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महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-3, chapter-287, verse-3

वैशंपायन उवाच ।
अयं राजन्ब्रवीम्येतद्यत्तद्गुह्यं विभावसोः ।
यादृशे कुण्डले चैव कवचं चैव यादृशम् ॥३॥
3. vaiśaṁpāyana uvāca ,
ayaṁ rājanbravīmyetadyattadguhyaṁ vibhāvasoḥ ,
yādṛśe kuṇḍale caiva kavacaṁ caiva yādṛśam.
3. vaiśampāyana uvāca ayam rājan bravīmi etat yat tat guhyam
vibhāvasoḥ yādṛśe kuṇḍale ca eva kavacam ca eva yādṛśam
3. Vaiśampāyana said: 'O King, I will now reveal to you this secret of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god): the nature of those earrings and the nature of that armor.'

Words meanings summery:

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  • वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun)
  • उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
  • अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)
  • राजन् (rājan) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O King)
  • ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I tell, I speak
  • एतत् (etat) - this secret (this)
  • यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
  • तत् (tat) - that (demonstrative pronoun)
  • गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden thing
  • विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god), of the one with much light
  • यादृशे (yādṛśe) - of what kind (dual)
  • कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings (a pair)
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
  • कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, mail, cuirass
  • (ca) - and, also, moreover
  • एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
  • यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind (singular)

Words meanings and morphology

वैशम्पायन (vaiśampāyana) - Vaiśampāyana (proper noun)
(proper noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vaiśampāyana
vaiśampāyana - name of a celebrated sage, a pupil of Vyāsa and narrator of the Mahābhārata
Note: Subject of `uvāca`.
उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)
अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
Note: Here, it acts as an emphatic particle or refers to the current speech/speaker.
राजन् (rājan) - Addressing King Janamejaya (O King)
(noun)
Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan
rājan - king, sovereign
Note: Addressing Janamejaya.
ब्रवीमि (bravīmi) - I tell, I speak
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of brū
Root: brū (class 2)
एतत् (etat) - this secret (this)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this one
Note: Object of `bravīmi`.
यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, that, who, what
Note: Refers to `guhyam`.
तत् (tat) - that (demonstrative pronoun)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Coreferential with `yat`.
गुह्यम् (guhyam) - secret, hidden thing
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of guhya
guhya - secret, hidden, private; a secret (noun)
gerundive
Gerundive of √guh, meaning 'to be hidden' or 'what should be hidden'
Root: guh (class 1)
Note: The secret being told.
विभावसोः (vibhāvasoḥ) - of Vibhāvasu (the Sun god), of the one with much light
(proper noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of vibhāvasu
vibhāvasu - the sun, fire; name of a god
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vi+bhāvasu)
  • vi – apart, asunder, away
    indeclinable
    Preverb
  • bhāvasu – shining, radiant, fire, sun
    noun (masculine)
Note: Refers to the sun god, the father of Karṇa.
यादृशे (yādṛśe) - of what kind (dual)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of yādṛśa
yādṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, such as
Note: Agrees with `kuṇḍale`.
कुण्डले (kuṇḍale) - earrings (a pair)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of kuṇḍala
kuṇḍala - earring, ring, coil, bracelet
Note: Also accusative dual, but nominative makes more sense here.
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
कवचम् (kavacam) - armor, mail, cuirass
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kavaca
kavaca - armor, mail, cuirass
Note: Agrees with `yādṛśam`.
(ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphatic particle.
यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - of what kind (singular)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa
yādṛśa - of what sort, of what kind, such as
Note: Agrees with `kavacam`.