

Compound. tad (that, her) + priya (dear, pleasing) + artha (purpose, sake) in accusative (adverbial).

Compound type : tatpurusha (tad+priya+artha)

• tad – that, her
  pronoun (neuter)
  Feminine accusative singular here, referring to Sāvitrī.
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing
  adjective (feminine)
• artha – purpose, sake, meaning
  noun (masculine)

Note: Adverbial usage.

प्रचक्रमे (pracakrame) - he began, he commenced

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, perfect (lit) of kram

perfect middle indicative 3rd person singular

From root kram with prefix pra, perfect tense (lit), middle voice.

Prefix: pra

Root: kram (class 1)